Today’s ephemeris: national holidays, events marking the history of Haiti, proverbs… the online agency Juno7 brings you a refresher.
Today is Sunday, July 21, 2024
July 21, 2005 : Haitian journalists, accompanied by many residents of the metropolitan area of the Haitian capital, march from Pétionville to Champ de Mars to demand legal proceedings against the perpetrators and accomplices of the murder of the journalist and poet Jacques Roche, head of the Culture and Society section of the newspaper Le Matin, found dead on the road at the bottom of Delmas, on July 14, 2005.
July 21, 1961: laying of the first stone of Duvalier-Ville
To collect the funds for the construction of this city, never quite finished, and built on the site of the commune of Cabaret, François Duvalier chose his right-hand man, Luckner Cambronne, then deputy of Cabaret. He set up a vast financial operation that finally degenerated into a kind of racket, going so far as to threaten those who refused their contributions or simply showed reluctance. Deductions were taken, without notice, from the checks of all state employees.
July 21, 2016: Special Coordinator for Haiti Kenneth Merten travels to strengthen U.S. government support for credible and fair elections in Haiti and to discuss the urgent need for elected officials at all levels of government.
July 21, 2021: during his visit to Cap-Haïtien, as part of the preparations for the funeral of President Jovenel Moïse, the procession of Léon Charles, Acting Director General of the Haitian National Police (PNH) at the time, was pelted with stones. The protesters accused the Chief of Police of failing to prevent the assassination of the President of the Republic.
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