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 News from Around the Americas | March 2008 
Laura Bush to Visit Haiti, Mexico
 Agence France-Presse
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| | US First Lady Laura Bush, seen here in February 2008, will visit Haiti and Mexico March 13-14 to highlight US assistance to fight HIV/AIDS and breast cancer, and promote education, a White House spokeswoman said Wednesday. (AFP/Mandel Ngan) | | |
Washington - US First Lady Laura Bush will visit Haiti and Mexico March 13-14 to highlight US assistance to fight HIV/AIDS and breast cancer, and promote education, a White House spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Bush will visit a US Agency for International Development (USAID) education program and an HIV/AIDS clinic - Haiti gets help under US President George W. Bush's President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program.
In Mexico City, Laura Bush will attend the launch of the US-Mexico partnership for breast cancer awareness and research, and meet with breast cancer awareness educators and volunteers, said Dana Perino.
An official in Laura Bush's office declined to say whether the first lady would meet with leaders in either country. |
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