I Believe in Haiti

Fernandez: Summit is successful in translating pledges into concrete plans

Dominican President Leonel Fernandez said on Wednesday that the Haiti Summit was successful in translating into measurable action plans the pledges the international communities had made to Haiti, at a time when the Caribbean nation attempts to recover from January’s devastating earthquake. “The New York Summit established the work-frame of the long-term cooperation with Haiti, but [...]

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World Bank to set up fiduciary trust for Haiti’s reconstruction

Dominican President Leonel Fernandez said that the World Bank will set up a fiduciary trust to receive the international community’s donations to be used in Haiti’s reconstruction, following January’s devastating earthquake. “Those nations, those organizations that desire to work through the World Bank in the execution of their projects can contribute to the creation of this [...]

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Venezuela pledges more than $2.65 billion to Haiti’s reconstruction

The Venezuelan government has pledged to provide 2.65 billion dollars to Haiti’s reconstruction efforts, forgiving the debt that the earthquake ravaged nation has with the state-ran Petrocaribe and by setting up a “solidarity fund of fuel imports,” which would provide benefits of more than 2 billion dollars over the next six years. “All of this means [...]

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Fernandez: Haiti needs $260 million dollars before September

Dominican President Leonel Fernandez said that Haiti needs US$262 million from the International community before September to meet this year’s fiscal obligations. “At this time, for the Haitian authorities to be able to function adequately, they require support to be able to meet their budget needs in the amount of 262 million dollars. The monies need [...]

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Confidence is high as Haiti Summit opens

World leaders arriving in Punta Cana for the Haiti Summit expressed confidence that the event will produce a well-defined road map leading not only to the recovery of the Caribbean nation from January’s devastating earthquake, but also to a brighter future. Representatives from more than 54 countries and 35 organizations will participate in the event, which [...]

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Fernandez: Haiti Summit to develop concrete reconstruction measures

Dominican President Leonel Fernandez said that Summit for Haiti, held in Punta Cana this week, aims to translate the international community’s pledges into concrete and measurable actions that effectively help the neighboring nation recover from January’s devastating earthquake. Fernandez, who is the event’s host, said that this week’s meeting is the culmination of a series of [...]

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Clinton: Haiti Rebuilding Must Address Longstanding Problems

As world leaders prepare to attend the Haiti Summit that will be held in Punta Cana this week, former U.S. President Bill Clinton says that efforts to reconstruct the Caribbean nation from the devastation caused by January’s 7.0 earthquake must address the country’s longstanding problems, especially the lack of education. “Only about half of the children [...]

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Re-founding Haiti

As world leaders begin to gather for the Haiti Summit, there is a growing sense among participants that the need goes beyond the restoration of the infrastructure destroyed by the cataclysmic earthquake that hit the Caribbean nation in January. What must be done, according to participants of the event, is to lay out the groundwork [...]

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