Addressing a conference of prospective donor countries organized by the Haitian government and the Inter-American Development Bank, the secretary said Haiti may be at a historic turning point and that countries around the world have a stake in whether the government of President Rene Preval succeeds.

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Its inter-American bishops' conference was held last month in Cuba, for the first time.

ECONOMIST: No. Cuba��s president is still a Stalinist dictator