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Bill Clinton Visits Haiti as Special UN Envoy July 10th, 2009

Former United States President Bill Clinton is finishing a three-day visit to Haiti today, his first since being appointed United Nations Special Envoy for the impoverished Caribbean nation.

During a visit to the country in March, Mr. Clinton and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon assessed the situation in the wake of four back-to-back tropical storms that battered the country in 2008, killing nearly 800 people and affecting an estimated 1 million people.

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HAITI – The Hurricanes of 2008 October 20th, 2008

The following are stories of the terrible hurricanes of 2008 from Oblates working in Haiti.

GONAÏVES From Fr. Albert Cator (Haitian) September 22, 2008

Around 3:30 PM on Sunday, August 31st we arrived at Gonaïves under a warm sun and a blue sky with few clouds. Excellent welcome for the Director of the residence… It hadn’t rained for weeks and there was no sign of the forecasted cyclone: a beautiful and calm evening! Without anyone noticing it, around 8:30 PM the sky became totally overcast and it started to rain, covering the scorched ground. Our sigh of relief was quickly transformed into a nightmare.

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