Haitian ambassador joseph raymond biography books
When the earthquake struck Haiti, Raymond Joseph, the former Haitian ambassador to the United States, found himself rushing back to his beloved country.!
Raymond Joseph
Haitian diplomat and journalist
Raymond Alcide Joseph (born August 31, 1931) is a Haitiandiplomat, journalist, political activist and author.
He was the Haitian ambassador to the United States from 2005 to 2010, and he resigned to be considered for candidacy in the 2010 Haitian presidential election.
With this book, Ambassador Raymond Joseph warns readers about Haiti's current political leaders' attempts to impose a new dictatorship.
He is founder of the largest Haitian newspaper Haïti Observateur, based out of Brooklyn, New York, that circulates not only for the Haitian diaspora but in Haiti as well. He infamously ran an informant operation of sources surrounding, in, and out of the presidential palace in Haiti during the Duvalier authoritarian years, that leaked information for him to report, all while avoiding an attempt on his life.
Early life and education
Joseph was born on August 31, 1931, in San Pedro de Macorís,[1]Dominican Republic and lived in a batey (a sugar cane worker's town),[2] whose family was originally from Les Cayes, Haiti.[3] He is also