[news] Haiti: Victims of Tropical and Political Storms

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By Kevin Pina | September 26, 2004 Port au Prince, Haiti - Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue flew into Gonaives, Haiti on March 20th where a huge and boisterous crowd of thousands heralded him. During the celebration Latortue embraced gang elements and the former military that helped overthrow the democratic government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as "freedom fighters." Since then, Latortue and his government have done little to take control of Haiti's third largest city and has allowed gang leaders like Buteur Metayer and Wilfort Ferdinand to run it like a private fiefdom.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/9/25/224136/204