Ban Ki-Moon

He is secretary-general of the United Nations.

Jean-Max Bellerive

He is Haiti's prime minister.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

She is the U.S. secretary of state.

Mark Danner

He started covering Haiti as a journalist in 1986, and has written extensively about Haiti, including articles in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books and The New York Times.

Raymond Joseph

He is the Haitian ambassador to the United States and a former journalist.

Robert Perito

A former Foreign Service officer, Perito is now a senior program officer at the U.S. Institute for Peace.

Michèle Pierre-Louis

She was Haiti's prime minister from 2008 to 2009.

René Préval

He is the president of Haiti.