(5 May 2004)
1. US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Prime Minister of Haiti Gerard Latortue walk out of building
2. Security team looking on
3. SOUNDBITE (English) US Secretary of State Colin Powell
"We avoided a bloodbath and now we are in the process of rebuilding. Haiti is in great need of financial support, other kinds of support. We are working to get peacekeepers into the country under a UN resolution and I said to the Prime Minister that he can count on US support."
4. Reporters
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Prime Minister of Haiti Gerard Latortue
"We do appreciate the support we are getting from the United States' government and while I am here I will see the World Bank, the IDB and the IMF as well as members of congress in order to see how we can work to create more jobs into the country because the roots of the problem in Haiti is unemployment."
6. Reporters
7. Powell and Latortue shake hands
8. Latortue walks to podium at Chamber of Commerce
9. Wide shot, conference attendees
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Prime Minister of Haiti Gerard Latortue
"Now, what we are going to do under the interim government is to make the case of how good governance could help the country change completely its orientation. And I believe, 18 months or 20 months is a period long enough to do it because we are doing the right things."
11. Audience shot
12. Latortue gets an ovation
STORYLINE:
US Secretary of State Colin Powell pledged support for Haiti's interim government on Wednesday, and said the government was "looking hard" for new money to bolster the Caribbean island nation's fragile economy.
Powell was talking to press after meeting with Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue, currently in Washington for a series of meetings with US government and international aid officials.
Latortue said economic aid was critical to establishing democracy, as unemployment was "at the root" of most of the recent unrest.
Later in the day Latortue addressed a conference of Latin American businessmen at the US Chamber of Commerce.
In his speech, the Prime Minister said that he plans to clamp down on corruption, and encourage more international investment in Haiti by following the Dominican Republic's example of economic development.
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