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...down for their political activities. Estimates of these fugitives range from 100,000 to 300,000 of Haiti's 7 million people. Marronage has its roots in the 17th century, when slaves in the French colony began escaping from plantations into the mountains. After the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in a 1991 military coup, his supporters returned to the ways of their ancestors. They know the tricks of disguise -- men often dress as merchant women -- but the fear and frustration never fade. Families live apart, sometimes for years at a time. "You learn to live like...
...impossible task of "nation building." To overcome those misgivings, the Clinton Administration would have to persuade Congress and the public that it has a realistic plan for not just toppling the Cedras clique but also replacing it with a genuinely democratic government. That means coming to terms with Jean- Bertrand Aristide, the Roman Catholic priest who won a free election in 1990 but was ousted as President by an army coup and has been living in exile in Washington for the past 34 months...
...foot and dugout canoe in the south, tracking down rumors of whole villages that had perished as desperate people tried to flee by sea. Booth set off for the ruggedly beautiful north coast, looking for Haitians who had reportedly organized a resistance movement in support of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. "The divisions are as profound in the countryside as in Port-au-Prince," says Booth. "It's hard to see how the pro-military and pro-Aristide groups will ever find a middle ground...
...invasion ultimately would require 15,000 to 20,000 U.S. troops and a six-month American presence, according to Leon Edney, the retired Navy admiral who, as commander of all U.S. Atlantic forces, was responsible for Haiti when President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown nearly three years ago. Haiti's military "hardly warrants the name," a Pentagon planner says; its 7,500 troops are ill-trained and poorly equipped, and they are expected to offer little overt resistance. In all likelihood U.S. forces would quickly take control of the handful of Haitian armored vehicles, planes, boats and guns. "The Haitians...
...backing into an invasion almost out of desperation. "No doubt about it," said one senior Pentagon official, "the stakes have gone up because of Panama's decision. We need to get ourselves into position." On Friday, Clinton issued another veiled warning to the military clique that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in September 1991. "I think the conduct of the military leaders will have more than anything else to do with what options are considered when," said Clinton. "And their conduct has not been good...