Caribbean & Central America - October 2012 (ISSN 1741-4458)

From three to 60 in one meeting. President Michel Martelly managed to increase his support by twentyfold in congress after a two-day hotel meeting in mid September. This is an important breakthrough for a man who, when he took office in May 2011, enjoyed the backing of just the three deputies from his party Repons Peyizan in the 99-strong lower chamber - and no backing at all in the senate.

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