Haiti

(Quelle: UN News) Nigeria has offered ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide temporary asylum until he can find another place to go, according to the Nigerian president's spokeswoman, who said the 15-nation Caribbean Community had appealed to the country on behalf of Aristide.

(Quelle: Welt) In Haiti ist die neue Regierung vereidigt worden. … Die 13 Minister, die Latortue am Dienstag vorgestellt hatte, sind zum Großteil Technokraten. Die meisten stehen dem entmachteten Präsidenten Jean Bertrand Aristide nahe. Latortue sagte, der französische Außenminister Dominique de Villepin werde Haiti noch in diesem Monat besuchen. … Haitis Nachbarstaat Jamaika erkennt die neue Regierung in Port-au-Prince nicht an.

(Quelle: UN News) United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to Haiti today began consulting with the country's leaders on the political and security problems to be addressed in the wake of the departure of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. … The overall situation in Haiti is calm but still volatile, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

(Quelle: UN Wire) A U.S. Marine was shot and wounded last night in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, while patrolling the Belair neighborhood, an Aristide stronghold. Tensions have grown in the capital since Friday, when U.S. Marines killed two people after reportedly coming under fire. 

(Quelle: BBC) Ousted Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide has arrived on a visit to Jamaica, sparking a diplomatic storm. Haiti's acting prime minister recalled his ambassador to Jamaica to protest at Mr Aristide's return to the region a fortnight after fleeing Haiti. Observers fear Mr Aristide's proximity to Haiti could revive the violence that forced him into exile late last month.

(Quelle: New York Times) The newly appointed prime minister, Gérard Latortue, said Thursday that it might take as long as two years to prepare for elections. That would put a new elected government beyond the 2005 timeline envisioned in the United States-backed transition plan to help Haiti recover after the departure of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

(Quelle: SZ) Der designierte haitianische Ministerpräsident Gérard Latortue hat sich für eine Regierung der nationalen Versöhnung und die Entwaffnung der Milizen ausgesprochen. Nach seiner Rückkehr aus dem Exil in Florida will der Jurist bis zum Wochenende seine Regierung vorstellen.

(Quelle: Washington Post) U.S. Marines sent to quell violence in Haiti have received new orders to seize guns from Haitians they encounter on patrol and to open fire, if necessary, to prevent further killings, the senior American commander in the region said yesterday.

(Quelle: Welt) Der haitianische Ex-Präsident Jean-Bertrand Aristide will die USA und Frankreich wegen Entführung und Beihilfe verklagen. Der US-Anwalt Brian Concannon sagte am Mittwoch in Paris, sein Mandant sehe sich immer noch als rechtmäßiger Präsident und wolle vor Gericht um seine Rückkehr kämpfen.

(Quelle: UN News) United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said the Security Council was responsible for deciding whether there should be an investigation of how President Jean-Bertrand Aristide came to leave Haiti. 'This is an issue that the Council will have to discuss and determine whether it takes it up or not, because the Council acted on the assumption that the President had resigned and they had a letter of resignation before them,' he said as he entered UN Headquarters, replying to a question on calls for a probe from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the African Union (AU).