NewsWhore
09-22-2008, 03:00 PM
Border forces have been reinforcing the scant security on the border with Haiti. The Armed Forces have launched Operation Gavion, a maximum alert in an attempt to monitor an increased exodus of Haitians crossing the border, especially after major flooding following recent storms that have hit the Caribbean. The storms have affected food supplies and housing in the area, and the after-effects are keeping dozens of schools closed as these are still being used as shelters for families that have lost their makeshift homes.
The senator from Elias Pina Adriano Sanchez Roa called for France, Canada and United States to send aid. "We have many social and economic problems, and so we are limited in what we can do to aid the Haitians," he said, as reported in Hoy.
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The senator from Elias Pina Adriano Sanchez Roa called for France, Canada and United States to send aid. "We have many social and economic problems, and so we are limited in what we can do to aid the Haitians," he said, as reported in Hoy.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)