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Now here is a survey that is going to cause lots of disagreement among Haitians.According to Newlink Research, President Michel Martelly's approval rating went up to 80.5%.

Are you willing to convince the current opposition to the Martelly government that Haitian people are just in love with their president? What about Moise Jean-Charles? Does that mean he will never accomplish his goal which is to watch Martelly on his way out of the country; but this time for good?

Newlink-Dagmar surveyed a total of 1098 Haitians between December 11 and 17. The poll has a margin of error of +/-5 percent at the 90% confidence level.

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I wish I coud hear what the two leaders were talking about. Dominican President Danilo Medina and Haitian President Michel Martelly met in Caracas for the Petrocaribe energy cooperation and ALBA summit. They probably talked about everything but the effect of the recent Dominican court ruling that could strip citizenship from people of Haitian descent.

A pictue is worth a thousand words. Take a look at the video below

Based on the video and picture of the two leaders seeing after their meeting, one can think that that there is no issue between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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Mezanmi, ou pap konnin ki lè problem nan peyi sa ap fini non. Konye-a anpil moun ap reproche Prezidan Michel Martelly paceke li pa te invite Jean Bertrand Aristide pou li ale avek li nan lantèman Nelson Mandela. Yo di ke Aristid pase anpil tan nan Afrik Di Sid epi se ta yon facon pou Matelly te fè yon jes de Inyon

Critics have been saying that Michel Martelly missed an opportunity to show union when he decided to attend the Funeral of Nelson Mandela, not inviting former President Jean Bertrand Aristide. Just like Barack Obama did in inviting George W. Buch, just like François Hollande did in inviting Nicolas Sarkozy to go with them, Michel martelly should have done the same.

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Accompanied by his wife Sophia, the minister of Foreign Affairs, Pierre Richard Casimir and Senator Andris Riché, President Michel Martelly is in South Africa for the funeral of Nelson Mandela.

The State funeral is scheduled for Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, a facility with the capacity for 94,000 people. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the same week, the body of Nelson mandela will be forwarded in procession in Pretoria. On Sunday, December 15, he will be buried in his home village, Qunu.

Our president will be for the first time in the presence of many powerful individuals from all over the world. More than 50 head of states are expected to be in Johannesburg for the occasion.

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Here is the actual video report of the protest against Michel Martelly that took place on Friday, December 6, 2013.

According to several report, there was close to 2000 people in the protest at one point.

Mwen gin yon moun ki di mwen, depi ke ou kapab mete yon bann Rara deyo an Ayiti, ou kapab fè manifestasyon pou ninpot bagay

Eske se vre?

Do you think this kind of ongoing protest could have been that successful in a more developed society where most people are busy working?

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As a successful protest against the government of Michel Martelly ended on November 18, new manifestation for the "Dechoukage" of the regime is scheduled for November 29 in front of the US Embassy in Port-au-Prince. My question is that should the government be given a chance or be out no matter what?

Here is where the discussion lies and depending who you are, you will likely fall into one of the following categories:

Are you for "Rache Manyok Bay Ter-a Blanch"

Are you for "Give Michel Martelly a Chance"

Now, let's see who is right and who is wrong

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Haiti was marked by protest, burning tire, gas and rock throwing on November 18, 2013 as anti-government demonstrations took to the streets to show their frustration against the current government of Michel Martelly.

On the anniversary of the Battle of Vertieres, large number of people decided to send a clear message to the government of Michel Martelly that they are not satisfied with the direction of the country.

The protest that started normally in the popular neighborhoods around the capital was later met with tear gas by police in Petion-Ville and rock throwing by others.

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Is the popular and famous slogan "Tet Kale" that contributed to the election of Michel Martelly is now turning against him? One might think so if you have been listening to the opposition lately. Michel Martelly had so much success with the slogan "Tet Kale", he recently made the decision to form a new political party named "Tet kale"

One thing I am sure Michel Martelly did not think about in selecting the popular slogan "Tet Kale", is how easy it would be to turn it to a critic against his own government.

Maybe the opposition should thank the Haitian Creole language for its various abilities, one of which is the ability to completely the meaning of words by just switching their position. The slogan "Tet Kale" has been working so well for Michel Martelly, that is until people started calling it a government of "Kale Tet".

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As this new wave of protest against Michel Martelly are getting stronger and stronger, it helps to do some analysis of the situation. Have you noticed that in Haiti there has always been a movement to get ride of the government? Based on my analysis, Haiti political landscape has three basic stages: a) The "Election of the New Leader" period, b) The "Honeymoon" Period, c) The "Rache Manyok" period.

Let's take the period of the "Election of New Leader". This is usually a tense period where the major players are using all kind of tricks to control the election. On the other side, since the population is aware of that, they pay close attention to detail and are ready at any moment to take to the street.

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Forget about constitution " Konstitisyon Se Papye". Forget about the way most people believe it should be. In Haiti, we do things a little bit differently. Let's put it this way, the power is shared between the three branches of government with only one difference, the executive branch takes a bigger part of the cake.

At least this how our president Michel Martelly sees it. In a recent statement that actually did not please too many Haitian authorities, the president would like to make the public believe that the executive is above the other powers.

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