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on of con i t nt ffort to
thw rt real d m racy and de
velopment for t he Haitian
rna in the inter ·t of ad
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THEREFORE, THE game
plan all along has been to dimin
ish Aristide's pow r by forcing
him to make concessions to th
military who r present the Hai
tian elite. And, the plan has
been to get ride of Aristide by
st lling unt il mo t of his five
year term as President expires
qr" I ( I fl' tlr by'fur 'ng'h'lml iHto'a' situation
wher h would iJr6ba bly b� as
. as ina d by his adversaries.
The gr ment brokered by
former PI sident Jimmy Carte
and the current U.S. occupation
of Haiti must be considered with
these factors in mind. Aristide
was com lled to declare that he
would st.ep down at the end of
his five year term even though
he never really had an opportu
ni ty to serve as P residen t be
cause of t h coup.
Now, after the stall, Aristid
only has 16 months remaining
in his term. This concession was
a clear signal to the Haitian
elite that they would have an
opportunity to return to power
in the very near future.
C dra and th thugs who
terrorized the Haitian ni es
w re not only allowed to stay in
power until October 15� the
agr m nt did not v n call for
their exil from th country. In
C ct he agreement called for a
general amnesty which could re
uIt in these murde rs cap
ing punishment for th ir r in of
terror.
And, it doe not t. k a genius
to figure out that as long as 'e
dras and his henchm n are in
Haiti th road ah ad for Ari -
tide and hi .supporte will b
work of extremely difficult.
r. Ch ik
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clear. Th U.S. cupation of
Haiti is ultim t 1)' d igned to
maintain th tus quo with a
more benign fac . No matter
w hat the present images and
ppearan , the U.S. is not in
t rested in ir uring th empow-
to
By .. Dr. Conrad W. Worrill
tand in t hi regard
orable nd avor and has taught
us much." Th old scrappers, ac
cording to Dr. Carruthers, "A
till among us slugging it out as
p r our belov d Profe or John
. J cks on."
the
wre
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poor
nt ris-
The U.S. did not want a flood
of Haitian refugees, Black pe0-
ple, flowing into this country
and the U.S. along with the Hai-
tian elite was frightened that
Aristide would disrupt a rela
tionship which had enriched the
Haitian elite and U.S. busine s
interests .
BEYO THE 1M
and symbols, th lefor, th r 1-
ity is ha Ari tid w for ed to
ace pt an accord which i in
t nded to promot hi d mi
and the d truction of th popu
I r movements whi h swept him
into offi
. 1 h ultimat int
p licy is to cont inu
n s usu I, an u in. a
u ual mans th t th H it.ian
lit must re tor to p w r
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