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February 9, 2009

Haiti Pleads for Aid, Urges End to Indirect US Funding
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The government of Haiti is making an emergency appeal for foreign aid.
Meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Haitian President Rene
Preval said Haiti needs as much as $100 million to avoid widespread
unrest and collapse. Preval also urged Clinton to drop the US policy of
funneling aid to Haiti through non-governmental organizations instead of
directly to the state. Some of the groups used US aid to support the
overthrow of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004.



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