The ephemeris of the day: national holidays, events marking the history of Haiti, proverbs… the online agency Juno7 brings you a refresher of your memory.
it is Sunday June 16, 2024
June 16, 1993 : a UN Security Council resolution imposes an arms and oil embargo on Haiti. This resolution, taken as part of the support of United Nations to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, then in exile, and sanctions against the government resulting from the coup d’état of September 30, 1991, were applied in part.
June 16, 1998 : the President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez, visits Haiti. It was the first visit by a Dominican president to the country since that of Trujillo in 1960.
June 16, 2010 : death of Louis Marc Bazin in Port-au-Prince at the age of 78. He was Prime Minister of Haiti from June 19, 1992 to June 8, 1993.
June 16, 2000 : Léon Manus, president of the Provisional Electoral Council during the elections of May 21, 2000, left the country in disaster to go to the United States. According to his statements, he wanted to escape pressure accompanied by serious threats from the then President, René Préval, and his predecessor, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, whose Fanmi Lavalas party wanted at all costs to achieve a tidal wave to the legislative and municipal elections on May 21.
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