 Haiti's interim president Boniface Alexandre was officially sworn in Monday as temporary leader in place of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who resigned and fled into exile on Feb. 29, amid a new wave of looting sweeping the capital Port-au-Prince, reports reaching Havana said. In his first presidential speech, Alexandre, the former Supreme Court chief, appealed for "national reconciliation, the establishment of a climate of peace and security for all and an emergency plan to counter hunger and poverty and to improve health." He added the reestablishment of security and the urgent launch of a humanitarian security plan were his primary objectives.
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