Word: bertrand
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...Deposed democratic leader Jean-Bertrand] Aristide and the people of his government have to be protected and that's the first priority. We must restore democratic civilian government," said Carolyn P. Blum, a professor at U.C. Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law, who co-authored the letter with Anker...
With Haiti as the White House crisis du jour, Administration officials have been unhappily juggling some hot potatoes lobbed into the Justice Department by federal drug informants -- namely, a series of uncorroborated but sensational allegations that Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's erstwhile President, took hundreds of thousands of dollars in look-the-other-way money from Colombian drug cartels while in office. Though none of the claims have been supported, and the sources may have suspect motives, jittery officials fear that discounting the accusations would incur charges of political favoritism. "My guidance is to go by the book...
...used to spending long hours of exile alone in his small apartment, playing the guitar, taping weekly radio speeches and talking on the phone to faraway friends, life changed abruptly last week. From the moment Bill Clinton finally decided to restore him to power, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the duly elected President of Haiti, found himself bustling about the heady business of a chief of state. He has been told to be ready to fly home within days of the U.S. takeover...
Meanwhile, at a White House gathering for representatives of the 24 countries that will contribute troops to the U.S.-led invasion force, deposed Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide pledged reconciliation once he is reinstated. "We say no to vengeance. We say no to retaliation," Aristide promised his military adversaries. "You will not be isolated. You are the sons of the land. Do not be afraid...
...military engagement abroad "when the cause is right." Under the new Haiti policy, commercial flights to Haiti will resume Tuesday and Haitians in the U.S. will be able to wire money to their families. The move, Clinton said, was prompted by a gesture Sunday from exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who called on the Haitian parliament to vote Wednesday on granting amnesty to junta supporters.IN HAITI . . . WHO'S AFRAID OF RAOUL? Two days after U.S. Marines shot and killed 10 armed Haitian police, U.S. military police occupied five of Port-au-Prince's main police stations after hundreds...