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...other cities. More than a dozen Haitians have died in the recent violence. Though most of the rebellions were put down by the police--Haiti has no military--the insurgents are undeterred. Front spokesman Winter Etienne says the group has men situated in two other key cities, Cap-Haitien and St. Marc. "We plan to take control of the north by the end of the month. Then we'll create the recipe to liberate Port-au-Prince...
Marnet would rather be a forklift driver than a cocaine trafficker. But Haiti has a lot more demand for the latter--especially in the northern port of Cap-Haitien, where Marnet, 29, watched this fall as his one honest meal ticket, the U.S. Army, shipped home the last of its intervention forces. "I may have to join my friends and be a welder," he said--not just any welder but a narco welder, who refits ships to hide drugs. Marnet walked to a cargo vessel, where two large generators powered the torches he said his pals were using to solder...
...forces entered Haiti six years ago, they helped create a new civilian police force and coast guard. But the fledgling, threadbare agencies are a laugh to the cartels. U.S. officials, citing Haitian inspector general reports on officer misconduct, estimate that 85% of police supervisors--including four in Cap-Haitien who were recently caught with their own bulging satchels of dope cash--are in the pockets of traffickers. The Haitian coast guard has made a few impressive busts in recent years, but it has fewer than 100 men and about 10 ships--some of the best of which are fast Colombian...
...jury, hacking people to death for crimes real or imagined. The omnipresent "popular organizations," self-proclaimed local leaders who act as watchdog, pressure group and enforcer of political correctness, command the masses and own the real power. "The popular organizations control this city," says Jean Robert Lalannes, a Cap Haitien radio-station director threatened with death after he criticized Aristide. "The vacuum of state authority is complete...
...streets, the President preferred to palliate those who would lose jobs rather than begin constructing a working economy. As a result, $100 million in aid has been frozen and private investment scared off. The economy has been dead in the water ever since. Says Michel Georges, a Cap Haitien businessman, with a sigh: "We're waiting for an economic program to begin...