Word: haitian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Diederich's expertise and inside knowledge have been an invaluable resource for two other TIME correspondents who, along with photographer James Nachtwey, are covering the Haiti story. "He has an unsurpassed sense of Haitian history," says Edward Barnes, who wrote a recent story on Haitian refugees after months of difficult duty in Bosnia. "He is, simply, the best in the Caribbean." Says Cathy Booth, our Miami bureau chief, who was also in Haiti last week: "Bernie is indispensable for knowing good sources long before they become famous." Supplementing Diederich's contacts were sources tapped by chief political correspondent Michael Kramer...
...else could come close to filling the masked avenger's shoes. After lunging with his first foil at age eight, van Leeuwen knew he had found his calling. At the ripe age of 12, the half Haitian half Dutch Kwame won his first international fencing championship in Germany. Just out of high school, van Leeuwen was ranked 13th internationally...
Just like Zoro, van Leeuwen doesn't just fence, he is also "concerned with others' well being." Inspired by his Haitian roots, van Leeuwen is an active member of Harvard's Haitian alliance. Future, non-fencing plans, include a possible trip to that troubled country...
Signals out of the White House indicate that in Haiti as in Somalia, Clinton prefers a political settlement to a military one.If the Haitian military and civilian elite cannot be broken, they will have to be drawn into a deal. So when economic sanctions begin to squeeze, the U.S. is bound to increase its pressure on Aristide to compromise and make the coup leaders an offer...
Even now, with all hell breaking loose in Haiti, Bill Clinton won't relax his draconian refugee policy. Denying political asylum to large numbers of poor black Haitians "is what all this was about in the first place," says U.N. Ambassador Madeleine Albright -- and it still is. The Administration's sweet talk about restoring democracy in Haiti is merely tactical, a reflection of the assumption that those who enjoy liberty will stay put. Meanwhile on the ground, the situation worsens daily. "Anyone can be killed at any time," says Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the exiled President, and late-night disappearances...