Word: haitian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: Receiving the presidential sash from predecessor Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Belgian-educated agronomist and former Haitian Prime Minister Rene Preval completed Haiti's first peaceful exchange of democratic power since it broke from France in 1804. Because Preval has little independent political support within the country, he is nagged by the notion that he is warming the presidential chair for a glorious return four years from now by Aristide, who may not succeed himself under Haiti's constitution, but can run again later. The problems of the western hemisphere's poorest nation will not wait...
...whether to stay on or step down as President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide confirmed his intention to leave office at the end of his five-year term in February 1996. Presidential elections are set for Dec. 17. Relations with the U.S. turned increasingly sour as some 1,100 Haitian boat people were repatriated by the Coast Guard last week, more than the total number returned to Haiti in the past 10 months. Aristide, who has never agreed to forced repatriation, argues that the resurgence of boat people is the result of economic hardship, which U.S. aid would alleviate...
...Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is trying to allay international fears about his recent uneven behavior with a promise that he will abide by elections to choose his successor. "I am leaving on Feb. 7," Aristide was quoted as saying in an interview with Libete, an independent Creole-language weekly newspaper that he founded and directs. The Clinton Administration has been downplaying a spate of killings and riots in the last two weeks after Aristide made incendiary remarks about political opponents and elites. TIME's Tammerlin Drummond reports that the timing couldn't have been worse for Clinton: "Haiti...
...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...
Presidents from the following organizations have endorsed the petition: Harvard African Students Association, Asian American Association, Black Students Association, Caribbean Club, Chinese Student Association, Cubans-American undergraduate Student Association, Fuerza Quisqueyans, Haitian Alliance, Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel, Hong Kong Club, Irish Cultural and Historical Society, Korean-Americans for Culture and Community, Korean Student Association, Harvard Phillipine Forum, RAZA, Singapore and Malaysia Association, South Asian Association and the Taiwanese Cultural Society...