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Cuban President calls for peace, condemns assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse

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Party First Secretary and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel strongly condemned the violent attack that led to the death of the Republic of Haiti’s President.Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee First Secretary and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, issued a call for peace Wednesday morning, as he strongly condemned the violent events that led to the death of the President of the Republic of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse.

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Cuban solidarity in Haiti

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Cuba responds to recent earthquakes in Haiti, continuing 20 years of medical collaboration. The Cuban medical brigade in Haiti once again provided this people with timely help after an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck at 8:11 p.m., October 6, perceptible throughout the country.

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Cuban collaborators safe and ready to help

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Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti with devastating force on Tuesday, October 4, as preliminary reports indicated at least four dead and thousands evacuated, as well as dozens of homes destroyed. With maximum sustained winds of 230 km/h, placing it in category four on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, the powerful storm struck the Haitian city of Anglais at around 7am (local time), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC).

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Raúl receives provisional President of Haiti

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Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, yesterday June 5, received the honorable Mr. Jocelerme Privert, Provisional President of Haiti, who visited the country to attend the 7th Summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS-AEC).

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Presidential elections in Haiti coming soon

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Haiti is immersed in an electoral process which could be historic, if the vote is able to resolve the acute political crisis the country is experiencing, and contribute to reinforcing the nation’s institutions. Launched with massive rallies were the campaigns of 55 candidates who will face off in the Presidential election’s first round, scheduled for October 25.

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Petrocaribe Ministerial Council Meets in Haiti

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Port au Prince, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The Council of Ministers managing the Petrocaribe energy agreement are holding a two day meeting starting today in Haiti, the eleventh of its kind, focused on development strategies in the Economic Zone itself. According to the organizers of the event, important decisions made last June in Nicaragua at the Eighth Summit of Heads of State and Government within the group are to be implemented.

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Presidents of Brazil and Haití Discuss Cooperation

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Presidents Michel Martelly (Haiti) and Dilma Rosusseff (Brazil) discussed migration and cooperation-related issues in this capital before visiting the squadron of Brazilian UN blue helmets deployed here. According to a communiqué of the Haitian presidency, the presidents reviewed a bilateral agenda, placing emphasis on the process of reconstruction and economic and social development in Haiti.According to the program of the visit, Martelly and Rousseff would also discuss the migration issue in the wake of adoption by Brazil of a new mode of visa issued exclusively for Haitian citizens.

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WikiLeaks Haiti: The PetroCaribe Files

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The Nations By: Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives When René Préval took the oath of Haiti’s presidential office in a ceremony at Haiti’s National Palace on May 14, 2006, he was anxious to allay fears in Washington that he would not be a reliable partner. “He wants to bury once and for all the suspicion

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Cuba Thanks Haiti for Award to Medical Brigade

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Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo thanked the outgoing president of Haiti, Rene Preval, for the maximum award of that country granted to the Cuban medical brigade for its work in combating the cholera epidemic. Preval and Lazo reviewed the fruitful bilateral cooperation relations, expanded after the earthquake that struck the Haitian capital in February 2010,

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Bruno Rodriguez at the UN: "The Reconstruction of Haiti is a Pending Task"

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SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY BRUNO RODRÍGUEZ PARRILLA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CUBA AT THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON HAITI. NEW YORK, APRIL 6, 2011. Just one year ago we, more than 50 governments and other international actors, committed ourselves at UN headquarters to provide substantial cooperation directed at the recovery