Haiti today celebrated 209 years of independence. The proclamation by Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared the country independent from France on January 1, 1804, making Haiti the first independent nation in the Caribbean and the first black republic.
President Michel Martelly made a New Year plea for unity, urging Haitians to continue rebuilding their country almost three years after a devastating earthquake.
Declaring 2013 the "year of the environment," Mr. Martelly revealed that that
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