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eablair3

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Mon Mar-15-04 06:52 PM
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Haiti suspends ties with CARICOM

Edited on Mon Mar-15-04 06:53 PM by eablair3

the newly installed Haitian "government" first withdraws its Ambassador to Jamaica (it had already previously recalled this ambassador and all of the Aristide ambassadors anyway) and now suspends membership in CARICOM.
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Haiti suspends ties with CARICOM

www.chinaview.cn 2004-03-16 06:46:20

HAVANA, March 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Haitian appointed Prime Minister Gerard Latortue announced Monday he temporarily suspended his country's membership in the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) and withdrew Haiti's ambassador from Jamaica, reports from Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince stated.

The announcement was issued after Haiti's former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide arrived in Jamaica from exile in the Central African Republic.

Latortue said he would reconsider Haiti's relations with CARICOM because the bloc had voiced support to Aristide's presidency when considering his ouster was clouded by unclear circumstances.

CARICOM echoed Aristide when he denounced he had been "kidnapped" and forced to leave Haiti by United States troops.

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-03/16/content_1367705.htm

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NashVegas

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Mon Mar-15-04 06:56 PM
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1. No Surprise, That

CARICOM was howling last week, IIRC.

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Judi Lynn

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Mon Mar-15-04 06:58 PM
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2. Otto Reich and his collegues must be wracking their brains

trying to devise a better way to threaten these small countries. God knows they've tried, already!

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htuttle

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Mon Mar-15-04 07:00 PM
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3. Spiteful, spiteful Latortue!

Edited on Mon Mar-15-04 07:01 PM by htuttle

In fact, this sort of vengeful, destructive foreign relations insult really has the 'flavor' of a Bush administration move, doesn't it? Perhaps CARICOM now represents the 'Old Caribbean', hmm?

I wonder if Latortue received these orders over the phone from Washington, or if Ambassador Foley delivered them in person?

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bemildred

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Mon Mar-15-04 07:02 PM
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4. This is getting really rich.

Who does this stooge think he is?

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papau

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Mon Mar-15-04 09:07 PM
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6. He was a right wing radio Florida Talk Show Host

:-)

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leQ

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Mon Mar-15-04 07:12 PM
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5. this could really get interesting

is that real butter?

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Just Me

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Mon Mar-15-04 09:12 PM
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7. What a spiteful, arrogant move,...

,...just like his corporatist masters.

Asshole.

Geez!!!

How will CARICOM respond to such arrogance?

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