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U.S. Must Back Haiti's Democratically Elected Government, Not Rebel Thugs; Must End Embargo Against Haiti.
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| Contributor | The Oncoming Storm |
| Last Edited | The Oncoming Storm Feb 29, 2004 12:24am |
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| News Date | Friday, February 27, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As rebels threatened Port-au-Prince and France urged President Aristide's resignation, Greens called on the Bush Administration to reverse its hostility to the embattled Aristide government, withhold military interference, and end the embargo against Haiti. Greens also urged international action to ensure the safety of Haiti's democratically elected government and humanitarian aid and shelter for the Haitian people in the face of a bloody rebellion and refugee crisis.
"The Bush Administration's near silence should be recognized as an endorsement of the paramilitary street violence that threatens the legitimate Aristide presidency," said Michele Tingling-Clemmons, co-chair of the Black Caucus of the Green Party of the United States. "It's no secret that Mr. Bush wants to see Aristide deposed, especially in light of reports of the millions of dollars authorized by the White House to arm the Haitian insurgents"
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide angered the U.S. government after his 2000 election, when he resisted demands that state-run industries be privatized and other neoliberal reforms, and instead doubled the minimum wage and concentrated Haitian federal funding on public education and health care.
Greens note that the opposition Democratic Convergence Party, which supports the rebellions, represents Haiti's business elite with international corporate connections, and that the leadership of the rebels is drawn from criminal gangs and former military officers responsible for the reign of terror from 1991 to 1994. During this time, the CIA-funded death squad FRAPH killed 3,000 Aristides supporters. |
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