Garvey's Ghost: Black Talk

And It Get's Better!!!

One of the "opposition" has declared himself the "military chief" of Haiti. Also Claude Duvalier who has been chillin' in Miami has stated his intention to return to Haiti. Oh the fun is really about to begin!!

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Haiti plunged deeper into political anarchy today as one of the rebellion's leaders proclaimed himself the new commander of the army, appearing to grab power without legal authority.

"I am the chief," the rebel leader, Guy Philippe, announced at a conference. "The military chief."

The Haitian army was dissolved in 1995 by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who fell from power on Sunday, after a hard shove from the United States. Many of the armed rebels who stormed into Haiti's capital on Monday are veterans of the army, which overthrew Mr. Aristide in 1991, and past leaders of military-affiliated death squads.

....Complicating the political chaos, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haiti's former "president for life," said in Miami that he planned to return to Haiti. He ruled from the 1971 death of his father, François, the dictator known as "Papa Doc," until the army overthrew him in 1986. During the three-decade Duvalier dynasty, the government killed thousands of opponents and stole many millions of dollars from Haiti's treasury.

With the apparent grab for power by Mr. Philippe and his rebel allies, Haiti seemed to be falling deeper into the clutches of a self-appointed armed junta.

"It is an absolutely failed state — no institutions, no rule of law, no spirit of compromise, no security," said Robert Pastor, director of the Center for Democracy and Election Management at American University. Mr. Pastor has monitored elections here since 1987.

Did I mention a bet?

Links:
http://nytimes.com/2004/03/02/international/americas/02CND-HAIT.html?hp