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    HAITIS FLAG DAY AND

    PUERTO RICO-HAITI

    BUSINESS RELATIONS

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    PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES

    This presentation has two objectives:

    - To show how Haitis Flag Day (May 18) is

    Important for our neighbor

    - To show as well that Puerto Rico has a

    natural role to play in Haitis recovery and

    that this is the right time now for PRbusinessmen to act

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    HAITIS FLAG DAY

    May 18 is a very important day for Haiti.This is its Flag and University (Youth)Day.

    In 1803, 208 years ago, Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one of HaitisFounding Fathers, decided to tear the

    French Flag and to transform it into anational Flag (Black and Red) which hasbecome Blue and Red.

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    HAITIS FLAG DAYAND ITS LIMITS

    - This was a critical step a glorious day in

    Haitis walk towards political independence

    on January 1, 1804.

    - However, Haitis leaders have never sincesucceeded in leading the country towards

    sustainable economic growth and prosperity.

    - Haiti need to realize on the economical side

    that it did on the political side since 1803

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    IDEAL TIME TO FOCUS AND

    INVEST IN HAITI

    One of my main arguments today is that this ispresently the best time for PR businessmen tofocus and invest in Haiti.

    Haiti is at a turning point.There is a new government in this country

    which want to breaks this traditional cycle ofeconomic decadence and unfortunate

    developments exacerbated by earthquake,epidemics and precarious governance.

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    MICHEL MARTELLY S

    COMMITMENT

    In his installation message last Saturday,

    Martelly forcefully said that:

    1. Haiti is open for business with the world

    2. He will strive to forge security in the country, protect

    investors, and enforce rule of law

    3. Haiti is not only a symbol of poverty but has a lot of

    fantastic potentialities (tourism, craft, painting) and

    perhaps the best, the most productive and youngest

    workforce on earth

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    PR BUSINESS SECTOR AND HAITI

    What can Puerto Rico Businessmen do:

    They can do a lot of there, make money and helpthis country in its recovery.

    The Puerto Rican Economy is a very dynamic anddiversified one.

    It has host of manufacturers, particularly in thepharmaceutical, computer, electronics, and

    scientific instruments fields, which has spurredthe development of several competitive clusters.

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    PUERTO RICO ECONOMY

    Puerto Rico is at a strategical location as a

    gateway to both, the continental United States

    and Latin America

    It has World-class infrastructure: One of the busiest ports in the western hemisphere

    Largest and busiest airport in the Caribbean

    A robust legal systemThe highest standards of quality and service

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    PUERTO RICAN ECONOMY

    The number of medical device firms with apresence in Puerto Rico is impressive, as arethe names (BD, Baxter, Roche, Fenwal,Medtronic, to name a few)

    50% of all pacemakers and defibrillators usedin the United States are manufactured inPuerto Rico

    The Puerto Rican Economy is the mostcompetitive and dynamic economy of theCaribbean

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    COMPLEMENTARY ECONOMIES

    The Puerto Rico economies and Haitian

    Economies are complementary

    The Puerto Rican Economy is the most vibrant

    economy of the Caribbean while the Haitian

    economy is apparently the poorest one

    A robust symbiosis between both economies is

    possible

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    THE HAITIAN ECONOMY

    Haiti in 2011 is a virgin economy but aneconomy with tremendous potential

    It has more than 10 million people and up to 4million other in its diaspora

    Haitis superficie (27,500 km2s) is three times

    this of Puerto Rico (a little more than9,000km2).

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    HAITIS ECONOMIC NEEDS

    Haiti needs less and less international aid but

    more and more investment in its housing

    sector (given the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake)

    This country needs investment in revitalizingits agricultural sector

    Its agro-industrial one

    In its manufacturing one. Three industrialparks are being built in different parts of the

    country

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    THE BARGE AND BEYOND

    Last January 23, 2010, Puerto Rico sent a

    barge of hope full of water and food to the

    affected Haitian people (after Jan. 12)

    The main message of this presentation is that

    PR should go beyond this wonderful

    expression of regional solidarity

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    CONTRIBUTION TO HAITIS REAL

    TAKE OFF

    New Haitian President Michel Martellyvigorously spoke during his message aboutthe pressing need for Haitis real take off.

    The message of this presentation is that PR,the Puerto Rican business community cansignificantly contribute to this take off, should

    it start doing that in a systematic way now.

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