Word: bertrand
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...shooting death of a leading Haitian dissident last night jolted Haiti back to the forefront of U.S. and international agendas. The Rev. Jean-Marie Vincent -- a close friend of Jean-Bertrand Aristide who threw his body in front of machete-wielding attackers in 1989 to protect the now exiled president -- was shot and killed by gunmen suspected of being part of the military government. There was no indication why Vincent was slain. He was a peasant-rights movement leader, but he had made no political appearances since Aristide's 1991 ouster. In Washington, State Department spokesman Mike McCurry denounced...
...private, for Lieut. General Raoul Cedras and his cronies to step down? Should he send a special envoy to Port-au-Prince to issue an ultimatum? Now that the U.N. has given its blessing to the use of "all necessary means" to restore Haiti's popularly elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power, should Clinton ask Congress for its support -- and could he get it? Most important, Clinton must decide whether an invasion is a good idea at all, even as the last resort he labels...
...Haiti over the ruling junta's heads, most of it to come from sales of U.S.-donated wheat flour. The catch, Secretary of State Warren Christopher said, is that Haiti's impoverished people won't get the bulk until the military welcomes back exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Even so, about $3 million will immediately go to feed children, the elderly and disabled. BTW: The last time the U.S. gave Haiti aid -- $20 million last year -- the de facto government in Port-au-Prince reportedly froze several banks accounts so much of the money couldn't be used...
Haiti's Justice Ministry, on orders of the military-backed government, began treason proceedings against exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide for backing foreign intervention to restore him to power. TIME correspondent Edward Barnes, in Port-au-Prince, says the "mock trial" is yet another verbal volley designed to make Haiti's rulers look like men of action -- when all they're doing is waiting to see if the U.S. will invade. "If this were a card game," he says, "there's only one card left, and that's the ace": invasion. Meanwhile, Barnes reports, the U.S.-led embargo is proving...
...hamlet of Montrouis, where he stops for cola drinks and conch while shaking the hands of awed peasants. In the town of St. Marc he promises an electrification project, then tucks into a helping of fried goat. Later he rants to farmers about Haiti's exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and promises that FRAPH will poison the water supply of any U.S. invaders. "Down with Aristide!" the farmers cheer. "FRAPH forever...