Backlog at port blocks food aid
03-06-2008
Donated food aid rots in Haitian port after government cracks down on corruption that allowed Colombian cocaine a clear path to U.S. Haiti imports about 75 percent of its food; in 2002, UN found almost half the population was undernourished. Hand-written customs system is overwhelmed, bribes continue, 200 shipping containers await inspection and Miami shipping companies lay off stevedores.
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Tags: Canadian Embassy, Cap-Haitien, Frontier Liner Services, Haiti, Mercy and Sharing Foundation, Munir Mourra, National Port Authority, Rene Preval, River Terminal Services, Susie Scott Krabacher, U.N. World Food Program
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