Cedras

Rather +/- Old CW: Shouldn't have called Cedras 'president.'

Back To Work Edition 2008

Part of Special Representative Dante Caputo's anger stemmed from the nature of that compromise agreement negotiated with Cedras by the former president.

Phyllis Bennis: Haiti, Again? 2010

She states that, although the average Haitian lived in the most abject poverty in the Northern Hemisphere during the mid-1990s under the comprehensive sanctions imposed by the OAS [Organization of American States], the military, upon whose support the [Raoul] Cedras government was dependent, continued to receive new technology, ammunition, and uniforms (Allen, 2008, p. 261).

Matthew Sugrue: Do Sanctions Work? Iran, Proliferation and U.S. Policy 2010

Would you be in favor of creating a Haitian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, similar to what South Africa did, that would allow some of the people who have been exiled under Duvalier and Cedras and your two presidencies to come back and be called to appear in that commission - and ask for forgiveness and amnesty if needed?

Nicolas Rossier: An Exclusive Interview With Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide Nicolas Rossier 2010

Colonel Cedras and his generals left Haiti, but the generals and colonels of the Arab world were received in chanceries with all the honors due legitimate heads of states.

The Coming Revolution Walid Phares 2010

The Carter agreement provided no guarantees that Cedras and the other military leaders would leave the island, did not disarm the military and police, mandated additional weeks in power for the military junta legitimized by "cooperation" with the U.S., and provided no date certain for the return of President Aristide.

Phyllis Bennis: Haiti, Again? 2010

In the mid-1990s, the Clinton administration sent aircraft carriers preceded by former president Jimmy Carter to “convince” General Cedras to leave Haiti and allow President Aristide to come back.

The Coming Revolution Walid Phares 2010

But Cedras was convinced -- partly because of contradictory statements from administration officials like Brian Latell of the CIA -- that Clinton was not serious.

Mark Weisbrot: How Much Repression Will Hillary Clinton Support in Honduras? 2009

Even after Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell, and then Senator Sam Nunn were sent to Haiti to try to persuade Cedras to leave before a promised U.S. invasion -- the dictator still did not believe it.

Mark Weisbrot: How Much Repression Will Hillary Clinton Support in Honduras? 2009

The stray details of the operation are a profound American embarrassment: the helpless secretary of state and his deputy, Strobe Talbott, going off to see the movie "Quiz Show" on Saturday afternoon, as Carter negotiated in Haiti; Carter, telling the Haitians he was "ashamed" of this country's policy; Carter, ignoring the demand that Cedras leave the country because it would be a violation of the dictator's human rights.

Empathy For The Devil 2008