By SIMON SHUSTER, Associated Press Writer
December 9, 2009
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine will provide Iraq with $2.5 billion worth of weapons and military equipment under a deal intended to shore up Iraq's fledgling armed forces before the planned pullout of U.S. troops, a senior Ukrainian lawmaker said Wednesday.
Anatoly Grytsenko, head of the Ukrainian parliament's security and defense committee, said the agreement with the Iraqi ministry of defense calls for Ukraine to produce and deliver 420 BTR-4 armored personnel carriers, six AN-32B military transport planes and other military hardware to Iraq.
"It's worth around $2.5 billion," Grytsenko, who previously served as Ukraine's defense minister, told The Associated Press after being briefed on the deal Wednesday by state arms exporter UkrSpetsExport. UkrSpetsExport, which is handling the contracts, declined numerous requests for comment Wednesday.
"The deals have been concluded. They are now formalizing the contracts," Grytsenko said. "The contract is to be carried out in stages and, from what I was told, just the first stage is worth $400 million."
Grytsenko said the deal also included repair work on two Mi-8T military helicopters for Iraq.
President Barack Obama laid out plans to withdraw troops from Iraq and pass security operations in the country back to Iraqi police and armed forces.
The United States is providing billions of dollars in military aid to ready the Iraqis for the task of policing a country still plagued by insurgents and suicide bombings. A string of suicide bombings Tuesday killed at least 127 people and wounded over 500 in the Iraqi capital.
The deal will be the largest in Ukraine's history and could elevate the former Soviet nation to the ranks of the top arms dealers in the world this year, said Sergei Zgurets, head of research at the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies (CACDS), a Kiev-based think-tank.
10 December, 2009
09 December, 2009
Chinese Firms Pour Millions Into Zimbabwe.
The Herald (Gov-owned newspaper)
9 December 2009
Zimbabwe and two Chinese investors on Monday signed four multi-million dollar deals that will see the Asian companies investing in the mining and transport sectors.
The memoranda of understanding signed between the Government and China International Fund and Sino-Zimbabwe Development Company will see investment in the construction of the Harare-Chitungwiza and Harare-Gweru railway lines, the extension of the Harare International Airport runway and a new taxi way in addition to aviation consultancy.
The Chinese will also pump in US$90 million for the resuscitation of Connemara Gold Mine near Gweru.
US$10 million will, within the next three days, be invested in diamond mining at Chiadzwa.
Speaking after the signing of the MoUs, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda said the agreements were a sign of the ever-strengthening relations between Zimbabwe and China.
He said China continued to have confidence in Zimbabwe in spite of the illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the West.
"This is an acknowledgement of the confidence China International Fund and Sino-Zimbabwe Development Company have in our economy.
"This comes at a time when there are some in the international community who are sceptical of our inclusive Government," Dr Sibanda said.
He reiterated calls for the removal of the illegal sanctions that have crippled the economy.
"I want to assure you and other investors that the President and the Government of Zimbabwe will continue to make the environment for investment conducive.
"The handicaps we had and the crippling sanctions did not bar you to come and assist us and you really are our friends indeed. We continue to call on those who have imposed sanctions to come on board and immediately remove these sanctions," Dr Sibanda said.
He said Zimbabwe was ready to work with any country and said Government would ensure the quick implementation of investment deals.
A representative of the investors said the signing of the MoUs was another example of the benefits of South-South co-operation and promised that China would continue to look for more investment opportunities in Zimbabwe.
"Today is a big day for Zimbabwe's Government and for us. This is based on the spirit of South-South co-operation.
"Today's achievements are a demonstration of the good relations between Zimbabwe and China and we believe there are more and more areas we can participate in and co-operate," he said.
The construction of the Harare-Chitungwiza railway line has been on the drawing board for a number of years and its completion will ease transport woes and costs for commuters who ply the route daily.
The extension of the airport runway and the taxi way has been noted as one way of luring back major airlines as Zimbabwe will be able to handle larger traffic volumes, especially with the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa only seven months away.
Only two weeks ago, Zimbabwe and another Chinese joint venture investment company, Sonangol, signed five investment deals worth over US$8 billion covering oil and gas exploration, gold and platinum refining, fuel procurement and distribution, and housing development.
The investment has flown in the face of claims that Zimbabwe's Look East Policy has not paid dividends.
9 December 2009
Zimbabwe and two Chinese investors on Monday signed four multi-million dollar deals that will see the Asian companies investing in the mining and transport sectors.
The memoranda of understanding signed between the Government and China International Fund and Sino-Zimbabwe Development Company will see investment in the construction of the Harare-Chitungwiza and Harare-Gweru railway lines, the extension of the Harare International Airport runway and a new taxi way in addition to aviation consultancy.
The Chinese will also pump in US$90 million for the resuscitation of Connemara Gold Mine near Gweru.
US$10 million will, within the next three days, be invested in diamond mining at Chiadzwa.
Speaking after the signing of the MoUs, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda said the agreements were a sign of the ever-strengthening relations between Zimbabwe and China.
He said China continued to have confidence in Zimbabwe in spite of the illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the West.
"This is an acknowledgement of the confidence China International Fund and Sino-Zimbabwe Development Company have in our economy.
"This comes at a time when there are some in the international community who are sceptical of our inclusive Government," Dr Sibanda said.
He reiterated calls for the removal of the illegal sanctions that have crippled the economy.
"I want to assure you and other investors that the President and the Government of Zimbabwe will continue to make the environment for investment conducive.
"The handicaps we had and the crippling sanctions did not bar you to come and assist us and you really are our friends indeed. We continue to call on those who have imposed sanctions to come on board and immediately remove these sanctions," Dr Sibanda said.
He said Zimbabwe was ready to work with any country and said Government would ensure the quick implementation of investment deals.
A representative of the investors said the signing of the MoUs was another example of the benefits of South-South co-operation and promised that China would continue to look for more investment opportunities in Zimbabwe.
"Today is a big day for Zimbabwe's Government and for us. This is based on the spirit of South-South co-operation.
"Today's achievements are a demonstration of the good relations between Zimbabwe and China and we believe there are more and more areas we can participate in and co-operate," he said.
The construction of the Harare-Chitungwiza railway line has been on the drawing board for a number of years and its completion will ease transport woes and costs for commuters who ply the route daily.
The extension of the airport runway and the taxi way has been noted as one way of luring back major airlines as Zimbabwe will be able to handle larger traffic volumes, especially with the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa only seven months away.
Only two weeks ago, Zimbabwe and another Chinese joint venture investment company, Sonangol, signed five investment deals worth over US$8 billion covering oil and gas exploration, gold and platinum refining, fuel procurement and distribution, and housing development.
The investment has flown in the face of claims that Zimbabwe's Look East Policy has not paid dividends.
Nigeria: FG - China's $50bn Oil Offer Still on Course.
This Day
Chika Amanze-Nwachuku
9 December 2009
China has not given up on its attempt to become a player in the Nigerian oil industry. Consequently, the $50 billion offer to the Federal Government to enable it acquire 49 per cent stake is still on the table. This translates to some six billion barrels in oil reserves.
Several state-run Chinese oil firms, including the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) are currently in talks with the government to advance the Asian country's interests. Their business proposals include incursions into some oil blocks held by Royal Dutch Shell.
The Presidential Adviser on Energy Matters, Mr. Emmanuel Egbogah, said the deal which was proposed in June could help the country fund its joint ventures with oil majors. "Chinese people are not buying fields ... they want to acquire reserves in Nigeria. Specifically the application was to acquire reserves of six billion barrels which we are currently discussing," Egbogah explained on the sidelines of an energy conference in New Delhi, India. "They are prepared to spend as much as $50 billion," he told Reuters.
He also said that the country's inability to fund its joint ventures with International Oil Companies (IOCs) had negatively impacted capital expenditure requirements for increasing production levels from the existing joint venture fields. He disclosed that Nigeria's funding shortfall had steadily increased to $6 billion from a few million dollars when joint venture arrangements were created in the early 1970s. The funding shortfall has forced Nigeria to consider alternative ways to bridge the gap. Shell, ExxonMobil and Total have all had to provide billions of dollars in bridge financing to the Nigerian National Petr-oleum Corporation (NNPC) to plug funding shortfalls.
Egbogah however affirmed that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), expected to be passed into law this month, would address a lot of problems faced by the industry. Reuters quoted unnamed industry executives as saying that Nigeria is using the spectre of a Chinese bid for its oil as leverage in difficult contract renewal negotiations with its existing Western oil partners. Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Odein Ajum-ogobia, had in September stated that China would not be given all the reserves it was seeking. But the NNPC could sell stakes in joint ventures with existing oil partners if Beijing offered the right price.
THIS DAY had reported that CNOOC recently made a $50 billion offer to the Federal Government under the auspices of Sunrise Consortium. The report was being given consideration as instructions had gone out for the data on the blocks to be released to Sunrise by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). A negotiating committee was said to have been set up in NNPC to handle discussions with the company. The committee is to consider the request and determine an optimum price for the reserves in the blocks.
The IOCs had expected the automatic renewal of licences that expired last year. But the Federal Government stalled that move, preferring to renew them for only one year in order to take into account the realities of the present times with the passage of the PIB.
After intense horse-trading, the Federal Government last month renewed three shallow water oil licences jointly operated by the NNPC and ExxonMobil, granting the US energy giant leases a further 20 years with the option to renew again. Other western oil companies including Shell, Chevron and Total have commenced negotiation on their oil licences as well as new deals ahead of the passage of the PIB.
In a related development, a pipeline feeding the Nigerian crude grade Qua Iboe has ruptured, according to West African crude trading sources. The unnamed pipeline, according to a source, is able to feed between 120 -140,000 b/d to the crude grade. He said the cause was unknown but was "apparently not sabotage." Qua Iboe is one of Nigeria 's key crude grades and produces around 400,000 b/d, according to Qua Iboe terminal operator ExxonMobil.
Chika Amanze-Nwachuku
9 December 2009
China has not given up on its attempt to become a player in the Nigerian oil industry. Consequently, the $50 billion offer to the Federal Government to enable it acquire 49 per cent stake is still on the table. This translates to some six billion barrels in oil reserves.
Several state-run Chinese oil firms, including the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) are currently in talks with the government to advance the Asian country's interests. Their business proposals include incursions into some oil blocks held by Royal Dutch Shell.
The Presidential Adviser on Energy Matters, Mr. Emmanuel Egbogah, said the deal which was proposed in June could help the country fund its joint ventures with oil majors. "Chinese people are not buying fields ... they want to acquire reserves in Nigeria. Specifically the application was to acquire reserves of six billion barrels which we are currently discussing," Egbogah explained on the sidelines of an energy conference in New Delhi, India. "They are prepared to spend as much as $50 billion," he told Reuters.
He also said that the country's inability to fund its joint ventures with International Oil Companies (IOCs) had negatively impacted capital expenditure requirements for increasing production levels from the existing joint venture fields. He disclosed that Nigeria's funding shortfall had steadily increased to $6 billion from a few million dollars when joint venture arrangements were created in the early 1970s. The funding shortfall has forced Nigeria to consider alternative ways to bridge the gap. Shell, ExxonMobil and Total have all had to provide billions of dollars in bridge financing to the Nigerian National Petr-oleum Corporation (NNPC) to plug funding shortfalls.
Egbogah however affirmed that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), expected to be passed into law this month, would address a lot of problems faced by the industry. Reuters quoted unnamed industry executives as saying that Nigeria is using the spectre of a Chinese bid for its oil as leverage in difficult contract renewal negotiations with its existing Western oil partners. Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Odein Ajum-ogobia, had in September stated that China would not be given all the reserves it was seeking. But the NNPC could sell stakes in joint ventures with existing oil partners if Beijing offered the right price.
THIS DAY had reported that CNOOC recently made a $50 billion offer to the Federal Government under the auspices of Sunrise Consortium. The report was being given consideration as instructions had gone out for the data on the blocks to be released to Sunrise by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). A negotiating committee was said to have been set up in NNPC to handle discussions with the company. The committee is to consider the request and determine an optimum price for the reserves in the blocks.
The IOCs had expected the automatic renewal of licences that expired last year. But the Federal Government stalled that move, preferring to renew them for only one year in order to take into account the realities of the present times with the passage of the PIB.
After intense horse-trading, the Federal Government last month renewed three shallow water oil licences jointly operated by the NNPC and ExxonMobil, granting the US energy giant leases a further 20 years with the option to renew again. Other western oil companies including Shell, Chevron and Total have commenced negotiation on their oil licences as well as new deals ahead of the passage of the PIB.
In a related development, a pipeline feeding the Nigerian crude grade Qua Iboe has ruptured, according to West African crude trading sources. The unnamed pipeline, according to a source, is able to feed between 120 -140,000 b/d to the crude grade. He said the cause was unknown but was "apparently not sabotage." Qua Iboe is one of Nigeria 's key crude grades and produces around 400,000 b/d, according to Qua Iboe terminal operator ExxonMobil.
08 December, 2009
White House wants suit against John Yoo dismissed.
San Francisco Chronicle
By Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The Obama administration has asked an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing former Bush administration attorney John Yoo of authorizing the torture of a terrorism suspect, saying federal law does not allow damage claims against lawyers who advise the president on national security issues.
Such lawsuits ask courts to second-guess presidential decisions and pose "the risk of deterring full and frank advice regarding the military's detention and treatment of those determined to be enemies during an armed conflict," Justice Department lawyers said Thursday in arguments to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
Other sanctions are available for government lawyers who commit misconduct, the department said. It noted that its Office of Professional Responsibility has been investigating Yoo's advice to former President George W. Bush since 2004 and has the power to recommend professional discipline or even criminal prosecution.
The office has not made its conclusions public. However, The Chronicle and other media reported in May that the office will recommend that Yoo be referred to the bar association for possible discipline, but that he not be prosecuted.
Mr. Yoo, a UC Berkeley law professor, worked for the Justice Department from 2001 to 2003. He was the author of a 2002 memo that said rough treatment of captives amounts to torture only if it causes the same level of pain as "organ failure, impairment of bodily function or even death." The memo also said the president may have the power to authorize torture of enemy combatants.
In the current lawsuit, Jose Padilla, now serving a 17-year sentence for conspiring to aid Islamic extremist groups, accuses Yoo of devising legal theories that justified what he claims was his illegal detention and abusive interrogation.
The Justice Department represented Yoo until June, when a federal judge in San Francisco ruled that the suit could proceed. The department then bowed out, citing unspecified conflicts, and was replaced by a government-paid private lawyer.
Yoo's new attorney, Miguel Estrada, argued for dismissal in a filing last month, saying the case interfered with presidential war-making authority and threatened to "open the floodgates to politically motivated lawsuits" against government officials. The Justice Department's filing Thursday endorsed the request for dismissal but offered narrower arguments, noting its continuing investigation of Yoo.
Padilla, a U.S. citizen, was arrested in Chicago in 2002 and accused of plotting with al Qaeda to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb." He was held for three years and eight months in a Navy brig, where, according to his suit, he was subjected to sleep deprivation, sensory deprivation and stress positions, kept for lengthy periods in darkness and blinding light, and threatened with death to himself and his family.
He was then removed from the brig, charged with and convicted of taking part in an unrelated conspiracy to provide money and supplies to extremist groups.
Padilla's suit says Yoo approved his detention in the brig and provided the legal cover for his allegedly abusive treatment. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White refused to dismiss the case in June.
The Justice Department's filing Thursday said Padilla is asking the courts to determine the legality of Yoo's advice, Bush's decision to detain Padilla, the conditions of his confinement and the methods of his interrogation - all "matters of war and national security" that are beyond judicial authority.
By Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The Obama administration has asked an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing former Bush administration attorney John Yoo of authorizing the torture of a terrorism suspect, saying federal law does not allow damage claims against lawyers who advise the president on national security issues.
Such lawsuits ask courts to second-guess presidential decisions and pose "the risk of deterring full and frank advice regarding the military's detention and treatment of those determined to be enemies during an armed conflict," Justice Department lawyers said Thursday in arguments to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
Other sanctions are available for government lawyers who commit misconduct, the department said. It noted that its Office of Professional Responsibility has been investigating Yoo's advice to former President George W. Bush since 2004 and has the power to recommend professional discipline or even criminal prosecution.
The office has not made its conclusions public. However, The Chronicle and other media reported in May that the office will recommend that Yoo be referred to the bar association for possible discipline, but that he not be prosecuted.
Mr. Yoo, a UC Berkeley law professor, worked for the Justice Department from 2001 to 2003. He was the author of a 2002 memo that said rough treatment of captives amounts to torture only if it causes the same level of pain as "organ failure, impairment of bodily function or even death." The memo also said the president may have the power to authorize torture of enemy combatants.
In the current lawsuit, Jose Padilla, now serving a 17-year sentence for conspiring to aid Islamic extremist groups, accuses Yoo of devising legal theories that justified what he claims was his illegal detention and abusive interrogation.
The Justice Department represented Yoo until June, when a federal judge in San Francisco ruled that the suit could proceed. The department then bowed out, citing unspecified conflicts, and was replaced by a government-paid private lawyer.
Yoo's new attorney, Miguel Estrada, argued for dismissal in a filing last month, saying the case interfered with presidential war-making authority and threatened to "open the floodgates to politically motivated lawsuits" against government officials. The Justice Department's filing Thursday endorsed the request for dismissal but offered narrower arguments, noting its continuing investigation of Yoo.
Padilla, a U.S. citizen, was arrested in Chicago in 2002 and accused of plotting with al Qaeda to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb." He was held for three years and eight months in a Navy brig, where, according to his suit, he was subjected to sleep deprivation, sensory deprivation and stress positions, kept for lengthy periods in darkness and blinding light, and threatened with death to himself and his family.
He was then removed from the brig, charged with and convicted of taking part in an unrelated conspiracy to provide money and supplies to extremist groups.
Padilla's suit says Yoo approved his detention in the brig and provided the legal cover for his allegedly abusive treatment. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White refused to dismiss the case in June.
The Justice Department's filing Thursday said Padilla is asking the courts to determine the legality of Yoo's advice, Bush's decision to detain Padilla, the conditions of his confinement and the methods of his interrogation - all "matters of war and national security" that are beyond judicial authority.
07 December, 2009
PRIEST KILLED NEAR BUKAVU.
MISNA
7 December 2009
A Congolese priest, Father Daniel Cizimya, was killed on Saturday night by unidentified gunmen in the presbytery of his parish in Kabare, 15km from the city of Bukavu in the north-eastern province of South Kivu, Fr. Justin Nkinzi of the diocesan Justice and Peace told MISNA. Fr. Cizimya, 51, born in Kabare, was shot twice at point blank and few objects of little value were stolen by the killers before fleeing the scene. The local clergy are under shock at yet another act of violence against religious personnel in the region, theatre to widely denounced renewed insecurity. “Despite intimidation, we know that our villages belong to us, we have to protect them and learn to live in them. Despite everything, we must have courage”, wrote in a message Monsignor Pierre Bulambo Lunanga, vicar general of Bukavu, denouncing the spread of “a culture of trivialising life and of impunity”. The death of Fr. Daniel sparked tension in Kabare: an angry crowd intercepted a car yesterday with three people onboard suspected to be connected to the priest’s death; a person was killed and various wounded after the police intervened to restore order.
7 December 2009
A Congolese priest, Father Daniel Cizimya, was killed on Saturday night by unidentified gunmen in the presbytery of his parish in Kabare, 15km from the city of Bukavu in the north-eastern province of South Kivu, Fr. Justin Nkinzi of the diocesan Justice and Peace told MISNA. Fr. Cizimya, 51, born in Kabare, was shot twice at point blank and few objects of little value were stolen by the killers before fleeing the scene. The local clergy are under shock at yet another act of violence against religious personnel in the region, theatre to widely denounced renewed insecurity. “Despite intimidation, we know that our villages belong to us, we have to protect them and learn to live in them. Despite everything, we must have courage”, wrote in a message Monsignor Pierre Bulambo Lunanga, vicar general of Bukavu, denouncing the spread of “a culture of trivialising life and of impunity”. The death of Fr. Daniel sparked tension in Kabare: an angry crowd intercepted a car yesterday with three people onboard suspected to be connected to the priest’s death; a person was killed and various wounded after the police intervened to restore order.
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ITALIAN JOURNALIST SHOT DEAD IN HAITI.
MISNA
7 December 2009
Francesco Fantoli, who collaborated with the Haiti Press Network, was shot on Saturday night by unidentified gunmen and died after undergoing surgery at a hospital run by the international aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Trinité, in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. Fantoli, who had lived in Haiti for over 12 years, was a big soccer fan and was known for sports commentary on local television, including the Italian soccer championship that is very followed in Haiti. He recently founded a soccer school that he was due to inaugurate on January 20 in Jacme, a southern coastal city where he had a home and opened a movie-club projecting and commenting films every Saturday night. “In Francesco’s restaurant you could eat pasta he personally prepared for clients”, writes the ‘Haiti en marche’ news site, emphasising that in his activities the Italian always attempted to portray a positive image of Haiti. Fantoli made a series of reportage for the Europe Union office in Haiti on the daily life of the country, for which he received an award.
7 December 2009
Francesco Fantoli, who collaborated with the Haiti Press Network, was shot on Saturday night by unidentified gunmen and died after undergoing surgery at a hospital run by the international aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Trinité, in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. Fantoli, who had lived in Haiti for over 12 years, was a big soccer fan and was known for sports commentary on local television, including the Italian soccer championship that is very followed in Haiti. He recently founded a soccer school that he was due to inaugurate on January 20 in Jacme, a southern coastal city where he had a home and opened a movie-club projecting and commenting films every Saturday night. “In Francesco’s restaurant you could eat pasta he personally prepared for clients”, writes the ‘Haiti en marche’ news site, emphasising that in his activities the Italian always attempted to portray a positive image of Haiti. Fantoli made a series of reportage for the Europe Union office in Haiti on the daily life of the country, for which he received an award.
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ITALIAN JOURNALIST SHOT DEAD IN HAITI.
MISNA
7 December 2009
Francesco Fantoli, who collaborated with the Haiti Press Network, was shot on Saturday night by unidentified gunmen and died after undergoing surgery at a hospital run by the international aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Trinité, in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. Fantoli, who had lived in Haiti for over 12 years, was a big soccer fan and was known for sports commentary on local television, including the Italian soccer championship that is very followed in Haiti. He recently founded a soccer school that he was due to inaugurate on January 20 in Jacme, a southern coastal city where he had a home and opened a movie-club projecting and commenting films every Saturday night. “In Francesco’s restaurant you could eat pasta he personally prepared for clients”, writes the ‘Haiti en marche’ news site, emphasising that in his activities the Italian always attempted to portray a positive image of Haiti. Fantoli made a series of reportage for the Europe Union office in Haiti on the daily life of the country, for which he received an award.
7 December 2009
Francesco Fantoli, who collaborated with the Haiti Press Network, was shot on Saturday night by unidentified gunmen and died after undergoing surgery at a hospital run by the international aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Trinité, in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. Fantoli, who had lived in Haiti for over 12 years, was a big soccer fan and was known for sports commentary on local television, including the Italian soccer championship that is very followed in Haiti. He recently founded a soccer school that he was due to inaugurate on January 20 in Jacme, a southern coastal city where he had a home and opened a movie-club projecting and commenting films every Saturday night. “In Francesco’s restaurant you could eat pasta he personally prepared for clients”, writes the ‘Haiti en marche’ news site, emphasising that in his activities the Italian always attempted to portray a positive image of Haiti. Fantoli made a series of reportage for the Europe Union office in Haiti on the daily life of the country, for which he received an award.
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