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  • 05/21/12 Ex-Haiti official, 9 years in telecom bribery case Source: FOX - WDRB 41 News - Louisville KY A former senior executive at Haiti's state-run telecommunications company was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison for money laundering offenses tied to nearly $500,000 in bribes he accepted from U.S. businesses.
  • 05/17/12 Haïti, Africa, Aristide: The history of one humanity Source: Pambazuka News Since the time when the Africans, forced against their will to live in Saint Domingue (Haiti), revolted to end slavery (1791-1804) without the endorsement of abolitionists, these latter, and the allies of those who lost that battle, organised so that the emancipation of humanity would happen according to their will.
  • 05/14/12 AU - On the Judicial Harassment of Human Rights... Source: Namibia News On September 30, 1991, Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled Haiti for Venezuela.

Background on jean bertrand aristide

Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian former Catholic priest and politician who served as Haiti's first democratically elected president.

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