Rene Preval speaks a week after Haiti Earthquake

Rene Preval speaks one week after the Haiti earthquake.

Here are some quotes form an article by the Los Angeles Times:

Haitian President Rene Preval had few answers to the many questions facing the head of a devastated country.

He could not say how many people had died. He did not know when the roads would be cleared of debris.

He wouldn't venture a guess on whether more survivors might still be pulled from the rubble.

Looking shaken and offering little in the way of reassurance to Haitians, he says little before going back inside his makeshift office.

When it ended, Preval turned to head back to his office in the police station.

He was confronted by a woman in red.

"Mr. President! Mr. President!" she shouted.

"People are dying.

We have no water.

"The mayor has everything and he doesn't want to give it up!" she said. "Please, please, please, just a bag of rice."

"OK, a bag of rice," Preval said. Then he went inside.

I am not making this up you can read it here:
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Preval Haiti News, January 20 2010, 4:12 PM

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