Word: interventionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The violent tactics of police mobilized astudent body previously indifferent to the effortsof the fringe SDS. Many graduates say that afterthe police intervention and subsequent beatings,student support for SDS's demands greatlyincreased.
For their efforts, Haiti's junta leaders were condemned by governments around the world, which refused to recognize the newly seated puppet President. Yet Clinton was back where he started: in a fog of indecision, with the U.N., the Organization of American States and just about everyone else waiting for...
Small wonder then that Clinton is finding little support for either unilateral or multilateral military action. Last Wednesday the OAS rejected the option of a U.S.-led intervention. France, which has stood beside Washington in championing Aristide's return, said it would not participate in such a move. The House...
Amid increasing tension and rumors of a possible armed intervention, the U.S. took steps to focus its policy toward Haiti. President Clinton appointed a new special envoy to the country: William Gray, a former Congressman from Pennsylvania. The White House also announced that Haitian boat people would now be permitted...
On Friday, at U.S. urging, the U.N. passed a resolution toughening the so far ineffective embargo on Haiti. Earlier in the week, President Clinton said he had not ruled out U.S. military intervention. Meanwhile, about 500 Haitian refugees who recently arrived in Florida will be allowed to remain in the...