Chavez to add Haiti to Petrocaribe

CARACAS, Venezuela, April 24 (UPI) -- Venezuela will help Haiti meet its energy needs, President Hugo Chavez has said.

"We are going to include Haiti in Petrocaribe and send it all the fuel it needs," he said Sunday on "Hello, President" television program. "We are also building storage facilities with a special fund."

The comments were reported by Venezuelan Union Radio's Web site.

Haitian President-elect Rene Preval was in Venezuela Monday to sign Haiti up to the Venezuelan oil initiative.