Headlines:
| Amendment in the US to cancel Haiti’s debt |
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| Monday, 28 April 2008 | |
The United
States' (US')
House of Representatives has unanimously passed an amendment calling for the
cancellation of Haiti's
international debt.The legislation, piloted by Florida Democratic Congressman Alcee Hastings, directs the US Secretary of the Treasury to work with international financial institutions to provide debt cancellation to low-income countries. Congressman Hastings described the vote as an important initial step toward finally freeing the impoverished nation from its onerous debt. Mr. Hastings is also in the vanguard in the fight to end what he called "double-standard immigration practices as they pertain to Haitian migrants". |