Countries where ASL or a derivative of ASL is the national or a widespread language include Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana ( with BSL ), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya ( minority use ), Liberia, Madagascar ( minority use ), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines ( L2 use ), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, and Zimbabwe ( with ZSL ).

Brazil is currently commanding a multinational U. N. stabilization force in Haiti, the MINUSTAH.

The land border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which occupies the western one-third of the island, is 388 km long.

The maximum length, east to west, is 390 km from Punta de Agua to Las Lajas, on the border with Haiti.

: Shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti ( eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic, western one-third is Haiti )

This long valley stretches from North Haiti, where is called Plaine du Nord, to Samaná Bay.

* The Cordillera Central ( also called Sierra del Cibao ) is the island's most rugged and imposing feature and is known in Haiti as the Massif du Nord (" Northern Massif ").

To a lesser extent, there is the manufacture of food products, consumer non-durables, and building materials for the local market and for neighboring Haiti.

The movie is the story of an adulturous affair placed against the backdrop of Haiti during the tumultuous dictatorship of François Duvalier, ( known as " Papa Doc ").

Ecuador has offered humanitarianian aid to many countries and a supporter of the United Nations and is now contributing troops in the UN mission in Haiti.

As was observed after other disasters involving destruction and loss of life and their media depictions, such as those of the 2001 World Trade Center Attacks or Hurricane Katrina — and has been recently observed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, it is also important not to pathologize the reactions to loss and displacement or disruption of governmental administration and services, but rather to validate these reactions, to support constructive problem-solving and reflection as to how one might improve the conditions of those affected.

This earlier collection — which includes the famous Jelly Roll Morton, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, and Muddy Waters sessions, as well as Lomax ’ s prodigious collections made in Haiti and Eastern Kentucky ( 1937 ) — is the provenance of the American Folklife Center " at the library of Congress

Mainly or partially francophone or francosphere countries include France, Belgium ( Wallonia is almost entirely francophone, and there is a large French-speaking community in the Brussels-Capital Region and a few bordering municipalities ), Canada ( the province of Quebec is francophone, and there are large French-speaking communities in Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and other Canadian provinces ), United States ( South / Central Louisiana and parts of Maine ), Switzerland, Haiti, the French West Indies and several countries in Africa, including Congo, Burundi, Madagascar and Rwanda, that are former French or Belgian colonies.

* 2004 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.

One example of its work is a US $ 10. 2 million, € 7. 5 billion scheme to distribute and multiply quality seeds in Haiti, which has significantly increased food production, thereby providing cheaper food and boosting farmers ' incomes.

A German Government report on fuel prices dated 2010 / 11 stated that the Imperial gallon is used as a unit of measure for fuel in Guyana, United Arab Emirates and Antigua and Barbuda and the US gallon in Liberia, Belize, Colombia, The Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Myanmar ( Burma ), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico and the United States.

It is from this point in 1660 that unbroken French rule in Haiti begins.

Although he unofficially led the nation politically during the revolution, Toussaint L ' Ouverture is considered the father of Haiti.

Haiti is the world's oldest black republic and one of the oldest republics in the Western Hemisphere.

The recorded history of Haiti began on 5 December 1492 when the European navigator Christopher Columbus happened upon a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean.

All citizens of Haiti, regardless of skin color, to be known as " Black " ( this was an attempt to eliminate the multi-tiered racial hierarchy that had developed in Haiti, with full or near full-blooded Europeans at the top, various levels of light to brown skin in the middle, and dark skinned " Kongo " from Africa at the bottom ).

Taíno was the major pre-Columbian language in the region now known as Haiti.

It has not had any known railroad operations in Haiti.

The island has five major mountain ranges: The Central Range, known in the Dominican Republic as the Cordillera Central, spans the central part of the island, extending from the south coast of the Dominican Republic into northwestern Haiti, where it is known as the Massif du Nord.

It is known as the Plaine du Cul-de-Sac in Haiti, and Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince lies at its western end.

It became known as the Voodoo Macbeth, because Welles set the play in post-colonial Haiti.

In Haiti, there is a superstition that werewolf spirits known locally as Jé-rouge ( red eyes ) can possess the bodies of unwitting persons and nightly transform them into cannibalistic lupine creatures.

Since either of these options would require the assistance of the French fleet then in the West Indies, a ship was dispatched to meet with French Rear Admiral François Joseph Paul, comte de Grasse who was expected at Cap-Français ( now known as Cap-Haïtien, Haiti ), outlining the possibilities and requesting his assistance.

The Dominican Republic, Antigua, Aruba, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Barbados, Dominica, Haiti, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Maarten, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts, Saint Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are also known for lengthy carnival seasons and large celebrations.

Carnival in Haiti is also known as Kanaval in the Creole language.

Haiti Carnival always starts in January, known as ' Pre-Kanaval ', and the main carnival activities begin in February each year.

In Haitian Carnival, there are beautiful costumes, floats, Rara parades, masks, foods, and popular Konpa bands known around the world, such as T-Vice, Djakout # 1, Sweet Micky also known as the new president of Haiti Michel Martelly, Kreyol La, D. P.

Evolving in Haiti during the 1850s, the Haitian merengue ( known as the mereng in Haitiean Creole and méringue in French ) is regarded as the oldest surviving form of merengue performed today and is a national symbol.

Although there were accusations of human rights abuses, the OAS / UN International Civilian Mission in Haiti, known by the French acronym MICIVIH, found that the human rights situation in Haiti improved dramatically following Aristide's return to power in 1994.

In Vodou, Mounanchou is a group of powerful spirits known as loa, revered in Haiti.

The new nation was known as Spanish Haiti.

The Voodoo of Haiti and Louisiana Voodoo are better known to many English speakers ; similar practices among Spanish speakers in Cuba are called Santería.

By 1840, Haiti had ceased to export sugar entirely, although large amounts continued to be grown for local consumption as taffia-a raw rum.

When Haiti announced that its first direct elections ( all men twenty-one or over were allowed to vote ) would be held on October 8, 1950, Magloire resigned from the junta and declared himself a candidate for president.

Caricom, which had been backing the peace deal, accused the United States, France, and the International community of failing in Haiti because they allegedly allowed a controversially elected leader to be violently forced out of office.

At a press conference, Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller announced that a Joint Jamaica / Haiti Commission would be convened later that year.

Fayed terminated his stay in Haiti six months later when a sample of " crude oil " provided by Haitian associates proved to be low-grade molasses.

Davis traveled to Haiti in 1982 and, as a result of his investigations, claimed that a living person can be turned into a zombie by two special powders being introduced into the blood stream ( usually via a wound ).

* December 1, 1821 – The Dominican Republic declares independence from Spain only to be invaded by Haiti in 1822 ( see History of the Dominican Republic ).

It will be invaded by Haiti in 1822.

Kanaval De Fleur will be held in Port-au-Prince, Champ Du Mars, Haiti.

In 1951 a pamphlet by Joseph Jeremie, a native of Haiti, was published in which he claimed to be the great grandson of Point du Sable.

Forty-six nations participated in the fair ( it was the first world's fair to have national pavilions ), constructing exhibits and pavilions and naming national " delegates " ( for example, Haiti selected Frederick Douglass to be its delegate ).

US policy toward Haiti appeared to be a war of attrition, driven by animosity towards Aristide, a former priest who rankled Washington with his anti-capitalist sermons and his adherence to liberation theology, a Catholic doctrine that advocates spiritual and economic help for the poor and oppressed.

After René Préval, a former ally of Aristide, was elected president of Haiti in 2006, he said it would be possible for Aristide to return to Haiti.

Since the devastation unleashed by Hurriance George in 1998, Cuba entered a humanitarian agreement with Haiti whereby Haitian doctors would be trained in Cuba, and Cuban doctors would work in rural areas.

" Bienvenu later offered to express our shared concerns in Pretoria, perhaps under the pretext that as a country desiring to secure a seat on the UN Security Council, South Africa could not afford to be involved in any way with the destabilization of another country .... 2 ( S ) Bienvenu speculated on exactly how Aristide might return, seeing a possible opportunity to hinder him in the logistics of reaching Haiti.

Both Bienvenu and Barbier confided that South African mercenaries could be heading towards Haiti, with Bienvenu revealing the GOF had documented evidence that 10 South African citizens had come to Paris and requested Dominican visas between February and the present.

When during the search Duvalier was told that Barbot had transformed himself into a black dog, Duvalier ordered that all black dogs in Haiti be put to death.

Haiti is officially a semi-presidential republic, although it is often claimed to be authoritarian in practice.

Haiti also claimed this money, arguing that the assets were of " criminal origin " and should not be returned to Duvalier.

According to an article by Ginger Thompson in the New York Times, " if Mr. Duvalier had been able to slip into the country and then quietly leave without incident … he may have been able to argue that Haiti was no longer interested in prosecuting him — and that the money should be his.