were the first Haitia
ent b c to Port-Au-Prin e
toce U.S. Supreme Court'
deci ion allowing Pre ident
B h' directive that Haiti
eking to re h the U.S. be
turned ck even without a hear
ing to d tennine if they f
political pe ution or retalia-
tion upon their return.
The Black Republican
couldn't get the an ntion of the
Bush/Quayle '92 Campaign in
Houston. African-Americans
were not on the Republicans'
agenda; trey didn't get adorn -
tic a nda item to their liking, or
even a favorable foreign policy
commitnnent on an issue as hotly
con ted as the situation con
cerning Blacks in Haiti.
Even Condoleezza Rice,
former national security advisor
to Bush, who spoke so eloquent
ly about "European" foreign
policy, did not promote Black
oriented i' ues to Bush and hi
advi ors. Bu h's dome tic
agenda for blacks has been lack
ing and Haiti has put a dent in his
foreign policy accomplishm nts,
separating his administration
from the BI k cornmunity.
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MICHA L R TNER,
head of the Center for Constititu
tional Rights in Washington, said
of the forced return of Haitians
that he felt their only hope was a
change of admini tration putting
President George Bush out of of
fice. "Even Reagan didn't have
d 0 polley. At least hi
admini tra . n had in Me on
boats t determine if they were,
in fa t refugee ."
The pre ident' policy on
Haiti h caused many Blacks in
leadership role to qu tion if the
Haitians are treated as uch imp
ly because they are Black. Over
30,000 Haitians-enough to
populate the metropolitan area of
North Miami Beach,' Florida
have been picked up at sea and
returned to their Caribbean na
tion in the 10 months since the
September 30, 1991 military
coupe, which caused the
democratically-elected Haitian
President Jean Beurrand Aristide
to be forced 'outside hi country.
The boat people of Haiti con
tinue to seek asylum in the U.S.
to get away from the military'
control, and there are reports of a
growing popular demand inside
Haiti for Aristide's return. A
second regime has been installed
since Aristide's ouster, this one
headed by Mr. Marc Bazin.
Brazin has been named Prim
Minister of Hai ti' s current defac
to government, replacing Jean
Jacques Honorat. His govern
ment does not eem to have the
power to neutralize the army or
control the situation.
Tbe Aristide government has
refused to meet with Bazin as
prime minister, calling him a
"willing hostage" of an il
legitimate regime. The
Washington Office on Haiti
(WOH) said that, "Mr. Bazin is
more open and willing to
negotiate for a return of corstitu
tional government that hi'
predecessor, However, it i im
portant to note that he has made
repeated attempts to end the
i olation of the dcfacto regi me
and gain its legitima y without
• th return of Ari tide. He has
:. asked the embargo to be lifted
before he will negotiate."
: AJ{JS11fJE has formed a
; . icn-rncbcr pre idential commi -
sion, headed by Father Ant in
Andrien, to "repatriate" negotia
tions for his retum to Haiti. Th
main goal f the commi ion i
to negotiate for the pn en of
the Organization of Ameri an
Slate (OAS)alld United Nations
(UN) civilian observers, that
Pre! ident Aristide can return L
, Haiti and finalize the neg tia-
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