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02/06/2005:

"Haiti: Time for justice"

Haiti to have local elections on 9th October and presidential and parliamentary elections on 13th November  

The elections will fill the gap in Haiti since President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was forced from power last year in the most blatant example of political interference and intrusion by the United States of America in the region since the failed coup d'etat in Venezuela.

As the elections are announced, members of Aristide's party, the Lavalas Family Party, complain that their senior members are being detained without trial (a practice with which Washington has been connected elsewhere).

In fact, the recent history of Haiti is a study in Washington's interference against a progressive, democratically-elected government. From the time when Aristide was elected in 2000, the USA launched an economic aid embargo, funded opposition groups, and provided support for coup plots.
Full Article: pravda.ru