Caribbean Festival of Arts twice. Once in 2008 when Guyana took up the challenge and again in 2010 when they had shown no intentions of hosting it. The future of CARIFESTA seems to be strengthening as Haiti bids to host the event in 2015. During an address at the 33rd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community, hosted in July 2012 in Saint Lucia, Haitian President Michel Martelly asserted that receiving CARIFESTA in his country would make it possible to increase cultural relations with other neighbouring nations. Caribbean Festival of Arts Caribbean Festival of Arts, commonly known as CARIFESTA, is
Michel Pélieu Michel Pélieu Michel Pélieu (born 26 June 1946) is a French politician. A member of the Radical Left Party (PRG), Pélieu was elected mayor of Loudenvielle from 1977 to 2011. In 1985, he became general counsel of the canton of Bordères-Louron, in Hautes-Pyrénées. Since the French senate elections in 2001, he has been the deputy of François Fortassin. During the local elections of 2011, he was elected with 70% of votes in the canton of Bordères-Louron and ran for the presidency of the General Council, facing past president Josette Durrieu. After a tight turn, Pélieu became chairman of the General