Sunday, March 6, the candidate Michel Martelly was in Les Cayes, in front a crowd of several thousand supporters and sympathizers. After a few developed, designed to "warm up" his audience, the candidate Martelly spoke among others of the importance of the vocational education, of the possible solutions to finance some major projects for Haiti and the cost of living.
There are still 11 days for those who do disorder... after that, we will enter in a country right, in a country where everyone has the same power, which everyone must obey the law in the same way.
Today I am here because I can tell you, here, is the base of my campaign, we took the decision that it is here that we will finish the campaign. [...] You can believe in me, I am not a liar, I am not innocent, that one who is innocent casts me the first stone [...] I have an advantage over other... everyone knows what I've already done!
Addressing to the crowd in a game of questions and answers, the candidate Martelly launched:
"Is what I already said some stupid things ? YES [the crowd] Is what I already down my pants ? YES [the crowd] that means you know everything, what I did. Have I stolen money from the State ? NO [the crowd] Do you think that I am a person that will keep the country as it is now ? NO [the crowd].
I must tell you, that I'll make the second round the same way I did the first round, there will be no empty words it's the same thing: free education, the agriculture,
structure the fishing, the fishing is a big industry which must be structured, create social housing [...] But before we talk about work, even if the work is important, we must not forget the education because if you have a job, but you have no profession, you will be poorly paid and the country will remain poor .
here [in le Cayes] we need to build wharves [...] they say [his opponents] that there is no money [...] where I find the money?" Borrowing a tract that has contributed to the success of the Dominican Republic, the candidate Martelly explained "There is one thing in the world called BOT the "Bill of Operation & Transfer", these are foreign investors who have capital, you tell them you need an airport here, a modern airport, they come they do an airport, but before, you must negotiate with them, after they built the airport, they managed for some time, so they recover their money, make money, and after the airport will go in the hands the State.
I will not make my interesting and let people walk, I need to create work, I need to give people the means to travel, I need to develop the area and this is the kind of company that can make wharves, that I want to use, the Haitian government has not enough money for that.
Our sustainable development, must pass through agriculture, we must produce, we must increase the domestic production. The only way to fight against high prices is by having excess of production. For example if the rice is too expensive, the only way that the rice price decline is to produce lots of rice. If there is too much rice on the market, its price will fall. We must work, the agricultural recovery is important.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Haitian economy down , Dominican getting richer
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Officials in the Dominican Republic say the nation's exports to Haiti increased 35 percent last year due to the earthquake that hit the neighboring country.The Dominican Republic's investment promotion agency says official business with Haiti reached $869.6 million in 2010. That was nearly $225 million more than in 2009.Agency spokesman Eddy Martinez said Monday that new statistics show formal sales to Haiti represented nearly 16 percent of all Dominican exports in 2010. He says food exports shot up 94 percent and industrial exports, including construction equipment, increased 26 percent.
The January 2010 earthquake killed an estimated 300,000 people and left much of impoverished Haiti's capital in ruins.
Sean Penn big humanitarian in Haiti thankful, praising Chavez ....
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Venezuela has helped Penn's J/P Haitian Relief Organisation distribute medicines in Haiti following the disastrous earthquake in 2010.
According to The AP, Penn praised Venezuela for its financial contributions to the aid effort. He also praised the help that the charity has received from the US military.
"We hope that this kind of collaboration can be an example for future approaches to many other issues," said Penn.
Venezuela has had a strained relationship with the US since Chavez reportedly failed to recognize the White House's nominee for envoy in a diplomatic dispute.
Penn first met Chavez in 2009 when the actor flew to Venezuela to discuss the possibility of shooting a film in the South American country.
Can Haiti cure Mr " Tiger blood " Charlie Sheen .
Now that Charlie Sheen has cured his cocaine addiction with his evolved brain, he can put that, along with his tiger blood and Adonis DNA, to good use.
In Haiti.
According to ABC News, Sheen has enthusiastically agreed to take a trip to the economically crippled country with friend and fellow actor Sean Penn, though neither have said when they'll be leaving.
Penn has been encouraging the manic star to shift his focus to something productive since Friday, now that Sheen has the country's undivided attention.
"Charlie is one of the very few public people who cannot be accused of using the media to his own benefit," Penn said in a public statement. "I would very much like to show my old friend the world of needs on the ground in Haiti, and introduce him and his tremendous wit to our hard working Haitian staff."
Needless to say, Sheen's response was not exactly what you'd expect.
"I'm excited as hell because, you know, if I can bring the attention of the world down there, then clearly this tsunami keeps cresting," Sheen told "Access Hollywood."
Haiti result of the Davis Cup
Roman Recaute defeated Jean Marc Bazanne 6-3, 6-1 6-2 in the reverse singles Sunday to give Venezuela a 3-2 Davis Cup victory over Haiti.
The win allows Venezuela to advance to the second round in Group II of the Americas Zone, while Venezuela meets Paraguay in the playoffs.
Earlier Sunday, Haiti's Oliver Sajous edged out Venezuela's Piero Luisi 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 0-6, 6-4.
Sajous beat Luis David Martinez 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 and Luisi defeated Bazanne 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in Friday's singles. Luisi and Roberto Maytin handily defeated Haiti's Sajous and Joel Allen 6-7, 3-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-2 in Saturday's doubles.
Haiti has never beat Venezuela in the Davis Cup.
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