NEWS
June 16, 1993 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Haiti's Parliament voted to formally recognize deposed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as Haiti's leader under conditions that diplomats and Aristide's backers said give him no real power. A spokesman for the U.N. mission that has been trying to fashion a political agreement said that Western powers will reject the plan and impose tougher economic sanctions against Haiti.
NEWS
September 6, 2000 | From Times Wire Reports
The Clinton administration vowed to impose economic sanctions against Haiti unless it strengthens democratic procedures in advance of presidential and legislative elections set for Nov. 26. The warning was issued by Luis Lauredo, U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States, at an OAS permanent council meeting on OAS efforts to help build democracy in Haiti.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
January 30, 1992
After almost four agonizing months of diplomatic maneuvering, Haiti's political crisis is no closer to an end than when a coup ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Sept. 30. But the suffering it is causing the Haitian people is worsening. It's time for Washington to end the heartbreak. A good first step was Monday's recall of the U.S. ambassador to protest a police attack on a peaceful political meeting.
NEWS
February 16, 1994 | NORMAN KEMPSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Clinton Administration, clearly running out of patience, Tuesday called on ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to accept a new proposal by members of the Haitian Parliament to install a coalition government as a step toward restoring democracy.
NEWS
June 20, 1994 | From Times Wire Services
Army troops forced a U.S. senator Sunday to abandon a fact-finding trip to the border with the Dominican Republic in the latest snub to international efforts to force military leaders into giving up power. Armed soldiers turned back U.S. Sen. Bob Graham of Florida when he tried to visit Haiti's border with the Dominican Republic to check on enforcement of international economic sanctions against Haiti. Accompanied by U.S. Ambassador William L.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 6, 1994
The United States today will ask the U.N. Security Council to renew economic sanctions against Haiti and the military junta that refuses to allow exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to return. But new sanctions will be no more successful than previous ones unless both the United Nations and Washington come down hard on any countries that try to get around them.