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...chief minister, Bertrand Osborne, resigned after the protests and was replaced Friday by a critic of British policy, David Brandt. Meanwhile Britain offered about $4,000 for each adult and $1,000 for each child who accepts a relocation package...
...little ol' lawyer with Arent Fox, a D.C. firm that at the time did legal and lobbying work for several foreign governments and various overseas corporations. According to documents Thompson and Arent Fox filed with the Department of Justice, Thompson's duties included lobbying for Haitian President JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE, who hired Arent Fox in October 1991 shortly after his government was overthrown by a military coup. As the firm lobbied U.S. officials to bolster support for Aristide's return to power, Thompson pitched in by calling JOHN SUNUNU, chief of staff for the Bush White House, to discuss Aristide...
This is certainly not what the Clinton Administration had in mind in September 1994 when the U.S. military invaded Haiti to reinstate the country's first freely elected President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Shortly after Aristide's return, the U.S. created the first civilian police force in Haitian history. It was to be the cornerstone of Haiti's new democracy. With trustworthy police, U.S. officials predicted, Haiti could finally begin to deconstruct its dictatorship, reconstruct its economy and build from scratch all the judicial, political and civil institutions necessary for a working democracy...
...ARTICLE, PAUL DAVIES PERPETUates the same unenlightened position that Bertrand Russell and others have taken in suggesting that human life is futile because the cosmos is ultimately doomed. At the risk of sounding like a New Age cliche, I say life is not about its end point; it is about life itself. BRAD KERN Pacific Palisades, California...
Back in September 1994, when Bill Clinton itemized his intentions for Haiti, he kept them basic, so now he can tick off the accomplishments. The main goal of Operation Uphold Democracy was to restore the legitimate Haitian President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to power and in so doing halt the flood of boat people. With 20,000 U.S. troops and a little help from Jimmy Carter, Clinton did it. Objective No. 2 was achieved last week when Rene Preval took the presidential oath and Haiti experienced its first-ever peaceful transfer of power from one popularly elected leader to another...