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• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Marcel Wah
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: Dec 14, 2014
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• Category : Haiti News
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  BY JACQUELINE CHARLES, JCHARLES@MIAMIHERALD.COM
  12/14/2014 3:03 AM 12/14/2014 2:13 PM

  Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe pictured on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. PATRICK FARRELL, MIAMI HERALD STAFF

• Location : Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti

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  PORT-AU-PRINCE
  Bowing to pressure, Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe resigned Saturday, paving the way for a new government to lead the country into long overdue legislative and local elections.

  Lamothe announced his resignation in a speech that was recorded shortly after 11 p.m., but did not air until almost 2 a.m. Sunday because of technical difficulties. He thanked President Michel Martelly, parliament, ministers and the Haitian people as he gave an account of his accomplishments. They included everything from increasing the percentage of children enrolled in school, augmenting tourism and foreign investments, and cutting insecurity and extreme poverty.

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