A group of 23 Dominican businessmen traveled to Haiti yesterday to back up the Hispaniola Investment Fund and meet with President Jean Bertrand Aristide. The Dominican businessmen are willing to do business with Haiti, installing joint ventures, free zone industries and other operations. The Hispaniola Investment Fund is a proposal to create a fund by converting the DR’s foreign debt to the United States. The fund would be invested in business operations along the Haitian-Dominican border and other projects to foster development in Haiti. Among those meeting with Aristide were: Marino Ginebra (president of the National Council of Dominican Business), Ramon Prieto (president of the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants), Jose Clase (president of the National Association of Dominican Free Zones), Luis Alvarez Renta, Luis Manuel Bonetti, Jose Vitienes, Fernando Capellan, Marcos Troncoso, Jose Rafael Mera, Radhames Martinez Aponte, Frederic Emam Zade, Manuel Tavarez and Ellis Perez.
