French Leader Cancels Haiti Debt

French Leader Cancels Haiti Debt, Announces Aid, by Trenton Daniel, The Miami Herald, February 17, 2010 French President Nicholas Sarkozy announced in a landmark visit Wednesday that his country would cancel Haiti’s $56 million in debt as it pledged hundreds of million in aid to help its former colony recover from a crippling quake that claimed more than 200,000 lives. More...