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.
May 22, 1799: Toussaint Louverture signed a treaty with the United States and Great Britain respectively.
Then allied with the British and fighting on several fronts, Toussaint was in urgent need of arms and ammunition. A rapprochement with the Americans, by assuring them that they “will find protection and security in the ports of Santo Domingo and that their flag will be respected”, will allow it to obtain this directly or indirectly. The latter will quickly end up replacing the English.
May 22, 1865: General Morisset is assassinated south of Plaisance by a band of rebels who claimed to want to surrender.
May 22, 2007: The famous comedian and theater actor François Latour is kidnapped by kidnappers in front of his home. Its frame will be found the next day and will cause enormous consternation in civil society.
May 22, 2008: The National Police of Haiti (PNH) proceeds in Santo 14 (Plaine du Cul-de-Sac, north of Port-au-Prince) to the release of Rebecca Dorcéus (25 years old), kidnapped from her home in Santo 25, a few days earlier, by three armed men.
May 22, 2010: Several hundred demonstrators demand the return of former dictator Jean Claude Duvalier. To the rhythm of drums and other instruments, the demonstrators, most of them members of the National Unity Party (PUN), marched through several streets of Pétionville. In the political history of the country, May 22 recalls the auspicious moments of the Duvalierist dictatorship defying the hostility of certain foreign leaders and glorifying its victories over the camoquins (opponents of his regime).
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