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Statement of President Barack Obama on Haitian Flag Day
Lawmakers in U.S. Reject Direct Aid to Haitian Government
(RHC) – U.S. President Barack Obama hosted Haitian President René Préval at the White House as part of Preval’s visit with top U.S. officials in Washington. The Haitian government is finalizing an aid proposal ahead of an international donors’ conference scheduled for later this month.
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VIDEO:Haitians Expect Little from Haiti-U.S. Meeting
Ordinary Haitians said yesterday they expected little from the meeting between U.S. President Back Obama and Haitian President Rene Preval. Preval and Obama are in Washington DC to discuss reconstruction efforts for Haiti, which was left devastated after the January 12 earthquake.
Haiti Asks US For $15bn Aid Package
By Brad Norington
HAITI’S President is asking for a $US14 billion ($15.3bn) aid package to turn the rubble of Port-au-Prince into a thriving modern city after January’s earthquake.
President Rene Preval unveiled details after meeting President Barack Obama at the White House yesterday.
VIDEO:Haitian President René Préval and American President Obama White House Press Conference
Haitian President René Préval and American President Obama speak to the press after meeting at the White House and reaffirm their mutual commitment to rebuilding Haiti after Januarys devastating earthquake. March 10, 2010.
President Preval:”Food Aid Phase Over For Haiti, Focus Should Be On Jobs, Hurricane Season Preparation & Schools”
At their meeting on Wednesday, Haitian President Rene Preval is expected to ask President Barack Obama to stop food aid to Haiti, Reuters reports. “Preval told a news conference on Monday the aid could in the long term hurt the economy of the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. ‘I will tell him (Obama) that this first phase of assistance is finished,’ said Preval,” according to the news service.
“If they continue to send us aid from abroad – water and food – it will be in competition with the national Haitian production and Haitian commerce,” he said, adding that job creation should be the priority (Bigg, 3/8).
Haiti’s Leader to See Obama, Hat in Hand
AFP-Haitian President Rene Preval will get a sympathetic hearing when he meets with US counterpart Barack Obama on Wednesday, ahead of an international donors’ conference for his quake-hit nation.
What he is looking for, though, is billions of dollars to rebuild the poorest country in the Americas, which lost 222,000 people, 70 percent of its capital Port-au-Prince and more than half its economy in the January 12 catastrophe.
Haitian President to Visit White House
WASHINGTON — Earthquake-hit Haiti‘s President Rene Preval will travel to Washington next week for talks with President Barack Obama, the White House announced Friday.
The White House says Obama and President Rene Preval will meet on Wednesday before Obama visits St. Louis. The White House announced the schedule on Friday.
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