1810. General Guy Joseph Bonnet abandoned Port-au-Prince for himself
ranger on André Rigaud’s side:
A week earlier, André Rigaud, the former commander of Les Cayes, had detached
the southern peninsula of the Republic. General Bonnet, who had been secretary
State in the West then decided to go join his former general and friend. Pétion
who had suspicions towards him had eliminated the position of Secretary of State
(Act 265. "Order which abolishes the office of secretary of state").
He was followed by other high-ranking officials from the West who had attachments with
the South, including Senator Pierre Charles Lys. After Rigaud’s death, the latter will
and the submission of the South, called upon to resume its function within the Senate of the
Republic (Act 330. "Decision of the Senate reminding Senator Lys to his
functions").
1913. Birth of Professor Daniel Fignolé:
Born in Pestel, today a municipality of the district of Corail in the
department of Grande Anse, Daniel was a young teacher of
mathematics has become a powerful and extremely popular politician. He has
dominated the political scene for more than a decade and could by a simple
gesture mobilized huge crowds.
Minister of Dumarsais Estimé, he co-founded the Workers' Peasant Movement (MOP), a
political party in the 1940s. After the fall of Paul Eugène Magloire, the
soldiers entrusted him with the provisional presidency and then took it away from him
only 20 days. His death occurred five days after his triumphal return from an exile of 29
years old.
2024. Attack on the Port-au-Prince Airport:
Eight months after a gang offensive against Toussaint Airport
Louverture of Port-au-Prince, to prevent, it was then said, the return of the first
de facto minister, Ariel Henry, who had returned from a trip to Kenya and four months later
its reopening, this international port of entry was closed again.
It was another gang attack, the day we installed a new first
min