Word: haiti
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...speech at the Law School yesterday, Jean Bertrand Aristide, the first democratically elected president of Haiti, called on the U.S. to tighten the economic blockade as part of the effort to restore his country to democracy...
...method of his democracy movement, meanwhile, is a "strategy of the pen," he said. He said he believes truth and non-violent resistance will overcome the repressive regime in Haiti...
...said the military in Haiti has been able to hang on in spite of the economic blockade because "the sanctions are a sham...
Western planners contemplating the reconstruction of Kosovo might want to look at Haiti. In 1994 Haitians were dancing in the streets after U.S. troops restored democracy. Not anymore. Political squabbling has led to government paralysis, and Haiti's PRESIDENT RENE PREVAL suspended Parliament in January and rules by decree. Although donor countries pledged more than $1 billion in aid, the latest U.N. report notes that $570 million still hasn't been handed over because Haiti lacks the ministerial staff to draft programs for using the money. The report points out that 4% of Haiti's population still owns...
Western planners contemplating the reconstruction of Kosovo might want to look at Haiti. In 1994 Haitians were dancing in the streets after U.S. troops restored democracy. Not anymore. Political squabbling has led to government paralysis, and Haiti's President Rene Preval suspended Parliament in January and rules by decree. Although donor countries pledged more than $1 billion in aid, the latest U.N. report notes that $570 million still hasn't been handed over because Haiti lacks the ministerial staff to draft programs for using the money. The report points out that 4 percent of Haiti's population still owns...