Momentum builds to cancel Haiti’s debt
Momentum is really now building to cancel Haiti’s $1 billion debt and give the country a clean slate as it begins reconstruction efforts.
Since we launched our campaign we’ve seen real progress, which is giving us hope that we can help score a success.
According to reports, Venezuela now plans to cancel its share of the debt. As we’ve reported, Haiti’s debt to Venezuela is approximately $295 million. This is an enormous step forward in Haiti’s path to full debt cancellation. Announcing the cancellation, Venezuelan resident Hugo Chávez is reported to have said, “Haiti has no debt with Venezuela – on the contrary, it is Venezuela that has a historic debt with Haiti.”
Adding to the increasing volume of calls asking world leaders to forgive Haiti’s debt, Canada’s Finance Minister Jim Flaherty yesterday argued that given Haiti’s current focus and priorities, the country should not be burdened by “liabilities of its past.” Flaherty specifically called on others to follow Canada’s lead of debt cancellation.
All of this is very encouraging, but we still have much work to do. So our attention is now turning to governments directly, especially those attending the G7 Finance Ministers Meeting next week.
Thank you to everyone who has taken action so far. With your help we really are making a difference.
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28/01/2010 at 7:26 pm
It’s great that all of these countries are comming together to help a country in need of ood water and shelter
28/01/2010 at 7:26 pm
food*
29/01/2010 at 12:51 am
this should be remarked by every media that portrayed Chavez as a terrorist, as the devil, besides ideologys, he is a democratic man, elected by the people and with good ideas:
http://comunicacionpopular.com.ar/chavez-condona-la-deuda-a-haiti-y-propone-que-el-alba-destine-100-millones-de-dolares-para-su-recuperacion/
30/01/2010 at 1:43 pm
Bilo bi super kad bi svatko od nas shvatio da se to moze dogoditi i nama a ne samo ljudima na Haitiju.Razmislimo o tom…..
30/01/2010 at 3:28 pm
I agree to what Danilo is saying here.
For me Hugo Chavez and his government in Venezuela have done and do good things , in their country as well as abroad. I wish we had some more men like Chavez in Latinamerica!
11/02/2010 at 1:47 am
KEEP THE PRESSURE ON UNTIL HAITI’S DEBT IS CANCELLED, SO THE COMMUNITY CAN REBUILD.
22/02/2010 at 11:21 am
it’s nice and normal for sensible people to cancel their debts towards haiti, for even if they didn’t haiti would have seldom reimbourse the debt. Great job Chavez.