Written on December 7th, 2009 by adminno shouts

MISNA7 December 2009 Francesco Fantoli, who collaborated with the Haiti Press Network, was shot on Saturday night by unidentified gunmen and died after undergoing surgery at a hospital run by the international aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Trinité, in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. Fantoli, who had lived in Haiti for over 12 years, was a big soccer fan and was known for sports commentary on local television, including the Italian soccer championship that is very followed in Haiti. He recently founded a soccer school that he was due to inaugurate on January 20 in Jacme, a southern coastal city where he had a home and opened a movie-club projecting and commenting films every Saturday night. “In Francesco’s restaurant you could eat pasta he personally prepared for clients”, writes the ‘Haiti en marche’ news site, emphasising that in his activities the Italian always attempted to portray a positive image of Haiti. Fantoli made a series of reportage for the Europe Union office in Haiti on the daily life of the country, for which he received an award.