U.S. intervention in Haiti under the first term of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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The Report of a US soldier
By Stan Goff, 17 March 1995. A U.S. occupation solder suggests there was a contradiction in U.S. policy regarding reactionary forces in Haiti.
The Carter Visit
By John Catalinotto, Workers World, 9 March 1995.
The Symbolism of a Visit. Amidst Growing Crime and Disillusion, U.S. Quickly Passes the Baton
Haiti Info, 25 March 1995. Visit of Bill Clinton. U.S. under pressure to shift responsibility for the occupation to the U.N.
Peace-keepers bare their racism
From Haiti Progres, 29 March to 4 April 1995. Popular resentment of incidents of harassment by US troops.
Bill Clinton's Visit. Celebrations take place against a troubled political backdrop
From Haiti Info, 8 April 1995. Aristide puts positive light on Clinton’s March 31 stopover, but in Haiti political troubles brew.
US occupation forces want to stay in Haiti indefinitely
From Haiti Info, 12-18 April 1995. Some indications that US military occupation might be extended beyond its February, 1996, terminus.
US pushes for 7,000 Haitian cops
From the Weekly News Update on the Americas, 21 May 1995. US wants to expand and train police force, if not the Haitian army, inside the US.
New police force rolled out
From This Week in Haiti, 7-13 June 1995. Mostly US-trained Haitian police officers recall the Garde d’Haiti which the US Marines left behind when they ended their first occupation of Haiti in 1934.
New School of the Americas for Haiti’s police
Haiti Progress, This Week in Haiti, 5-11 July 1995. With only token opposition from President Aristide, 400 future Haitian police officers were sent to the US Army for intensive instruction. The training camp is a Creole-speaking version of the infamous School of the Americas, where hundreds of ruthless Latin American military officers have been trained over the past decade.
Sources assert that the US blocks investigation of coup crimes
Haiti Update, 8 November 1995. Despite U.S. assistance to reform the judicial system, the U.S. has failed to adequately support prosecution of those who are responsible for 5,000 assassinations and massive human rights abuses.
U.S. wants to prolong its occupation of Haiti
Haiti Progres, This Week in Haiti, 29 November - 5 December 1995. U.S. officials confirmed this week their intention to keep U.S. military forces in Haiti beyond Feb. 29, 1996, the original and still standing withdrawal date of the 7,000-strong U.N. Mission in Haiti (UNMIH).
A Review of Bob Shacochis, The Immaculate Invasion; Mesmerized by Haiti. . .and the U.S. Special Forces
Reviewed by Stan Goff, Haiti Progrés, This Week in Haiti, 15-21 December 1999. A non-combatant with a team of Special Forces commandos brings us the stories of the new military invasion of Haiti in 1994. Reviewed by a U.S. combatant. Shachochis gets much right, but his omissions tend to collaborate in Haiti’s isolation and oppression.