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President Clinton has authorized a last-minute, high-level delegation led by former President Jimmy Carter to Port-au-Prince to coax the Haitian leaders out without bloodshed. They're expected to leave within 24 hours, and Clinton pledged to hold the invasion at least until his envoys begin their return trip. Flanking Carter are retired Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin Powell and Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sam Nunn. Earlier, Clinton met with ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who pledged amnesty to opponents once he is restored. The surprise White House announcement capped a day of apparent...
When the President next focuses on his Haiti problem, he will be faced with some basic decisions. Should he set a deadline, public or 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...
While sanctions are hurting the poor, who survive on beans and rice, shops in Port-au-Prince were well stocked. Cement supplies began to run out and so did Kellogg's Corn Flakes, but well-to-do supporters of the junta boasted they could outlast Clinton. Local supermarket owners said they had enough stock in warehouses for at least three months. "The prices are higher," says a Haitian executive, "but I can still get everything I need." (Last week, however, gasoline prices shot up abruptly...
...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...