Information About Haiti

Haiti’s president on Thursday unveiled an advisory board of former leaders, business executives and bankers that he hopes can make this poor Caribbean nation a more business friendly place and attract foreign investment.

Brazil’s defense minister called Thursday for a 15 percent cut in Haiti’s peacekeeping force of 12,000 soldiers and police as the start of a gradual withdrawal aimed at turning security over to the Haitians themselves.

Foreign ministers and defense chiefs from the Latin American countries that have more than 12,000 peacekeepers in Haiti called a meeting Thursday to consider how the alleged sex abuse of a Haitian teenager by Uruguayan sailors might affect the future of the U.N. mission.

One of Haiti’s few tourist destinations is showing signs of making a strong recovery from the damage it suffered in last year’s earthquake.

The United Nations, Haiti and Uruguay are investigating allegations that U.N. peacekeepers from Uruguay sexually abused an 18-year-old Haitian man, the United Nations said Tuesday.

Haiti’s President Michel Martelly has tapped an advisor to ex-US president Bill Clinton to be his prime minister, in a third attempt to find a nominee who can win the backing of parliament.