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Joseph Roney
Joseph Roney (August 15, 1935, in Port-au-Prince – January 7, 2013, in Brussels) was a Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...an politician.PTB. In memoriam Joseph Roney (1935- 2013)'' Roney hailed from a peasant family. He studied at the ''Ecole normale supérieure'' of the State University of Haiti. In 1959 he took part in founding the Party of Popular Accord (PEP), a party in which he would serve as its general secretary.''Le Nouvelliste''. Décès de Joseph Roney, ex-dirigeant du Parti de l'entente populaire'' During the 1960s he was a leader of the National Union of Haitian Students (UNEH) and the Popular Youth League (LJP).HaitiLibre. ' Roney organized students strike to ensure the freedom of jailed UNEH chairman Bastien. Soon, Roney himself was jailed as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is defined by the IHSI as including the communes of Port-au-Prince, Delmas, Cite Soleil, Tabarre, Carrefour and Pétion-Ville. The city of Port-au-Prince is on the Gulf of Gonâve: the bay on which the city lies, which acts as a natural harbor, has sustained economic activity since the civilizations of the Taíno. It was first incorporated under French colonial rule in 1749. The city's layout is similar to that of an amphitheater; commercial districts are near the water, while residential neighborhoods are located on the hills above. Its population is difficult to ascertain due to the rapid growth of slums in the hillsides above the city; however, recent estimates place the metropolitan area's population at around 3.7 million, nearly half of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
