Unites States Haiti relationship

High ranking official of US government to visit Haiti. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, Democrat from Illinois will be visiting Haiti at the end of January, 2012 to assess progress on the recovery effort. He will meet with the Haitian leader, Michel Martelly and other government leaders.

Senator Dick Durbin has taken the reforestation of Haiti very seriously. Last year, he introduced a reforestation of Haiti bill in the U.S. senate. The US Senator believes that by focusing on support for the environment such as reforestation, Haiti will be able to manage natural disaster better.

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In other news, Francois Guillaume is now the new consul general of Haiti in Miami. While speaking in a press conference following his appointment, Guillaume expressed optimism over his new job, saying that he was going to see to it that the elderly and the youth at risk would be taken care of. He also said that the services of the consul would be improved. He vowed to improve the tourism industry in the country as well as creating more investment opportunities.

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On Monday, January 16, 2012, Haitian president Michel Martelly had the opportunity to welcome US Senator Marco Rubio and a group from South Florida in Haiti. This was the first time the Senator from Florida came to Haiti. Marco Rubio had a meetings with Haiti's Prime Minister and President.

US Senator Marco Rubio and his group took a tour of the devastated area, including the grounds of the presidential palace, and the business district of Port-au-Prince where the devastation of the earthquake could still be seen.
He discussed several issues related to the rebuilding following the 2010 earthquake and the future of the Haitian nation.

Courtesy, Channel 10 news in South Florida

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Here is a picture of the Haitian passport. Following the 2010 Haiti election, the United states revoked the U.S. Visa of some Rene Preval Government officials for their role in the Haiti election fraud.

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Here is a picture of Roger Noriega. He was the US Assistant Sec of States during the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Noriega became very popular in his work trying to come up with solution lto the various crisis during Aristide's Government

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An idea originated from former U.S. President George W. Bush administration to create D.E.A. commando squads, the Current President Obama thinks that creating D.E.A. commando squads in Haiti and some other countries would be a great idea.

The program is named FAST which means Foreign-deployed Advisory Support Team. The D.E.A. commandos are able to arrest, seize stockpiles and disrupt drug smuggling routes

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