Haitian priest and former Miami activist the Rev. Gerard Jean-Juste said two top U.S. diplomats need to resign amid reports the United States sold arms to Haiti.
BY JACQUELINE CHARLES
jcharles@herald.com
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''The Bush administration is secretly and illegally arming the de facto Haitian government,'' Jean-Juste said at a news conference in Little Haiti.
To Washington's consternation, several nations, including the Caribbean Community, refused to recognize the installation of interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue following the 2004 ouster of Aristide as a rebellion threatened to engulf Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. Jean-Juste insists Aristide is Haiti's legitimate president. Now in exile, Aristide himself insists he never resigned, as claimed by Washington.
Jean-Juste called for the resignation of Roger Noriega, assistant secretary of state for Latin America, and John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control. <snip>
Jean-Juste's accusations about illegal arms sales came a day after The Associated Press, quoting anonymous State Department and U.N. officials, reported that the United States has quietly sold 2,000 used firearms to the Haitian police force. <snip>
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/11467883.htmBolton apparently has contempt, not only for international law, but for US law as well ...