21708: Esser: Rep. Waters Calls on Congress Not To Recognize New Haitian Government (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: D. Esser torx@joimail.com

Democracy Now!
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May 5th, 2004

Rep. Maxine Waters Calls on Congress Not To Recognize New Haitian
Government

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The new US-supported Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue arrived
in Washington Tuesday for his visit since the U.S. helped oust
President Jean Bertand Aristide. Waters is calling on members of
Congress not to recognize the new prime minister.
In February, Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide was removed
from power in what he calls a modern kidnapping in the service of a
coup d'etat backed by the United States.

Now, government officials have brought the new US-supported Prime
Minister Gerard Latortue to Washington to meet with members of
Congress, top Bush administration officials, international financial
institutions and members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

This comes as Haiti descends even deeper into poverty and Aristide
supporters are reportedly being killed in the streets.


• Rep. Maxine Waters, Democratic Congresswoman from California
serving in her seventh term. She is the Chief Deputy Whip of the
Democratic Party and serves as Co-Chair of the House Democratic
Steering Committee. She is the former chair of the Congressional
Black Caucus.

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