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  2. United States occupation of Haiti - Wikipedia

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    [15] [30] [31] In early 1909, Speyer & Co. promoted a stock to Vanderlip and the bank to invest in the National Railroad of Haiti, which held a monopoly of importing in the Port-au-Prince area. [20] The Haitian government faced conflict with the National City Bank over the railroad regarding payments to creditors, later leading to the bank ...

  3. Government of Haiti - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Port-au-Prince - Wikipedia

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    During the American occupation of Haiti (1915–1934), Port-au-Prince, garrisoned by American Marines and Haitian gendarmes, was attacked twice by caco rebels. The first battle, which took place in 1919, was a victory of the American and Haitian government forces, as was the second attack in 1920.

  5. Two months after flights into Haiti were canceled, American ...

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    American Airlines, which had previously announced it would resume its daily service to Port-au-Prince’s ... Haitian government officials have demolished about 200 homes around the airport —to ...

  6. Haiti - Wikipedia

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    The port at Port-au-Prince, Port international de Port-au-Prince, has more registered shipping than any of the other dozen ports in the country. The port's facilities include cranes, large berths, and warehouses, but these facilities are not in good condition. The port is underused, possibly due to the substantially high port fees.

  7. American Airlines suspends flights to Haiti indefinitely - AOL

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    The American Airlines statement read in part: "American has made the difficult decision to suspend daily service between Miami (MIA) and Port-au-Prince, Haiti (PAP)," the spokesperson said.

  8. Autorité Portuaire Nationale - Wikipedia

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    The first port development in Port-au-Prince (Fort Islet) dates back to colonial times. In fact, it was backfilling a rocky reef, in order to provide for the establishment of a defense system for ships sheltered in the bay, to protect them against attack ships belonging to other powers, pirates and privateers plying the region.

  9. State Department plans to fly Americans out of Haiti. But ...

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    The U.S. government is arranging a charter flight to help U.S. citizens evacuate Haiti, where armed groups have once more breached the main seaport in Port-au-Prince and police on Saturday were ...