Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007
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Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/January
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/January
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/February
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/February
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/March
The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) was the most successful of the many African slave rebellions in the Western Hemisphere and established Haiti as a free, black republic, the first of its kind. At the time of the revolution, Haiti was a colony of France known as Saint-Domingue. By means of this revolution, Africans and people of African ancestry freed themselves from French colonization and from slavery.
Haiti is the first black republic in modern history. It went directly from being a French colony to self-governance through a process that has had lasting effect on the nation. The system established by slaveholders demonstrated the effectiveness of violence and force in controlling the majority. This system survived the revolution and continued under the nascent black republic. A light-skinned elite took control of political and economic power.
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/April
Politics of Haiti takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Haiti is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the National Assembly of Haiti. The government is organized unitarily, thus the central government delegates powers to the departments without a constitutional need for consent. The current structure of Haiti's political system was set forth in the Constitution of March 29, 1987.
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/May
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/May
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/June
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/June
July
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/July
August
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/August
September
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/September
October
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/October
November
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/November
December
Portal:Haiti/Selected article/2007/December
