Aristide will not be candidate in the senatorial elections

During a meeting between former President Aristide and our colleague Garry Pierre Paul Charles, CEO of radio Scoop FM, Jean Bertrand Aristide (JBA) has reaffirmed its commitment to devote himself to strengthening the education system especially at the level of higher education. He informed that "Fanmi Lavalas" is currently working to strengthen its base in order to recover its size, of before he went into exile, in the perspective of regional congresses and national convention. JBA said that during the national convention, he will hand the coordination of the party, to a ommittee and officially announce that he will retire from active politics. What puts an end to rumors that suggested that he might be a candidate in the upcoming senatorial elections.

The Ambassador of France refuses to shake hands with "Baby Doc"

Saturday at the ceremony commemorating the 122nd anniversary of the Institution St. Louis de Gonzague, Ambassador of France in Haiti, Didier Le Bret refused to shake hands with Jean-Claude Duvalier (JCD). A gesture that is more part of a search of capital of sympathy with the Haitian people that in the political position of France, which hosted in its territory, with open arms and without qualms, for 25 years the former dictator "Baby Doc"...

63 skilled workers, graduates of the Workshop School of Jacmel

Friday, Jean Mario Dupuis, the Minister of Culture in the presence of Manuel Hernández Ruigómez, the Spanish Ambassador in Haiti, members of the Spanish Cooperation, of the Institute for the Protection of National Heritage (ISPAN) and local authorities, has proceeded with the graduation of 63 skilled workers specialized [wood, metal construction, handicrafts, building construction] of the first promotion 2009-2011 of the Workshop School of Jacmel called "Artisans for a richer heritage".

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