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Article: HAITI WARNING UNFOUNDED.(Editorial)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- December 19, 2000
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This message is to update our community on the political situation in Haiti. As some of you know, many of our churches and community organizations in Baraboo and the surrounding towns have been involved in sending financial, educational and medical support to the remote area of Thiotte, Haiti. We are raising money to build a clinic there, to establish a water reservoir system there, and to pay for the medications and supplies that accompany our medical teams.
Our biggest concern is the political significance of the U.S. State Department's official warning not to travel to Haiti at this time. The department gives Nov. 26, 2000, and Feb. 7, 2001, as dates that are ...