Michele Montas, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
 Michele Montas pledged to bring her experience as a hard-hitting journalist in Haiti to the assignment by providing access to information that is not otherwise readily available. In an interview with UN Radio, Ms. Montas said there was no contradiction between her experience as a journalist and her |
Jean Léopold Dominique (July 30, 1930 – April 3, 2000)
 Jean Léopold Dominique was a noted Haïtian journalist who spoke out against successive dictatorships. He was one of the first people in Haïti to broadcast in Kréyòl, the language spoken by most of the populace. Despite fleeing the country twice when his life was under threat, he continued to |
Janet Jagan, O.E. – First Woman President of Guyana
 Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on October 20, 1920, she was to become Guyana's first woman Deputy Speaker, first woman to be elected in the Georgetown City Council, first woman cabinet minister under self-government, later first woman Prime Minister and then the nation's first |
