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NEWS ABOUT: Rene Preval

Rene Preval stories: 2 news summaries

 Haitian Senate Sacks
 Prime Minister 

Food riots spark ouster of president's close ally

Apr 13, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid skyrocketing food prices and deadly riots in Haiti, the country's senate has voted to oust Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis. President Rene Preval, who appointed his ally Alexis in 2006 to lead the country's coalition government, must now choose a new cabinet. The vote came in spite of a recently... More »

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United Nations • Haiti • no confidence • food prices • food riots • Rene Preval • Jacques-Edouard Alexis

 Haitians Protest as
 Food Prices Soar 

Capital shuts down as mob tries to storm presidential palace

Apr 9, 08 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hungry Haitians attacked the presidential palace yesterday, demanding the resignation of President Rene Preval over soaring food prices, Reuters reports. UN peacekeepers fired rubber bullets and tear gas to control the angry mob; a week of protests has killed five people and paralyzed the impoverished capital. “If we are... More »

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Haiti • protests • Caribbean • riots • food riots • Rene Preval

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