Former President Bill Clinton along with Mexican telecom executive Carlos Slim and Frank Guistra, a Canadian "mining magnet," on Thursday announced "a $20 million fund to help support the expansion and creation of small- and medium-size Haitian businesses," the Miami Herald reports."Before the Jan. 12 earthquake, such businesses made up more than 80 percent of Haiti's economy. They also accounted for more than 70 percent of the Gross Domestic Product lost after the quake. Following the quake, many Haitians have been unable to get conventional bank loans," the newspaper writes...
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