Word: juntas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sanctions consist of a travel ban on members of the Haitian military and their families, the possible freezing of assets and a ban on non-commercial flights in and out of Haiti. If the junta does not step down by May 21, a total ban on both imports and exports will go into effect...
Then something went wrong. Angry mobs met the peacekeepers--mobs encouraged by the military government. Without adequate arms to force their way ashore, the peacekeepers headed home, mission unaccomplished. Subsequent sanctions have made life miserable for Haiti's population, but the junta hasn't budged...
...Greek colonels under the Junta government led a coup against Cyprus' president Archbishop Makarios...
While it is unclear if the U.S. strategy is to divide and conquer or divide and coax, Haiti's junta is prepared either way. Boasts a member of the high command: "We can play with that nicely." Indeed, Haiti's strongmen appear to enjoy "playing" with the Clinton brigades. A Cedras adviser claims that when the military agreed to negotiate with Aristide at Governors Island in New York last July, "the whole thing was a smokescreen." He continues, "We wanted to get the sanctions lifted. That's why we went along. But we never had any intention of really agreeing...
...first the junta wasn't sure what time would buy them. "We read Clinton in two different ways," says an adviser to Francois. "Somalia told us Clinton didn't have the stomach to fight, but we were worried that, precisely because of Somalia, he might feel he had to stand up somewhere and that we could be his target. That's why, a few weeks ago, we made noises about accommodation. But after the information about Aristide got out from our friends in the CIA, and Congress started talking about how bad he is, we figured the chances...