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Haiti (also earlier Hayti) [d] comes from the indigenous Taíno language and means "land of high mountains"; [38] it was the native name [e] for the entire island of Hispaniola. The name was restored by Haitian revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines as the official name of independent Saint-Domingue, as a tribute to the Amerindian predecessors. [42]
The government of Haiti is a semi-presidential republic, a multi-party system wherein the President of Haiti is head of state elected directly by popular elections. [1] The Prime Minister acts as head of government and is appointed by the President, chosen from the majority party in the National Assembly.
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic .
An executive order formally establishing the new nine-member transitional presidential council was published in Haiti’s official gazette, the Moniteur. ... of violence in the country that has ...
Earlier on Thursday, Kenyan President William Ruto said his nation would deploy additional police officers to Haiti to reach 2,500 in the Caribbean country by January.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s transitional council appointed a new Cabinet on Tuesday, marking the final step in rebuilding the government that will lead a country under siege by gangs.
Haiti was the first country of the Americas to win its freedom from European colonization in 1804. The country's highest point is Pic la Selle , at 2,680 metres (8,793 ft). The total area of Haiti is 27,750 square kilometres (10,714 sq mi) and its capital is Port-au-Prince .
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti's transition council on Tuesday tapped former Prime Minister Garry Conille, who briefly led the country over a decade ago, to return to the role as the Caribbean ...