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...Soon, Lieut. John Dewyer, head of the legal unit charged with ensuring that the jail observes all lawful provisions, pays a brief visit. "Any problems? Been receiving your mail O.K.?" In a tone more correct than friendly, Simpson says he has no complaints. "And is the bike O.K.?" Dewyer asks, referring to an Exercycle that has been made available to his prisoner. "Yeah, it's great," says Simpson with some animation. As on all such occasions, "the case" remains scrupulously unmentioned...
While the people of Haiti suffer under economic sanctions, the nation's rulers are not only settling in for the long haul, they're making pricey home improvements. LIEUT. GENERAL RAOUL CEDRAS installed solar panels in his home in the hills above Port-au-Prince, an addition that will make his life more comfortable during frequent blackouts. Michel Francois, head of the Port-au- Prince police, ordered luxury furniture for his mansion -- but alas, the vessel carrying his shipment was turned back by the U.S. blockade...
...around dawn). A presidential study has concluded that virtually every retail trade booth, store, cafe and restaurant in the Russian capital pays protection money of up to 20% of gross receipts to organized crime. Resisters are beaten or killed. "In my 17 years on patrol," says police Lieut. Gennadi Groshikov, "I have never seen so much crime in Moscow; nor have I seen anything as vicious...
...further pressure the military leaders who ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Earlier in the week the Clinton Administration widened the freeze on Haitian financial assets in the U.S. to include not just the military, but all citizens. Meanwhile, reports circulated that the U.S. was offering big cash for Lieut. General Raoul Cedras and his cronies to simply leave the country. The State Department would neither confirm nor deny the rumors, but they clearly were sowing seeds of doubt among the military rank and file about whether their officers would still be around if and when U.S. troops invade...
That prospect must surely unsettle the Haitian regime, troubled by its own internal feuds. Haitians were shocked last week when the brother of powerful police chief Michel Francois went on the radio in the Dominican Republic to call for the resignation of military boss Lieut. General Raoul Cedras. While Francois quickly disavowed his brother's statement as "offensive and inopportune," the police chief's associates confirmed a growing rift between the two junta leaders...