Jamaica gets the cold shoulder
2004-03-15 20:49
Port-Au-Prince - Haiti froze its diplomatic relations with Jamaica on Monday and recalled their ambassador from Kingston just before the arrival there of ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide, Prime Minister Gerard Latortue said.
Haitian government took the action after Aristide left his temporary exile in the Central African Republic for Jamaica during the night - much to the chagrin of US and Haitian officials who fear his return to the Caribbean region could result new incidents of unrest in his terror-ravaged homeland.
The former president will be only 200km away from Haiti, a fact that could stir up emotions among Aristide's hardcore supporters, who have been blamed for much of the violence that followed his February 29 resignation and departure from the impoverished republic.
- AFP