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In late June President Rene Preval began his third attempt to appoint a Prime Minister since the resignation of Jacques-Edouard Alexis resulting from the April food riots. With Alexis soldiering on in a caretaker role, the President's first and second choices for the job were both rejected by Parliament, which found fault with their citizenship papers. So, Preval unveiled as his third choice, Michele Pierre-Louis, a 61-year old economist, who, if confirmed, would become the country's second woman premier. A close friend of the President, Pierre-Louis has been head since 1995 of the Foundation of Knowledge and Liberty (FOKAL), a

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