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Haiti: presidente mexicano Calderón para visitar o Haiti quinta-feira

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - O nomeado Primeiro-Ministro e Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros demitiu-se, Laurent Lamothe, anunciou oficialmente terça-feira a visita ao Haiti do presidente mexicano, Felipe Calderón 12 abril e apoio contínuo de $ 20 milhões do México.

Felipe Calderon will be hosted in Port-au-Prince by Haitian President Michel Martelly, Laurent Lamothe said. The number one Mexican will be accompanied by a large delegation including a dozen of his ministers and Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.

It will be a "historic" visit, according to Lamothe, announcing a donation of $20 million from Mexico.

This gift is split between the construction of the hospital in Gonaives ($8 million) and the granting of 300 scholarships worth a total of $12 million, said the minister resigned.

Martelly, in U.S. for a shoulder surgery, will return early on April 12, before departing Friday, April 13 for the Summit of the Americas to be held on 14 and 15 of this month in Cartagena in Colombia.

Felipe Calderon, who must also take part in this event, will leave Haiti on the evening of April 12.

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