According to ezinereligion, in 2007, Haiti had a population of approximately 9 million people. The country’s economy was largely based on agriculture and tourism, with the majority of exports consisting of coffee, mangoes, and textiles. Foreign relations were mainly with other Caribbean nations, the United States, France and other European countries. In terms of politics in 2007, Haiti was a semi-presidential republic headed by President René Préval who had been in power since 2006. The main opposition party at the time was the Lespwa (Hope) Party led by Charles Henri Baker.
Yearbook 2007
Haiti. Haiti is still suffering from great political uncertainty and weak social institutions. President René Préval therefore announced in October his ambition to change the constitution in order to improve stability and thus strengthen democracy. The continued political instability in Haiti also led the UN Security Council in September to vote for UN Security Force MINUSTAH to remain until at least October 2008. In July, US and Haitian agents made an unsuccessful attempt to arrest Guy Philippe, leader of the uprising which in 2004 overthrew President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and who is then suspected to have been involved in cocaine smuggling. However, some successes in the fight against drugs were noted during the year; at a strike in May, 420 kilos of cocaine was seized, the largest seizure in over ten years in Haiti.
- According to abbreviationfinder: HT is the 2-letter acronym for the country of Haiti.
According to CountryAAH, Port-au-Prince is the capital city of Haiti. Haiti’s former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, “Baby Doc”, stepped out of anonymity in September in his exile in Paris for the first time since he was deposed in a military coup in 1986. In a radio speech, he asked the Haitian people for forgiveness for any mistakes that might be committed during his fifteen years in power and praised President Préval for his pursuit of democracy. The speech was considered to be a sign that Duvalier is preparing to return to Haiti, where he already has a small sympathy party, the Parti de l’Unité Nationale (PUN). Ironically, he also praised President Préval for his work on corruption. Duvalier, who led one of the most brutal and corrupt dictatorships in 1971–86, is believed to have stolen $ 6.2 million from the Treasury and prosecution is waiting for him to return.
Haiti weather in March, April and May
Daily temperatures averaging 32 to 33 ° C can be expected over the next three months. The temperatures hardly fluctuate during this time.
Do you want to go on a beach holiday? The water temperatures are in March, April and May 27-28 ° C. This is great weather for a great time on the beach and in the water.
The expected rainfall is around 7 days in March, around 11 days in April and around 13 days in May.
In the period from March to May , the sun shines on average between 8 and 9 hours a day. The sunniest weather in Port-au-Prince is in March, but with a little less sun you have to get by in May.
September
Chaos at police demonstration in the capital
September 14
Hundreds of police, many of them armed and wearing masks, are causing panic among Port-au-Prince residents as they carry out an angry protest against the government and the acting National Police Chief. They also want a “better life” and have demanded higher wages and the release of a colleague in a drug group who has been in custody since May, suspected of murder, arson and destruction of public property. Police conducted a similar protest three days earlier, and then managed to get five detained colleagues released. The national police were established when the defense was disbanded in 1994. There are now concerns that the state will lose control of the police in a similar way as it did with the military in the past.
August
Criticism of multimillion-dollar fraud
August 17th
In a more than a thousand-year-old report, the Supreme Court criticizes the lousy and partly fraudulent handling of nearly $ 2 billion in support from Venezuela between 2008 and 2016. The money in the so-called Petrocaribe Fund was not used in an economically sound and efficient way by the six governments period, writes the court that has previously accused President Jovenel Moïse of embezzlement (see May 2019). In many cases, there is no documentation at all about million investments made on various projects. No charges have been brought against any of the dozens of ministers and high-ranking officials involved.