Associated Press –
10-22-2012
CARACOL, Haiti (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton encouraged foreigners to invest in Haiti
as she and her husband Bill led a star-studded delegation gathered
Monday to inaugurate a new industrial park at the center of U.S. efforts
to help the country rebuild after the 2010 earthquake.
Actors
Sean Penn and Bill Stiller, fashion designer Donna Karan and British
business magnate Richard Branson were among the luminaries at the
opening of the new Caracol Industrial Park, which is projected to create
thousands of jobs more than 100 miles from the quake-ravaged capital of
Port-au-Prince.
Hillary Rodham Clinton told a roomful of investors gathered for a luncheon that she had made Haiti a priority when she became Secretary of State.
"We had learned that supporting long-term prosperity in Haiti
meant more than providing aid," she said. "It required investments in
infrastructure and the economy that would help the Haitian people
achieve their own dreams.
