U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright will travel to Haiti on Saturday, 4 April to meet with government officers prior to traveling on the same day to the Caribbean Community ministerial meeting scheduled for Trinidad & Tobago. A press note says that Albright will be in Haiti to express her support to the resolution of the impasse between government and congressional forces that has affected Haiti for the past nine months. President Preval forces have clashed with former President Jean Bertrand Aristide supporters in congress. This impasse must be resolved in order to free large donations for social assistance, said James Rubin, spokesman for the State Department. Albright’s visit also seeks to strengthen efforts to combat drug smuggling that is using Haiti as a bridge between Colombia and the United States.
