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Chavez offers US$100m aid package to Haiti Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has promised impoverished Haiti aid amounting to just under US$100 million to boost social and economic programmes, saying it was partially a thank-you gift linked to their shared history. Haiti, then ruled by president Alexandre Petion, helped his country secure independence from Spain in 1817, said Chavez, offering "weapons, men and resources". "It is here in Haiti that a group of revolutionaries, among them Francisco de Miranda, waved the Venezuelan flag for the first time," he said during a joint news conference with Haitian president Rene Preval, at the presidential palace. Giving back "By helping Haiti today, we are only giving back a small part of what we owe to this country," said Chavez. "It's just a start," he stated. Full Article : jamaica-gleaner.com |
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