Richard Auguste Morse

Richard Auguste Morse (born 1957) is a Puerto-Rican-born Haitian-American musician and hotel manager currently[when?] residing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Morse manages the Hotel Oloffson, and is the founder of a mizik rasin band, RAM, named after his initials. Morse is married to the band's lead female vocalist, Lunise Morse, and has two children. Morse and his band are famous in Haiti for their political songs and performances critical of the Raoul Cédras military junta from 1991 to 1994. In the early 2000s, Morse has also criticized Jean-Bertrand Aristide and Fanmi Lavalas through his music. Morse is a United States citizen. His cousin Michel Martelly[1] is a musician, right-wing Haitian politician and former President of Haiti.[2] Richard Morse repeatedly expressed support for Martelly in the 2010 presidential elections in Haiti. By the end of 2012, he had distanced himself from the Martelly government.[3]

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  3. ^ Porter, Catherine (April 15, 2013). "Why Richard Morse left Haiti's government". thestar.com. Retrieved July 5, 2023.