Word: haitian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dominate the beast of the Haitian army for seven months was no small thing for my government. It's like a lion in the circus. The trainer is there in the cage with the lion, and he tries to find every weak spot of the animal in order to maintain his control. But if he fights the lion with force and violence, the tamer will lose, because he does not have the same physical power. Therefore he has to use intelligence. Sometimes, though, the beast strikes at you for no reason...
...surprised that the U.S. has sent Marines to Guantanamo in order to be ready to protect the lives of its citizens living in Haiti. But the U.S. must also allow the OAS to follow its peaceful route. We are looking for ways to liberate the Haitian people, and military intervention is not one we even consider . . . Military intervention also raises ugly memories in Haiti, and we cannot exist if we forget our history. Neither U.S. officials nor Haitian officials support intervention...
...strategy of the Haitian people is more peaceful: we are looking toward economic boycotts, diplomatic boycotts...
Last week, after an old-fashioned coup ousted Haitian President Jean- Bertrand Aristide, the entire western hemisphere focused its outrage on the brazen military bosses in Port-au-Prince. The Americas were not prepared to let Haiti's military men get away with it. Their takeover, White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said bluntly, "will not succeed...
After rampaging Haitian soldiers opened fire on street crowds and threatened to kill Aristide, a 38-year-old priest, Venezuela's President Carlos Andres Perez sent a plane to fly him to safety. Perez offered Aristide refuge in Caracas and said his country would be ready to take part in "the severest of actions" to re-establish a legitimate government in Haiti...