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Donald Trump Wants To Make America Great Again

Donald Trump in a move to make his campaign seem more inclusive and include everyone in his laid out motto, announced a single theme to sum up his candidacy "Make America Great Again". With that "Again," he has crossed a line in American politics by openly admitting on a campaign platform that 'the sole superpower of the planet Earth, America' is in decline. This slogan was first used by Ronald Reagan during his 1980 presidential campaign.

It was actually created one year before in 1979 when the United States was suffering from a worsening economy, marked by high unemployment and inflation.

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National Assembly cancelled after two roll calls

The act continues in Haiti for a National assembly. The national Assembly once again could not take place due to a lack of quorum. After two roll calls, the assembly was 4 deputies short for a quorum. The National Assembly is once again cancelled. We were able to count a total of 17 senators and 55 deputies present.

The session once again returned "continuation", according to the President of the National Assembly, Cholzer Chancy. No new date has been reserved for a new National Assembly.

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Twelve Senators offer two Months paychecks for the election

Twelve Senators currently supporting Jocelerme Privert want to contribute financially for the organization of the next elections in Haiti. They wrote to Prime Minister Enex Jean Charles, asking him to order Finance to hold their paychecks for the months of August and September. These Senators decided to do that following the decision by the United States not to finance the next elections in Haiti.

Here are their names of the Senators who agreed to forgo their paychecks for August and September:
Jean Baptiste Bien-Aime,
Wetsner Polycarpe,
Fritz Carlos Lebon,
Ronald Lareche
Antonio 'Don Kato' Cheramy
Nenel Cassy,
Evalliere Beauplan,
Ricard Pierre,
Francisco Delaruz,
Francois Lucas Saintvil,
Steven Irvenson Benoit,
Francenet Denius

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Haitian-American Gary Eugene new police chief of North Miami

Gary Eugene was sworn in Tuesday as North Miami new chief of Police. The Haitian-American Police chief has a tgotal of 30 years of law enforcement experience. He has been with the North Miami Police Department for three years or since 2013. Gary Eugene started law enforcement as a detective with the city of Miami Police Department in 1985. In 1996 he became very engaged with the Little Haiti community as he was promoted lieutenant within the City of Miami Police department.

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Donald Trump Wants To Deport 11 Million Illegal Aliens

Donald Trump said "We are going to get rid of a lot of bad dudes who are here. That I can tell you." He wants to deport every illegal immigrant from the United States. In an earlier occasion, he made it clear that "the United States without any illegal immigrant" is going to be one of his main campaign themes. He has also mentioned that, a mass deportation will relocate people to the other side of a wall, stretching nearly the length of the southern border, funded by Mexico and to implement this, he said, he will follow the example of the military-style roundups authorized by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 (known as Operation Wetback) that expelled hundreds of thousands of Mexicans. At present, there are approximately 11.3 illegal immigrants in the U.S. Locating and deporting these people would be undoubtedly a huge challenge for the state.

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International Police (Interpol) is now looking for Roro nelson for his arrest

The best friend of former Haitian president Michel Martelly, Roro Nelson, now has real problem. International Police (Interpol) is now actively looking for him. The Government Commissioner of Port-au-Prince made the request and it has been approved. Roro Nelson is officially a fugitive of the law and can be captured from anywhere in the world and brought back to face Haitian justice system. Government Commissioner Jean Danton Leger made the announce on Tuesday at a radio station in the Haitian capital. Multiple complaints have been filed against Roro Nelson for abuse of power under the government of Michel Martelly.

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Assad Volcy enters Senate race as candidate for West Department

The Deputy Secretary General of the Platform Pitit Dessalin, Assad Volcy, wants to become Senator of the West Department. "Pou lari a" is his new slogan that he intends to win he race with. Assad Volcy will be competing with Jean Myrtho Muraille, another member of his candidate for platform Pitit Dessalin for this seat. At this time, the candidates are waiting for the National Electoral Office (BCEN) verdict on a dispute by Muraille, candidate in the last election.

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New date for a National Assembly, Thursday July 14, 2016

If you try and you don't succeed, try again. Once again, a new date has been selected for the National Assembly to decide on the future of Provisional President Jocelerme Privert. The meeting will take place on Thursday, July 14, 2016 which will be exactly one month after the mandate of President Privert expired. This is according to the Vice-President of the National Assembly, Ronald Lareche. The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Cholzer Chancy, for his part said that there were major progress with various issues in term of political accord in the Parliament. Deputy Chancy insisted that before the National Assembly meet again, the lawmakers must find an accord as to whether or not they will keep Jocelerme Privert to continue to head the government or if they will replace him.

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Donald Trump is worth over $4.5 billion in 2016

Donald Trump's wealth and love for the finer things in life are well documented. During the 2016 election cycle, he has mentioned that he is self-funding his campaign, but remained reluctant to disclose his finance details.

In last May, Trump in a statement posted to his campaign site claimed that he is worth at least $10 billion and his worth had even increased in the year since he began his campaign. However, financial experts are less certain of such huge opulence. They have valued his net worth to be significantly lower, in a range of $2.9 to $4.5 billion. In 2015, when Trump began his presidential campaign, Bloomberg estimated his worth at $2.9 billion.

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National Lottery and individual contribution proposed to finance Haiti election

The international community doesn't want to fund our next presidential election, no problem. The new Director of Haiti State run National Lottery, Ms. Margareth Fortune believes that we can pay for our own election with fund from the Haiti National Lottery. On the other hand, the former candidate for Platfom Jistis, Andre Michel, thinks that the decision taken by the American government not to help with the election is not a bad decision. The Haitian government should open a special account at the BNC to receive contributions from Haitian citizens inside or outside of the country to help in financing the election. According to the former candidate, the country will take this opportunity to set up process to take back its sovereignty.

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