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MIAMI - As Haiti's interim prime minister looked on, Gov. Jeb Bush unveiled a report Monday from a Haiti commission he appointed that urged Florida and its large Haitian-American community to take action now to help the impoverished, unstable nation.

The 25 recommendations of the Gov.'s Haiti Advisory Group, Bush said, "are embedded in the real world. These are doable recommendations."

Bush and Gerard Latortue, Haiti's interim prime minister, discussed the report at the launch of a new Haiti pro-business group, the Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce of Florida. Latortue, who replaced former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in early 2004, said government stability is the first step toward economic development.

"We know we have to put order in the house if we want to go forward," Latortue said. "We are fighting corruption and we want to have good and sound economic policies."

Yet outside the downtown Miami hotel where Latortue spoke, about three dozen protesters chanting "Latortue must go" and blowing whistles were a stark reminder of the fractious political situation in Haiti. The poorest country in the Americas, Haiti is enmeshed in a political crisis highlighted anew this weekend when security personnel shot and killed a rebel leader who helped force Aristide from power.

The advisory panel, named by Bush in September, focused on what Florida and the estimated 400,000 Haitian-Americans and Haitian nationals living in Florida can do to help. Its chairwoman, Marie S. Bell, said the state and its Haitian community are "perfectly positioned" to provide assistance ranging from security to job creation to disaster preparedness.

"What we have in common is we all want to see a better Haiti," Bell said.

Among the key recommendations:

_Florida state and city police should help train Haiti's national police and prison officers, possibly including courses at Florida law enforcement institutes.

_Florida should provide assistance with Haitian elections planned in November, possibly including observers to ensure they are fair.

_Tourism and commerce should be improved through technical assistance to bolster security at Haitian airports and seaports. A marketing campaign stressing Haiti's history and natural beauty could entice tourists from Florida, possibly including cruise lines again.

_Experts on reforestation, possibly linked with a state university, should create a pilot program aimed at halting erosion on hillsides prone to flooding.

_The U.S. government should revisit its official Haiti travel warning, which "discourages the flow of both investment and tourism."

_Florida and Haiti should establish both student and professional exchange programs.

Latortue painted a rosy picture of a rapidly improving Haiti, which he said has no budget deficit, less official corruption and a stabilizing economy in advance of the planned elections.

"The conditions are set now for Haiti to go forward," he said.

Yet the 7,400-member United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti has increasingly confronted ex-soldiers and pro- and anti- Aristide street gangs. Some say U.N. forces are unnecessarily shooting people.

More than 400 people have been killed since September in clashes between gangs, former soldiers, police and peacekeepers.

CURT ANDERSON

Associated Press