Ex-Haitian president Rene Preval dies
By Reuters
04 March 2017 |
4:47 am
The Haitian government says former President Rene Preval, 74, the first leader in Haiti's history to win a democratic election, serve a full term and peacefully hand power to a successor, has died.
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