Archive for March 23rd, 2010

IDB Forgives $479 Million Haiti Debt

March 23, 2010
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IDB Forgives $479 Million Haiti Debt

(RTTNews) -  The governing board of the Inter-American Development Bank agreed on Monday to raise $70 billion in new capital, the largest expansion of resources in the Bank’s history, and provide a $479 million debt forgiveness to Haiti. Of the $70 billion capital increase, $1.7 billion will be paid in by the bank’s member countries...
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Haitian gov’t accused of hindering relief efforts

March 23, 2010
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Haitian gov’t accused of hindering relief efforts

Monday, 22 March 2010 The international Red Cross in Haiti has accused the government of not releasing land to facilitate the construction of better structures for more than a million earthquake survivors. There are mounting concerns that there could be more suffering for the Haitian people, who remain in makeshift camps ahead of the...
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