Latin American IntegrationPréval and Hugo Chvez

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Préval and Hugo Chávez at the Miraflores National Palace in Venezuela.

Haiti under Preval has been cooperating diplomatically and fraternally with its fellow countries of Latin America.

The slowly-stabilizing country has seemingly benefited in a rather solid economic partnership with Venezuela.

This recently-forged friendship between Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and the Haitian president has resulted in various economic agreements.

4 power plants (a 40 megawatt, a 30 megawatt, and two 15 megawatts) are set to be constructed in Haiti.

An oil refinery is also scheduled to be installed in the country, with a production capacity of 10,000 barrels of oil per day. Venezuela's assistance to Haiti is founded upon a historic act where the newly-independent Haiti welcomed and tended to Simón Bolívar and provided military power to aid Bolivar's cause in liberating much of South America.

Haiti's Latin American alliance provides the country with much of its needed aid. Fidel as well as Raul Castro and other Cuban diplomats such as Vice President Esteban Lazo Hernandez have thanked Haiti for consistently voting in the United Nations General Assembly against the United States embargo against Cuba. Since Preval's induction, the economy has been on a sizeable increase.

Preval's diplomatic relations with fellow Latin American nations have opened up many opportunities for Haiti, in terms of economics.

Preval has met with many Latin American leaders such as Fidel Castro, Evo Morales of Bolivia (with an economic situation similar to Haiti's), Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, and Leonel Fernandez of the Dominican Republic.

Haitian and Dominican relations have strengthened largely in part due to Preval's willingness to end volatile temperaments and the two presidents' determination of brotherly cooperation.

Preval's first foreign visitation was actually in the neighboring country in which he was graciously welcomed by the Dominican government.

In addition to diplomatic relations, the health sector (though still very low) is improving with the strong presence of Cuban medical personnel actively working in all regions of the country.

Djakut, November 17 2007, 11:02 PM

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