Barbados, Haiti: Do the Right Thing
Written byJanine Mendes-Franco
Posted 1 February 2010 23:09 GMT
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“If there is nothing as strong as an idea whose time has come, the notion of ‘debt forgiveness’ for Haiti has arrived in our time as a nine-point-five on whatever scale it is that measures compassion”: Blogging from Barbados, B.C. Pires thinks that CARICOM countries should be leading the charge when it comes to canceling Haiti's debt.
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