Word: flees
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Raoul Cedras, head of the current junta and target of the current State Department and White House attacks. General Cedras unleashed his "attaches," roving bands of paramilitary thugs to ruthlessly attack and pillage pro-Aristide neighborhoods. This terror coupled with years of economic privation is the reason Haitians now flee their country in droves...
...what have we learned so far? Millions of people languish in a brutal military dictatorship in Haiti. Thousands more try to flee to the U.S. every day. President Clinton linked himself to helping the Haitian boat people during the campaign, although many Americans are opposed to allowing those people in the country. There is no place else that will accept them besides the U.S. That leaves two questions left: what ought to be done and what will be done...
Residents who had to flee their homes were anxious to get back, but authorities cautioned that houses should first be inspected for water moccasins. They also wanted to be sure that none of the alligators that inhabit the Flint River had taken a liking to suburban living. "It's going to be a long time before things get back to normal around here," said city councilman Jack Henderson of Newton as he steered a boat through the town's / streets. The Rivertrace Restaurant and Oyster Bar was gone altogether, and the only sign of city hall was a vent pipe...
TIME's team has traveled hundreds of miles within Haiti and talked with dozens of Haitians over the past five weeks. Barnes slogged by 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...
...help." Kim went to Beijing, where he convinced Mao that Stalin believed a Korean war was winnable. The Chinese leader allowed himself to be persuaded, and he promised to stand by his new ally. But Kim had miscalculated. The U.S. intervened, forcing him to flee Pyongyang and call on Beijing for help. Kim himself was wounded during one battle. At the end of the war, both Koreas were in ruins and up to 3 million people were dead...