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Haiti NewsHaiti news, Haiti headline news, Haiti News briefs Chavannes Jeune looking to reverse 200 years of corruption and poverty Haitians In the News , 8/13/2005, 12:05 PM
Lincoln Tribunes Reports:
Chavannes Jeune, an influential Haitian Christian leader, pastor and evangelist, will formally announce his candidacy for president of Haiti in his home town of Les Cayes on Wednesday, August 10.
In an exclusive interview with the barrickreport.com at his office here in the nation’s capital on August 5, Jeune said his motivation his simple. “I have the vision that our Christian people can make a positive change.”
... ... an estimated 40 percent of Haitians being evangelicals, Jeune would seem to have an excellent chance at leading this nation, which gained its independence on January 1, 1804. That is, if he can convince Christians to register and vote, no easy task in a nation jaded by two centuries of often corrupt leadership. read more... <- Last Page | Next Page -> |