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...Reported by Tammerlin Drummond and Aixa M. Pascual/Miami
MIAMI: "The last time Miami exiles attempted to launch a flotilla towards Cuba," says TIME's Tamerlin Drummond, "a Cuban ship rammed the lead boat in the flotilla. Several people were injured." Disregarding past history, Brothers to the Rescue is planning a return to the same spot where two of its planes were gunned down by Cuban fighter jets last Saturday. Brothers founder Jose Basulto, who escaped Cuban jets in last Saturday's attack, says he is eager to go back to the area to say a prayer for his fallen comrades. Despite the volatility of the situation...
...succeed himself under Haiti's constitution, but can run again later. The problems of the western hemisphere's poorest nation will not wait for the millennium, though, and it looks as though Preval has about three months to return Haiti from the brink of anarchy. TIME's Tammerlin Drummond reports: "It's going to be a pretty tall order for him because he does not enjoy the love of the people that Aristide did." The new president must try to lead a nation with 70 percent unemployment and no established political institutions. To rebuild the economy, Drummond reports, Preval...
...without some fact gathered, some nugget of data gleaned or some key piece of reporting made possible by research-center librarians and their computer databases. For a story on Haiti's upcoming elections, for example, center staff members faxed and E-mailed a background briefing to Miami correspondent Tammerlin Drummond...
Haitian radio reports that 47 Haitian refugees drowned Friday when their flimsy and overcrowded boat capsized as it started a journey north. "There will most likely be an escalation of violence as the elections approach, and this could jeopardize the American presence there," says Drummond. About 2,500 American troops remain in Haiti as part of a larger United Nations peacekeeping force. They were scheduled to leave the island next February...