Caribbean Photo of the Week: Haiti’s Citadelle des Platons

By: - July 14th, 2013

This week’s Caribbean Photo of the Week comes from reader Styven Innocent, who sends us his shot from the Citadelle des Platons in the mountains of Torbeck in southern Haiti. Do you have a photo for Caribbean Photo of the Week? Send it to news@caribjournal.com.

— CJ

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