[news] Christmas in Haiti

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Christmas in Haiti by Haiti Information Project; December 29, 2004 -Znet   Port au Prince, Haiti (HIP)- The US-installed regime of Gerard Latortue has begun making compensation payments to Haiti's former brutal military in an apparent move to reward them for their role in overthrowing the democratically elected government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. In a gesture rife with symbolism, the first payments were made to former soldiers who had participated in a takeover of President Aristide's residence this past December 15. UN forces were said to have convinced the former soldiers to leave without a single shot being fired. Afterwards, the UN trucked them to a local police academy where they were housed in preparation for Tuesday's ceremony. Thirty-three former soldiers who participated in the takeover of Aristide's compound received the first in a series of checks that are said by the Latortue regime to total about $5000 per soldier. About 6000 former soldiers are said to be eligible for similar compensation.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/12/30/2936/1694