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...American troops take control of Haiti, debate rages on: Should Raoul Cedras, the allegedly soon-to-be-ex-dictator, stay on in Haiti after giving up power? Or should he opt for sybaritic exile? A look at the current life-styles of other former strongmen and presidents-for-life might help him make up his mind...
...justifying military action of that kind. Though Aristide last week called for "swift and definitive action," he indicated in an interview with TIME and two other publications that invasion was still not what he had in mind. He mentioned correctly that U.S. pressure had helped dislodge previous Haitian strongmen, such as "Baby Doc" Duvalier and Henri Namphy, without the use of force. (He failed to add that the same corrupt and repressive clique continued in power...
...country do not voluntarily give up power. The once lackadaisical trade embargo is beginning to bite now that U.S. ships are forcibly halting all sea traffic and the land border from the Dominican Republic has been virtually shut down. Two new measures aimed at toppling the strongmen who deposed democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991 -- suspension of all commercial air traffic from the U.S. beginning this Saturday, and a freeze on Haitian assets, including bank accounts and credit cards -- have provoked panic and pain...
...country's strongmen install their own, illegal President...
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...