BRAZIL: Route to Security Council Runs Through Haiti – Analysts

Sending Brazilian troops to take part in the U.N. stabilisation force in Haiti will pose military and political risks, but that is a price that must be paid by Brasilia if it aspires to a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, said analysts interviewed by IPS.

HAITI: Class Hatred and the Hijacking of Aristide

Some observers have described the Feb. 29 putsch against Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as a Bush administration plot while many others label Washington's policy as an indirect one, such as "malign" or "wilful" neglect or "estranged engagement".

HAITI: Aristide Takes Fight to French Court

Ousted Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide has taken his battle to a court in Paris.

POLITICS: Aristide Returning to a Caribbean Undecided on Haiti

When Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders meet in St. Kitts on Mar. 25 for their inter-sessional summit, there will be no need for a trans-Atlantic telephone call to get the views of ousted Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

HAITI: Aristide’s Call for Reparations From France Unlikely to Die

Whether Jean-Bertrand Aristide ever returns to the homeland he left under such controversial circumstances, his call for France to make reparations to his troubled Caribbean nation of Haiti is as important as ever and must not be allowed to die, say observers.

POLITICS-U.S.: ‘Regime Change’ in Haiti Seen as Policy Blunder

Last week's U.S.-backed ''regime change'' in Haiti could yet backfire against the administration of President George W Bush, according to independent analysts and Democrats who are describing the U.S. role as another major foreign-policy blunder - or worse.

POLITICS: U.N. Awaiting Formal Request for Haiti Probe

The United Nations says it is willing to investigate the ouster of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide last month, provided the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) makes a formal request - a move that U.S. and French officials are actively discouraging, say diplomats here.

HAITI: Political Process Moving Forward Amid Disorder

At an inauguration ceremony guarded by U.S. Marines, Haiti's interim president on Monday called for "reconciliation" and "peace", but as shooting, looting, threats of a resurgent rebel army and political squabbling continue against a backdrop of foreign troops, these simple goals might remain illusive.

HAITI: Latin American Gov’ts Shelve OAS Democratic Charter

With the sole exception of Venezuela, the Latin American governments consider there was no coup d'état in Haiti last weekend, and therefore it is not a case for invoking the Democratic Charter of the Organisation of American States (OAS).

HAITI: U.S. Soldiers’ Boots Follow Footprints From the Past

For the fourth time in the past 100 years, U.S. army boots are marching on Haitian soil.

HAITI: Democrats Grill Bush Officials Over Aristide Departure

The Bush administration's role in facilitating the ouster of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide came under sharp and sustained attack by opposition Democrats in Congress on Wednesday.

HAITI: Rights Groups Demand Action Against Rebels

With uncertainty still clouding the political situation in Haiti, two major human rights groups Wednesday called for U.S. and other foreign troops to immediately stop violence by rebel forces and arrest known human rights violators among them.

HAITI: Caribbean Calls for Independent Probe of Aristide Ouster

Caribbean leaders ended a two-day emergency meeting in Jamaica on Wednesday calling for an independent investigation into the circumstances that led to the removal of former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide from office and into exile.

HAITI: Did U.S. Push or Pull Aristide from Power?

As rebel leader Guy Philippe declared himself Haiti's "military chief" Tuesday, speculation continued to fly over the U.S. role in deposed president Jean-Bertrand Aristide's flight from power Sunday.

/CORRECTED REPEAT*/HAITI-U.S.: Will Malign Neglect Lead to New Nation-Building?

After three years of malign neglect toward the Americas' first black republic, the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush now finds itself confronting a nation-building challenge in Haiti of staggering proportions.

POLITICS-SOUTH AFRICA: Haitian Leader’s Plight Fails to Move Opposition

Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who fled a rebel onslaught Sunday, is searching for a new home – and it appears that he may take up exile in South Africa.

HAITI: Caribbean Questions Aristide Exit

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will meet in an emergency session Tuesday to discuss Haiti, but already Sunday one spokesman expressed disappointment that the international community refused to heed their call earlier for a peacekeeping force to end the crisis in the strife-torn country.

/UPDATE*/HAITI: Possible Coup Only One Piece of Puzzle

As the world waited Friday for a decisive move that would herald yet another extreme political change in this plagued nation, Haiti and the Haitian people find themselves in an almost impossible Chinese puzzle.

POLITICS: U.N. Rejects Fast Action on Haiti

The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Thursday pleaded with the United Nations to immediately deploy a multinational peacekeeping force to resolve the ongoing crisis in Haiti.

POLITICS: Caribbean at Crossroads Over Haiti

With rebel troops advancing on the capital Port-au-Prince and U.S. Marines en route to protect their embassy, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) finds itself at a crossroads over support for embattled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

HAITI: U.S. Scrambles for Policy as Contenders Raise Stakes

After three years of malign neglect, the administration of President George W. Bush is scrambling to come up with a coherent policy to halt rising violence and chaos in Haiti that could still provoke a major exodus of desperate boat people seeking refuge in Florida.