Laissez briller le soleil Laissez briller le soleil "Laissez briller le soleil" ("Let the Sun Shine") was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed in French by Reynaert. The song was performed sixteenth on the night, following Norway's Karoline Krüger with "For vår jord" and preceding Luxembourg's Lara Fabian with "Croire". At the close of voting, it had received 5 points, placing 18th in a field of 21. The song is a plea to "let the sun shine" on those less fortunate than oneself. Reynaert also recorded the song in English, as "The Sun Could Shine in Your Heart". It was
Cité Soleil Cité Soleil Cité Soleil (; English: "Sun City") is an extremely impoverished and densely populated commune located in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area in Haiti. Cité Soleil originally developed as a shanty town and grew to an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 residents, the majority of whom live in extreme poverty. The area is generally regarded as one of the poorest and most dangerous areas of the Western Hemisphere and it is one of the biggest slums in the Northern Hemisphere. The area has virtually no sewers and has a poorly maintained open canal system that serves as its sewage system, few