1966. Visit of Emperor Haile Selassie to Haiti.
Considered to be the descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, the visit of
Haile Selassie monopolized all the energy of President François Duvalier to this end
April. Under his order, the city of Port-au-Prince was decked with flags
National and Ethiopian and an arch drawn at the corner of the Route de Delmas and the
Boulevard Jean Jacques Dessalines.
1970. Mutiny of the Haitian Coast Guard.
On board three ships, 119 men under the command of their leader, the
Colonel Octave Cayard, take position in the harbor of Port-au-Prince and
order François Duvalier to resign the presidency. After nearly twenty-four hours marked by sporadic shots at the presidential palace, the
mutineers, out of ammunition... take refuge in the United States.”
2024. Resignation of the de facto prime minister, Ariel Henry.
In a letter dated April 24 and signed from Los Angeles, California (USA) where he
finds that having been declared "persona non grata" by the gangs who have controlled Port-to-Port for some time now, the de facto prime minister, "ti sousou" of the
CORE group and scandalously incompetent, Ariel Henry presented his resignation.
If these contemporaries accuse him by murmuring, the story will be very harsh on him.
personally, and to his government responsible for the infernal violence
who has bereaved families, from the proliferation of criminal gangs that vandalize
private properties, state domains and educational institutions, and
destroy our infrastructure
That same day, a decree published in the official journal, Le Moniteur, announces the
appointment of an interim prime minister in the person of the Minister of
the Economy and Finance, Patrick Michel Boisvert.