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FREE Thanks to our ADVERTISERS Please support SOUTH FLORIDA'S MOST TRUSTED HAITIAN NEWSPAPER Them! Vol. 13 No. 283 • January 1 - 15, 2013 www.lefloridien.com PHONE: 305-610-7481 Haiti Marks 209 Years of Independence Happy New GONAIVES, Haiti -- Haiti cele- Year 2013 From brated 209 years of independence Tuesday, January 1, 2013. The Publisher! PAGE 3 As part of the celebrations, a si- zable government delegation led by Haiti President Michel Haiti Martelly visited the city of “Vehemently Gonaives to participate in inde- pendence ceremonies. Protests” New US, Canada The proclamation by Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared Haiti inde- Travel Warnings pendent from France on Jan. 1, PAGE 4 1804, making Haiti the first inde- pendent nation in Latin America and the Caribbean and the first Le Floridien black republic. Becomes ... continued on page 4 On Tuesday, January 1, 2013, Haiti celebrated 209 years of independence. First Haitian Newspaper South Florida's Haitian Community: Member of 2012 - The Year In Review Florida Press MIRAMAR - It doesn't seem that Funeral of "AtoZ" marked the college's second campus Association long ago that we were counting in Florida. PAGE 8 down (10...! 9...! 8...!) to mid- The year 2012 starts with a painful night, January 1, 2012. Year event: the funeral of a popular radio About one month later, on April 13, 2012 has passed so quickly and talk-show host, Erick François Cadet, 2012, Azure College celebrated the here we are in January already! better known as "AtoZ," who died on grand opening of a new Branch Les couples Yet over the last 12 months, a lot December 29, 2011. The 47-year-old Campus in the City of Boca Raton. A Delva et Luxama, of things have happened in our promoter had been diagnosed with an ribbon-cutting ceremony was attend- community. incurable cancer, according to family ed by local elected officials, college de beaux sources. Hundreds of people paid administrators, employees and guests. exemples Even though it is not an easy task their respects to him at his funeral on to review the past year for our January 7. He was buried at Southern As one of the fastest growing private- de longévité community, as the tradition must Memorial Cemetery in North Miami. sector colleges in Florida, Azure be respec-ted, and as the only College provides career-oriented conjugale reliable Haitian print news serv- Azure College Opens diploma and degree programs that PAGE 13 Two New Campuses prepare students for careers in ing South Florida's Haitian demand or for advancement in Allied Community, we feel that we have Azure College celebrated the grand Health, Nursing and Information an obligation to do so, by loo-king La rupture du lien opening and ribbon cutting of its new Technology. back in our last 24 issues to campus in the Town of Sebring on Pipo-Nu Look recap some memorable events. Friday, March 9. The grand opening ... continued on page 2 crée la panique Les Etats-Unis échappent à une catastrophe budgétaire PAGE 14 WASHINGTON -- L'année entendus au Congrès, les Etats-Unis 2013 aurait pu commencer risquaient de rechuter dans la crise - Haïti: de plus mauvaise manière. enfonçant un peu plus une Europe déjà L'accord intervenu mardi encalminée dans la récession. 2013 eût 22 convoqués 1er janvier, à Washington, pris départ calamiteux. pour affronter le sur le budget américain évite une catastrophe. Il Mais il ne faut pas s'y tromper. Chili le 19 janvier faudrait être un esprit bien L'accord budgétaire de mardi relève du chagrin pour ne pas s'en colmatage de court terme. à Concepcion féliciter. Si démocrates et PAGE 19 Congressman John Boehner et Président Barack Obama républicains ne s'étaient pas Suite à la page 12 2 REVIEW LE FLORIDIEN • January 1 - 15, 2013 South Florida's Haitian Community: 2012 - The Year In Review ... continued from cover Haitian immigrants in the health said it had taken him just less than his attitude. According to The Miami department. We believe in the conti- three months to get the space open. Herald, U.S. State Department offi- Francois sentencing nuity of health care and will ensure it "I've been in the restaurant business cials wondered what Martelly meant for them. The clinic not only provides for the last past 25 years," Marcellus when he told Saint-Surin during the Paul Francois, a Haitian resident of health services free of charge the last said proudly. "I already opened more live broadcast that he was "ready to Fort Lauderdale, was sentenced to 10 past 23 years, but also provides than a dozen restaurants serving help (Moise) in any way that I can.'' years in prison for swindling two patients with a culturally sensitive Continental cuisine, including my New York women, each of whom he atmosphere. The clinic accepts, delicious Creole recipes, and this is promised to marry, out of roughly respects and takes care of anyone my second in Pembroke Pines." Haitian Heritage Cultural Month $400,000. Francois was convicted in who needs medical attention." Celebration in Dade County February on grand theft and fraud Pembroke Pines Mayor Frank Ortis, charges. He had faced up to 90 years Haitians Rally for Trayvon Martin who called the place "beautiful," told May 2012 marked the 12th year that in prison. At his sentencing on the Haitian entrepreneur he was Miami-Dade County celebrated Thursday, March 8, in Broward Several hundred members of Miami's excited to have K Café among the Haitian Heritage Cultural Month. The County Circuit Court, Francois said Haitian community marched early ranks of Pembroke Pines' great first county recognition of Haitian he was sorry and apologized about Wednesday, March 28, calling for an restaurant offerings. Mayor Ortis was Heritage Cultural Month was in May everything. arrest in the shooting death of teena- on hand to help cut the ribbon and 2001, through Resolution R-452-01. ger Trayvon Martin. The group, led signed a commemorative plate to Shooting at Haitian Wake by Concerned Haitian American mark his visit. The theme for 2012 was Citizens (CHAC), marched south to "Rediscovering the Pearl of the On March 16, 21-year-old Haitian- 54th Street and then circled back to A Diplomatic "Faux Pas" Caribbean: Celebrating an Explosion American Morvin Andre died one 62nd Street for a rally. On stage, at by President Martelly of Culture." This was a month-long day after he jumped from the 4th to the statue of Toussaint L'Ouverture, a celebration of the arts, culture and the 2nd floor of the Aventura Mall sign with a photo of Martin read: In an interview on Thursday, May 3, cuisine of Haiti, with a kick-off cere- parking garage in an effort to escape "Haitians for Trayvon. Justice = with friend Alex Saint-Surin, talk- mony on May 1, 2012, in the lobby of pursuit by Bloomingdale's loss pre- Liberty = Peace." show host of "Carrefour" on RADIO the Stephen P. Clark Government vention employees. The Medical MEGA 1700 AM (WJCC), a local Center, 111 N.W. 1st Street, Miami, Examiner ruled his death a suicide Marchers held printed and handmade Creole-language radio station, Haiti's Fla. because he chose to jump rather than signs reading "Justice For Trayvon" President Michel Martelly called on be apprehended, according to and "Haitians For Trayvon" and wore Haitians to unite and support candi- During this special month, Miami- Aventura Police Sgt. Chris Goranitis. printed shirts with the teen's photo. date Rudy Moise, a physician who Dade County paid tribute to the many Both Haitian and American flags was running in a contentious Miami contributions the Haitian people have At his viewing two weeks later at the waved as cars drove by honking. primary race with incumbent made to the county, the state of Funeraria Latina Emanuel Funeral Though Martin did not live in Little Frederica Wilson in the new Florida Florida and the nation, through many Home [14990 W. Dixie Highway], Haiti, one community leader said that 24th Congressional District. events. fourteen people were shot. Two of was not important. them died as a result of what may be "It is very important for Haiti to stand The month's celebrations concluded one of the worst mass shootings in North Miami Hosts behind Rudy Moise," Martelly said in with a closing reception on May 29 at South Florida history. One of the vic- Women's History Month Creole. "When I say Haiti, Haitians in the City of North Miami Beach tims, a 43-year-old man, died outside Haiti; Haitians in the diaspora." McDonald Center, 17051 N.E. 19th the funeral home. The other, a 27- The same Wednesday, March 28, Ave, North Miami Beach, Fla. year-old man, died at the hospital. North Miami Mayor Andre D. Pierre Wilson swiftly blasted Martelly's Witnesses at the funeral home had and Councilwoman Marie Erlande comments, saying she didn't appreci- School Board of Miami-Dade said one of the two people killed was Steril hosted a Celebration of Women ate "efforts to divide her County Recognizes shot in the chest. in honor of National Women's Congressional district into Haitians Johnson Napoleon History Month. The event, held at the versus African Americans" in the A senior police commander told Museum of Contemporary Art Aug. 14 primary race. At the School Board of Miami-Dade CBS4 investigative reporter Jim (MOCA), saluted outstanding women County meeting on May 16, the board DeFede that Andre had some connec- in the community for their service "With the myriad of problems that council recognized Johnson tion to several South Florida gangs, and leadership in a variety of fields, Haiti is experiencing at this time, it's Napoleon, CEO of Azure College and some of those gang members from Arts and Entertainment to Youth amazing that President Martelly School of Nursing, under Resolution attended his wake to pay their Empowerment.