TITLE

Haiti's military picks its man, for now

PUB. DATE

June 1992

SOURCE

U.S. News & World Report;6/15/92, Vol. 112 Issue 23, p12

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports that the military-backed government in Haiti named Marc Bazin--rival of deposed president Jean-Bertrand Aristide--as prime minister. Haiti's Army thumbed its nose at hemispheric diplomacy and an economic embargo; The Army's attempt to pre-empt a popular reaction to its naming of Bazin.

ACCESSION #

9206151660

 

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