Timeline: Haiti Since 1492

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1. 1492

   Dec 6, 1492 - When Columbus landed in Haiti on December 6, 1492, in a bay now known as St. Nicholas, Haiti was organized in five caciquats or kingdoms, and each was governed by a monarch known as the cacique. The Higuey and Ciguay caciquats were populated by Caraibes and ...When Columbus landed in Haiti on December 6, 1492, in a bay now known as St. Nicholas, Haiti was organized in five caciquats or kingdoms, and each was governed by a monarch known as the cacique. The Higuey and Ciguay caciquats were populated by Caraibes and Iguayos, and the Marien and Xaragua were populated by Tainos. The Magua and the Maguana caciquats were governed by the cacique Caonabo and were inhabited by both Caraibes and Tainos (see the pre- Colombian map of Haiti, From Revolutionary Freedoms books.google.com/books?id=O-p7qRKl_G0C&pg=PA2 ...

2. 1897

   Dec 1, 1897 - The cruiser Marblehead has been detailed to visit Navassa to inquire into the condition of American laborers there. She will make her headquarters at Port au Prince, Haiti, and will be charged with the duty of protecting American interests in the event of aggressive action by Germany. ... From … Detailed to Protect American Interests in West Indian Waters. HAITI'S … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

3. 1898

   Apr 29, 1898 - PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Apri he subject, that Haiti will fulfill all the terms of her treaty with the TJnited States in regard to privateering, , during file war between Spain and the United States. The Haitian Government has been somewhat worried by the obligations of the treaty with ... From HAITI CONCEDES OUR DEMANDS.; Treaty Stipulations in Regard to … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

4. 1902

   Sep 9, 1902 - While the sinking of the Haitian rebel gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot by a German warship is not likely to involve the United States in any way, the State Department officials feel a certain amount of curiosity to learn the details of the offense for which the Haitians were punished. ... From GERMAN ACT IN HAITI PERHAPS UNJUSTIFIED; But Is Not Likely to … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

5. 1910

   Dec 27, 1910 - This action Is explained officially as due to the fact that Haiti has placed soldiers on the border line. ... Ttle Haitian Minister here has advised his Government to withdraw Its troops from the , ana the general belle! is that the boundary dispute will be sat- ; adjusted. ... From THE LATEST WAR CLOUD.; Santo Domingo Sends Troops to the Haitian … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

6. 1911

   Jan 22, 1911 - The good offices of the United States Government are being sought by President Simon of Haiti to prevent war between that republic and Santo Domingo. Henry W. Furniss, American Minister to Haiti, has telegraphed the State Department that the Haitian President has expressed a desire ... From HAITI ASKS OUR AID TO PREVENT A WAR; Move by President Simon -- … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

7. 1912

   Aug 9, 1912 - The National Palace was blown up by a powder explosion and burned to the ground today, and the President of the republic, Gen. Cincinnatus Leconte, perished. THE DISASTER A MYSTERY First Explosion Followed by Others, Due to Great Quantity of Ammunition Stored In the Palace. ... From EXPLOSION KILLS HAITIAN PRESIDENT; Leconte Perishes in … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

8. 1914

   Jul 23, 1914 - Pressed by European powers, the United States Government has about lost its patience with the various elements in the republics of Haiti and Santo ... Lng prompt action by the marines now: concentrating at Guantanarno. lot only have the in Haiti refused to heed the of the American ... From … REVOLTS; Bryan and Daniels Confer Today Over Haiti and San Domingo … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

9. 1915

   Jun 23, 1915 - X) were sent today to Rear Admiral William ]3. Caperton, commanding the cruiser squadron of the Atlantic Fleet, to proceed at once with his flagship, the armored cruiser A'ashlngton, from Yera Cruz to Cape Haltien, l-laiti, to protect i foreign interests and restore order. ... From MARINES OFF TO HAITI.; Admiral Caperton Will Land Force and Relieve … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

10. Jul 29, 1915 - The present Constitution, French in model like the language and most of the customs and institutions of the Republic of Haiti, dates from 1889. A corrupt and despotic sway, dictatorship, won by revolution and punctuated copiously with assassinations, has been the actual form of ... From THE LATEST REVOLUTION IN HAITI. - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

11. Aug 2, 1915 - French marines have been landed at Port au Prince, Haiti, to guard the French Legation there, but the landing is with the consent of the United States Government. A statement, given out by the Navy Department, shows that before undertaking to obtain a marine guard from the French ... From FRENCH PUT MARINES ASHORE IN HAITI; United States Permits a … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

12. Aug 10, 1915 - The United States Government has taken over control of the administration of Haitian affairs, civil and military. ... The most encouraging 'feature of the /ou is that Dr. Rosovo Bobo, candidate for President on a platform providing that Haiti should not permit the United States to ... From ALL HAITI'S AFFAIRS NOW IN OUR HANDS; We Take Over … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

13. Aug 25, 1915 - The American Government has addressed the Government of Haiti, expressing its desire that there be accepted without delay the draft of a convention for ten years, under which there shall be established an effective control of Haitian customs as fell as administration of the finances of ... From HAITI MUST AGREE TO TREATY TODAY; We Give Her Until Noon to … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

14. Aug 26, 1915 - The American marine and naval expeditionary force will be maintained in Haiti for an indefinite period, pending the establishment of a limited American protectorate over the finances of the republic. The terms of this far-reaching action are set forth in a convention that has been ... From PLAN PROTECTORATE TO CONTROL HAITI; American Forces to Stay … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

15. Aug 27, 1915 - The projected American financial protectorate over the Republic of Haiti will, it is expected by officials here, solve the Caribbean problem, which has always threatened to involve the United States in foreign complications under the Monroe Doctrine, mainly through the repetition of ... From MUCH IS EXPECTED OF HAITIAN TREATY; It Will, It Is Believed, Solve … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

16. Sep 5, 1915 - Rear Admiral William B. Caperton, commanding the American forces in Haiti and Haitian waters, issued a formal proclamation yesterday, declaring martial law in Port au Prince and the immediate territory occupied by the farces under his command. The text of the proclamation as cabled to ... From Haiti Is Put Under Martial Law By Proclamation of American Admiral - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

17. Sep 22, 1915 - The modification of the Haitian treaty by the United States Government that resulted in its acceptance and signature by President Dartiguenave consists in taking all the power from the proposed financial adviser to the Haitian Government to be appointed by the United States and the ... From TELLS OF MODIFIED HAITIAN TREATY; Port au Prince Editor, Now Here, … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

18. 1916

    Feb 29, 1916 - The Senate this afternoon, without division or amendment and after comparatively little discussion, ratified the convention establishing a United States financial and police protectorate over the Republic of Haiti. The convention provide for the appointment of an American nominated by ... From SENATE RATIFIES HAITIAN TREATY; New Convention Establishes an … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

19. 1918

    Jul 16, 1918 - The Council of State, acting in accordance with the legislative powers given it under the new Haitian Constitution, has unanimously voted the declaration of war upon Germany demanded by the President of the republic. Haiti is the twenty-second nation to declare v;gar on Germany. ... From HAITI DECLARES WAR AGAINST GERMANY; President Asked for Action … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

20. 1920

    Oct 17, 1920 - The charge made a year ago by Brig. Gen. George Barnett, former Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps, that the marines charged with the enforcement of law and order in Haiti had been guilty of "indiscriminate killing" of ... Haitian bandits, will be investigated to the most ... From PLEDGES THOROUGH HAITIAN INQUIRY; Daniels Says He Seeks "the … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

21. 1921

    Jun 14, 1921 - Secretary of the Navy Denby today announced that Colonel John H. Russell, commanding the brigade of American marines in Haiti has issued an order prohibiting scurrilous articles or speeches attacking the American forces, the President of Haiti or the Haitian Government. ... From COURT-MARTIAL NOW FOR HAITI'S CIVILIANS; Denby Gives the Marine … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

22. 1922

    May 8, 1922 - Senator Medill McCormick, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Haiti and Santo Domingo, has received from Robert Lansing, former Secretary of State, a long letter dated May 4, in which Mr. Lansing explains the circumstances which induced the Wilson Administration to take over ... From BLOCKED GERMAN DESIGNS ON HAITI; Lansing Says Wilson … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

23. 1927

    Mar 15, 1927 - Exclusion of Senator King of Utah from Haiti by order of President Borno apparently is a closed incident. At feast, the Haitian minister, Hannibal Price, so regards it and there was no indication at the State Department today that Secretary Kellogg contem- ... From HAITI SAYS KING BARS NAILED UP - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/394754261 ...

24. 1929

    Dec 9, 1929 - The intricacies of the issues involved in the present American occupation of Haiti are emphasized in an elaborate special report on the problem prepared by Raymond Leslie Buell, with the aid of the research staff of the Foreign Policy Association and made public by that organization ... From ASKS HAITIAN STUDY TO DECIDE COURSE; Foreign Policy Association … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

25. 1930

    Mar 1, 1930 - President Hoover's commission to study conditions in Haiti arrived in the capital this afternoon in the midst of the greatest demonstration Haiti has known since the beginning of the American occupation. Staff Correspondent of THE NEW YORK TIMES. Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES. ... From HAITI BOARD GREETED WITH QUIET PROTEST; Five Thousand … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

26. 1934

    Aug 16, 1934 - The departure of the last of the United States Marines from Haiti today and the return of the government to native control were made the occasion of a message of felicitation from President Vincent to President Roosevelt and a congratulatory statement by Secretary Hull. ... From Haiti Thanks Roosevelt. - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

27. 1937

    Nov 7, 1937 - Considerable concern over the growing tension between Haiti and the Dominican Republic was manifested at the State Department today. Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles announced that R. Henry Norweb, American Minister to the Dominican Republic, had been instructed to rejoin his ... From HAITIAN INCIDENTS STIR US CONCERN; Welles Gets Reports That as … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

28. 1941

    May 6, 1941 - Haiti has attained a greater degree of autonomy in fiscal affairs through a new agreement with the United States Government under which there is a considerable liberal modification of the fiscal machinery set up in 1933 to protect holders of Haitian bonds issued in 1922. ... From NEW ACCORD WIDENS HAITI'S FISCAL SCOPE; Basis for Servicing Its … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

29. 1946

    Jan 13, 1946 - The military junta tonight formed a six-man military cabinet to rule Haiti after four more persons were killed in another day of the disorders which brought about the ouster of President Elle Lescot. The death toll since the uprising be-. Military Cabinet Rules Haiti as Riots Brinq ... From Military Cabinet Rules Haiti as Riots Bring Death to 25. - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/414825901 ...

30. 1950

    Jan 7, 1950 - The American republics today put the Rio mutual defense treaty in motion in an attempt to stop feuding in the Caribbean. AMERICAS. VOTE. TO PROBE HAITI, DOMINICAN RCW. Washington, Jan. 6 (Al) -The American republics today put the Rio mutual defense treaty in mo- tion in an attempt to ... From AMERICAS VOTE TO PROBE HAITI, DOMINICAN ROW - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ...

31. 1954

    Oct 11, 1954 - Continued from Page 1 .in the Haitian interior as well .as coastal areas. there are mountains there up to 7000 feet high and when the hurricane rains start cascading down from these mountains, I'm afraid that the people living in these areas will be in for serious trouble Davis said. ... From Hazel Changes Course Sharply, Moves On Haiti . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=s0cyAAAAIBAJ ...

32. 1956

    Dec 14, 1956 - Former president Paul Magloire and nine members of this family left Haiti today for exile in Jamaica. HOPS FROM HAITI TO JAMAICA HAVEN. Departure Spells End. of Dictatorship. BY JALES DUBOIS. * EG4,I-. TdIbune Frn Servicel. PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Dec. 13 (M-Former president Paul ... From MAGLOIRE HOPS FROM HAITI TO JAMAICA HAVEN - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ...

33. 1957

    Oct 3, 1957 - The State Department has accused the Haitian police of murdering a United States citizen. The man had been given into their custody for questioning. In a harshly worded note that betrayed deepening TTnited States distaste for Haiti's mili- 'tary regime, the State Department demanded ... From US ACCUSES HAITI IN FATAL BEATING; Says American Who Gave Up … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

34. 1958

    Jul 30, 1958 - Mr. Payne was from Haiti last May on charges that he had been an intermediary between M. Pasquet in Miami and army officers here in a plot on behalf ... [In New York, Jules Blanchet, Haitian Minister Without Portfolio, said seven men out of rebel force of 100 to 150 had been killed, ... From Haiti's President Quells Revolt; Leads Counter-Attack on Foes; Rebel … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

35. 1959

    Aug 22, 1959 - Haiti suspended today a warrant for the arrest of the Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Msgr. Francois Poirier. President Fran?ois Duvaiier was reported to have issued the order to suspend the arrest warrant. The suspension was said to have followed an appeal to District Attorney Max C. ... From PRELATE'S ARREST IS STAYED IN HAITI; Warrant Is Suspended as … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

36. 1962

    Nov 17, 1962 - Haiti's government ordered deporation of Bishop Paul Robert today and cited as one reason his campaign against voodoo in Haiti. Three other French-born Roman Catholic clergymen, who had called for prayers for the bishop, also were ordered. SANTO DOMINGO, Domin- ican Republic, Nov. ... From HAITI ORDERS EXPULSION OF VOODOOISM FOE - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ...

37. 1963

    May 3, 1963 - The special investigating commission of the Organization of American States flew to Santo Domingo late Thursday night, and its departure left most Haitians with fears of a renewal of violence and terror. DO. MIl. ITI. INY. C-- tHIEF S<ION ... From DOMINICAN CHIEF HURLS HAITI INVASION THREAT - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/469472272 ...

38. Aug 6, 1963 - A small invasion force of exiled Haitian soldiers commanded by Gen. Leon Cantave was reported to have landed Monday on Haiti's north coast just west of the Dominican border. I. Exiled. Soldiers Make. Landing. Aim at. Ouster of Duvalier. SAN7O , Do- minican Republic (L - A small ... From HAITI INVADED - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/470317052 ...

39. 1964

    Jul 5, 1964 - Two exile leaders who identified themselves as coordinators of the Haitian Revolutionary Armed Forces confirmed today that well-armed exile forces had joined with opposition groups in Haiti during the last nine days. Report Invaders Are Joining With Force Inside Nation Special to The ... From HAITI EXILE CHIEFS CONFIRM LAHDINGS; Report Invaders Are Joining … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

40. 1966

    Sep 30, 1966 - Residents of southeastern Cuba, remembering with dread the terrible destruction of hurricane Flora, braced themselves today for Inez and her 100mile-an-hour killer winds. Hurricane Ro-ars. ;Towavrd Cuba. MIAMI, Fla. (M -Residents of southeastern Cuba, remembering with dread the ... From Hurricane Roars Toward Cuba; Dominican Republic, Haiti Hit - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/485868102 ...

41. 1968

    May 23, 1968 - Haiti asked today for a Security Council meeting to consider the threat to international peace posed by a small, airborne invasion band that landed in that Caribbean island republic Monday. Raoul Siclait, Haiti's permanent representative, asked in a note that the Security Council meet ... From UN COUNCIL CALL SOUGHT BY HAITI; No Date Set for Session on … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

42. 1969

    Mar 13, 1969 - Police investigating a fatal sheeting uncovered a secret military training base for Haitian exiles deep in the Florida Everglades Wednesday and arrested two Americans said to be. KEY WEST M - P- lice investigating a fatal sheeting uncovered a se- cret military training base for Haitian ... From Training Base for Haiti Exiles Found in Florida - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/672142202 ...

43. 1971

    Apr 25, 1971 - The Western Hemisphere's second republic lost its long-time ruler with the death last Wednesday of President Francois Duvalier, and Haiti-watchers are preparing for a considerable spell of second-guessing. The World The World Haiti: Papa Doc Is Gone But the 'Mystery' Lingers On The ... From Papa Doc Is Gone But the 'Mystery' Lingers On; Haiti: - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

44. 1979

    Aug 31, 1979 - SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Re public Hurricane David, with 19 dead and tens of thousands homeless in its wake, bore down on Haiti and the Dominican Republic Friday with 150 winds . Sixteen of the deaths occurred on the banana island of Dominica, which was devastated by the storm, ... From David bears down on Haiti . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=GIkqAAAAIBAJ ...

45. 1980

    Nov 14, 1980 - Haiti. They weren't beaten into sub mission. They arc in as good a condition as when they were found. They received no injuries at the hands of policemen. None were shot." Stevenson blasted the Haitian government for not taking care of Its own citizens. get this straight; ... From Only Haiti eager to have its refugees back . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=zb0lAAAAIBAJ ...

46. 1981

    Oct 24, 1981 - The federal prosecutor who has charged two Haitian boatmen with starving so refugees and hacking, strangling, or drowning up to 16 others, said Friday that his office is investigating reports of a similar cruise of horror. Haitian refugees, charges. of 2d 'horror cruise' probed ... From Haitian refugees' charges of 2d 'horror cruise' probed - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ...

47. 1982

    Jan 13, 1982 - DE-PAIX, Haiti, Jan. 12 (AP) - Three men who were captured when a small invasion force landed on Haiti's Tortuga Island have ''succumbed to their wounds and died,'' the national television reported tonight. There was no elaboration on the deaths of the three, who were among eight men ... From AROUND THE WORLD; Haiti Reports Death of 3 Seized During Invasion - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1982/01/13/world/around-the ...

48. 1986

    Feb 10, 1986 - Like a hurricane born in the Caribbean and gathering momentum as it pushes northward, word spread last week that Jean-Claude Duvalier, 34, Haiti's President-for-Life, had fled his country. The reports said that Duvalier, who is known as "Baby Doc," and members of his family had gone ... From Haiti Bad Times for Baby Doc - Related web pages www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171 ...

49. 1987

    Dec 7, 1987 - By BERNARD E. TRAINOR, Special to the New York Times. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6— While the Reagan Administration has looked to the Haitian Army to oversee the country's transition to civilian rule, United States intelligence knows little about the politics of the men who run the army. ... From Haiti Chief's Politics a Mystery to US - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1987/12/07/world/haiti-chief-s ...

50. 1988

    Sep 20, 1988 - By ROBERT PEAR, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES. LEAD: The White House warned today that the new President of Haiti should not give any additional power to a Haitian Army colonel who has been indicted in the United States on charges of drug trafficking. The White House warned today that ... From Washington Warns Haiti on Indicted Colonel - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

51. 1989

    Apr 4, 1989 - By HOWARD W. FRENCH, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES. LEAD: Rebel soldiers in Haiti continued to hold out against the Government today, a day after an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Haitian President, diplomats and businessmen in Port-au-Prince said. ... From REBELLIOUS TROOPS HOLD OUT IN HAITI - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

52. 1990

    Dec 20, 1990 - By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Special to The New York Times. Since he was overwhelmingly chosen as Haiti's first democratically elected President last Sunday, the Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide has maintained strict public silence, gathering advice from his closest confidants as he awaits final ... From Haiti Leader Faces Task Of Controlling Military - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1990/12/20/world/haiti-leader ...

53. 1991

    Jan 9, 1991 - By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Special to The New York Times. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 8— Many stores and businesses remained closed today and scattered gunfire could be heard as the police and soldiers rounded up associates of a former Interior Minister whose coup attempt was thwarted early ... From Haiti Rounds Up Rebel Leader's Supporters - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1991/01/09/world/haiti-rounds ...

54. Oct 2, 1991 - By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN,. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1— The United States today suspended economic assistance to Haiti, said it would not recognize the military junta that ousted the democratically elected government there and joined with other Latin American and Caribbean nations in organizing a ... From US Suspends Assistance to Haiti And Refuses to Recognize Junta - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1991/10/02/world/us-suspends ...

55. Oct 9, 1991 - By HOWARD W. FRENCH,. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Oct. 8— The Haitian National Assembly swore in a Supreme Court Justice as provisional president today to replace the Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the country's first democratically elected leader, who fled the country after being overthrown ... From Haitian Legislators Name a Judge To Be President Until a New Vote - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1991/10/09/world/haitian ...

56. Oct 30, 1991 - By HOWARD W. FRENCH,. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Oct. 29— In a sharp increase in pressure for a return to constitutional rule, the United States announced a strict ban on trade today with Haiti, the hemisphere's poorest country. The measure comes nearly a month after soldiers overthrew the ... From US Will Impose a Trade Ban on Haiti - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1991/10/30/world/us-will ...

57. Nov 22, 1991 - By BARBARA CROSSETTE,. As many as 135 Haitian refugees are believed to have drowned off the coast of Cuba on Tuesday night, when their sailboat was wrecked in stormy seas, the Cuban press agency reported today. It was the first such disaster to be reported since a sudden exodus of ... From 135 Feared Lost As Haitian Boat Sinks Off Cuba - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1991/11/22/world/135-feared ...

58. Nov 26, 1991 - By PATRICK E. TYLER,. The Bush Administration dispatched a military task force to the Caribbean tonight to erect an emergency refugee camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for thousands of Haitians who have fled the political turmoil in their country and whose exodus by boats to the United ... From US BUILDING CAMP FOR HAITI REFUGEES - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

59. 1992

    Jan 29, 1992 - By HOWARD W. FRENCH,. MIAMI, Jan. 28— United States diplomats said today that they were considering a range of new steps to bring stability to Haiti as indications grow that an international embargo is failing to promote a political settlement there and may instead be fueling an exodus ... From US, Its Haiti Blockade Failing, Studies Other Means to End Crisis - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1992/01/29/world/us-its-haiti ...

60. 1993

    Jan 16, 1993 - By STEVEN A. HOLMES,. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15— The Coast Guard has begun moving cutters and will deploy patrol boats and aircraft to the waters north of Haiti to block an expected wave of refugees seeking to reach the United States. Administration officials said the deployment was ordered ... From US SENDS FLOTILLA TO PREVENT EXODUS FROM HAITI BY SEA - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1993/01/16/world/us-sends ...

61. Jun 10, 1993 - By PAUL LEWIS,. UNITED NATIONS, June 9— The United States and other United Nations Security Council members have decided to impose a mandatory worldwide ban on the supply of oil to Haiti as part of a new campaign to restore to power the deposed President, the Rev. ... From UN COUNCIL PLANS TO ORDER FULL BAN ON OIL FOR HAITI - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1993/06/10/world/un-council ...

62. Jun 28, 1993 - By HOWARD W. FRENCH,. UNITED NATIONS, June 27— United Nations diplomats began talks today in New York with senior Haitian political and military leaders and with Haiti's first elected President, the Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, in an effort to restore him to power after 21 months of ... From UN Talks Bring Haiti Leaders and Aristide Together in New York - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1993/06/28/world/un-talks ...

63. Jul 4, 1993 - This morning General Cedras was ushered out of the signing room at one point while Mr. Caputo, the United Nations mediator and a former Argentine Foreign Minister, held a series of last-minute telephone conversations with one of Father Aristide's top advisers, Michael D. Barnes. ... From HAITIAN MILITARY AND ARISTIDE SIGN PACT TO END CRISIS - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1993/07/04/world/haitian ...

64. Aug 28, 1993 - By FRANK J. PRIAL,. The Security Council voted unanimously today to suspend its oil embargo against Haiti, and diplomats said the first oil tankers should reach the Caribbean country within days. The oil embargo and other sanctions placed on Haiti two months ago had a devastating ... From UN Lifts Haitian Oil Embargo As Junta Prepares to Step Aside - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1993/08/28/world/un-lifts ...

65. Oct 14, 1993 - By PAUL LEWIS,. UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 13— The Security Council reimposed an oil and arms embargo on Haiti today because the Haitian Army and the police were violating the agreement under which the deposed President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is supposed to return to power at the end of ... From UN AGAIN IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON HAITI AFTER PACT FAILS - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1993/10/14/world/un-again ...

66. Oct 16, 1993 - By HOWARD W. FRENCH,. As American warships steamed toward Haiti to enforce an international embargo, President Clinton's special adviser met with with the Haitian Army commander and afterward expressed little hope of a breakthrough in the showdown with the country's military leadership ... From STANDOFF IN HAITI; US Adviser Meets Haitian But Sees No … - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1993/10/16/world/standoff-in ...

67. Oct 30, 1993 - By HOWARD W. FRENCH,. The United Nations' envoy to Haiti called today for new talks with the nation's military leaders and renewed demands that they take steps to comply with a negotiated agreement restoring democracy in the next two days or face a rapid cutoff of trade. ... From UN Envoy Proposes Talks To End the Impasse in Haiti - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1993/10/30/world/un-envoy ...

68. 1994

    May 10, 1994 - By DOUGLAS JEHL,. WASHINGTON, May 9— Administration officials said today that their new policy on Haitian refugees might buy time for economic efforts to squeeze Haiti's military leaders from power, but they acknowledged that they still faced the fundamental question of what to do if ... From US Sees New Policy on Haitian Refugees as Buying Time - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/05/10/world/us-sees-new ...

69. May 23, 1994 - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, May 22— As a sweeping international embargo took effect here today, Haiti's military leaders appeared to be resolved to ride out the ... The broadened embargo, pushed by a Clinton Administration that has been increasingly exasperated by the Haitian military, ... From Haiti's Generals Remain Defiant As a Strict Embargo Takes Effect - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/05/23/world/haiti-s ...

70. May 26, 1994 - By HOWARD W. FRENCH,. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, May 25— Surveying the border with the Dominican Republic this morning, the United States Ambassador to Haiti declared what has seemed obvious for many weeks to the reporters accompanying him. "It looks like a staging area for some of the ... From US Envoy to Haiti Sees Glaring Gap in Embargo - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/05/26/world/us-envoy-to ...

71. Jun 8, 1994 - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, June 7— Haiti's military leaders have been working with Colombian traffickers for the past four years to help move ... In their first detailed account of the role of the Haitian armed forces in international narcotics traffic, American officials said that much of ... From US Says Haiti's Military Runs Cocaine - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/06/08/world/us-says-haiti ...

72. Jun 20, 1994 - By ELAINE SCIOLINO,. To avoid an invasion of Haiti, the United States is trying to induce the three top military leaders of the Caribbean nation to leave for a comfortable life in exile, perhaps by arranging for them to be paid off, senior Administration officials say. ... From Exile in Style Being Offered To Haiti Chiefs - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/06/20/world/exile-in ...

73. Jul 7, 1994 - By GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE,. GRESSIER, Haiti, July 6— Haitians in this fishing village said today that the Clinton Adminstration's new policy of barring boat people from entering the United States would do little to discourage them from seeking to flee Haiti by sea. ... From … IN HAITI: HAITI STANDOFF IN HAITI: HAITI; Haitians Are Undeterred By … - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/07/07/world/standoff-in ...

74. Jul 15, 1994 - By ERIC SCHMITT,. While insisting again that a United States invasion of Haiti is not imminent, the Clinton Administration continued today to lay the groundwork for such an action. Elite Army paratroopers who would probably lead an invasion of Haiti stepped up night training exercises ... From US MAKING MOVES FOR HAITI ACTION - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/07/15/world/us-making ...

75. Aug 4, 1994 - By ELAINE SCIOLINO,. Despite winning approval of the United Nations Security Council for an invasion of Haiti, the Administration is split over whether to set a deadline for carrying it out, senior Administration officials said today. This division became evident, officials said, ... From TOP US OFFICIALS DIVIDED IN DEBATE ON INVADING HAITI - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/08/04/world/top-us ...

76. Aug 7, 1994 - By Joanne Landy;. Contrary to the hopes of many who are calling for a US invasion of Haiti, it is an illusion to believe that such an action could restore genuine democracy there. What happens after the Marines depose Haiti's brutal military rulers? Washington would probably sanction ... From Suppose We Invade Haiti. Then What? - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/08/07/opinion/suppose-we ...

77. Sep 15, 1994 - By ELAINE SCIOLINO,. In a last-ditch effort to avoid an invasion of Haiti, President Clinton has approved a plan to offer the country's three top leaders a comfortable life in exile, senior Administration officials said today. At the same time, Mr. Clinton authorized his aides to ... From SHOWDOWN WITH HAITI: DIPLOMACY; CLINTON OFFERING HAITIAN … - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/09/15/world/showdown-with ...

78. Sep 21, 1994 - By MICHAEL R. KAGAY. The public reacted to the occupation of Haiti with an immediate jump in the President's approval ratings and widespread approval of the accord with the Haitian military government, but continuing skepticism over the wisdom of any military involvement in Haiti, ... From … TO HAITI: OPINION MISSION TO HAITI: OPINION; Occupation Lifts … - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/09/21/world/mission-haiti ...

79. Sep 24, 1994 - By STEVEN GREENHOUSE,. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23— Eager to revive Haiti's moribund economy, President Clinton will soon announce that the United States will contribute about $200 million this year to an international aid effort and will lift the ban on flights and financial transactions ... From … TO HAITI: IN WASHINGTON MISSION TO HAITI: IN WASHINGTON; US … - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/09/24/world/mission-to ...

80. Sep 25, 1994 - By LARRY ROHTER. THE thousands of American troops who landed in Haiti without resistance last week stepped straight from their airplanes, ships and helicopters into a conflict that bears no resemblance to the one for which they had trained. They have been inserted into a society that ... From THE GAP; Compromise Is American, Not Haitian - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/09/25/weekinreview/the ...

81. Oct 2, 1994 - By STEVEN GREENHOUSE,. Facing increased violence in Haiti, the Clinton Administration has decided to expand the American military's role in curbing paramilitary supporters of the junta, though stopping short of using the troops to disarm them, Administration officials said today. ... From … TO HAITI: IN WASHINGTON; US Forces to Widen Role In Curbing Haiti … - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/10/02/world/mission-to ...

82. Oct 11, 1994 - By TIM WEINER,. As the military rulers in Haiti stepped down, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide spent today trying to decide precisely how he will run the country, whom to name as prime minister and who among a jostling crowd of American politicians will be on the airplane that takes ... From MISSION TO HAITI: POLITICS; Aristide Is Now Facing Daunting Job of … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...

83. Oct 16, 1994 - Feb. 7 -- President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees after being forced out by uprising, ending 29-year family dictatorship. The army chief, Lieut. Gen. Henri Namphy, is named to oversee two--year transition to democracy. 1990. Dec. 16 -- After a series of coups, the Rev. ... From … TO HAITI: CHRONOLOGY MISSION TO HAITI: CHRONOLOGY; A Recent … - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1994/10/16/world/mission-to ...

84. 1995

    Mar 31, 1995 - By LARRY ROHTER. On the eve of a visit by President Clinton, relations between the United States and Haiti have suddenly become snarled in a dispute over whether Haiti's Interior Minister may have played a role in the killing this week of a leading opponent of President Jean-Bertrand ... From US Suspicions Over Killing May Mar Clinton's Haiti Trip - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1995/03/31/world/us-suspicions ...

85. 1996

    Feb 8, 1996 - By LARRY ROHTER. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 7— In subdued, even somber ceremonies here today, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide ended a turbulent five-year term by becoming the first elected head of state in nearly 200 years of Haitian history to peacefully transfer power to a ... From Aristide Hands Power to Successor in Haiti - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1996/02/08/world/aristide ...

86. 1997

    Sep 9, 1997 - By LARRY ROHTER. MIAMI, Sept. 8— An overcrowded ferry overturned yards off Haiti's central coast early today, apparently after a panic among passengers. More than 300 people are estimated to have made their way ashore, but an even larger number are believed to be missing and are feared ... From More Than 300 Feared Lost on Haiti Ferry - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1997/09/09/world/more-than-300 ...

87. 2001

    Dec 18, 2001 - By DAVID GONZALEZ. Commandos apparently intent on ousting the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti stormed the presidential palace early this morning and battled the police for several hours before being routed, Haitian officials said. ... From Haitian Commandos Attack Palace Before Being Routed - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/2001/12/18/world/haitian ...

88. 2004

    Feb 19, 2004 - CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's government rebuffed proposals that President Jean-Bertrand Aristide step down to end a bloody uprising, while rebels threatened the Caribbean nation's second-largest city. By Walter Astrada, AP. Aristide's militant defenders, meanwhile, vowed to take a ... From Haiti police scared to patrol Cap-Haitien - Related web pages www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-02-19-haiti ...

89. Feb 21, 2004 - Well, what options does the US have in trying to help resolve the crisis in Haiti to take it another step forward? And what about the Americans that are in Haiti right now? William B. Jones is the former US ambassador to Haiti. He comes to us from Los Angeles. WILLIAM B. JONES, FMR. ... From Haiti's Aristide Accepts Plan To Appoint New PM - Related web pages edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0402/21/bn.01.html

90. Feb 24, 2004 - By ABBY GOODNOUGH. MIAMI, Feb. 23— The music flowing from Eddy Michel's record shop in Little Haiti was plaintive on Monday, and Mr. Michel could not imagine playing more buoyant songs for weeks, even months, to come. ''I'm sad, so sad for my family,'' said Mr. Michel, who moved here ... From Island Chaos Casts a Pall Over Miami's Little Haiti - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/2004/02/24/us/island-chaos ...

91. Feb 29, 2004 - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti _ If they take power, the Haitian rebels closing in on this capital city are promising a new and more democratic era in this historically troubled and violent country. But experts and diplomats say several of the top rebel leaders are former military and police ... From Drug money reportedly funding Haiti fighting. - Related web pages www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286 ...

92. Mar 1, 2004 - Alan Diaz / AP. A City of Miami police officer points to a supporter of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as a supporter of the rebel forces in Haiti passes by in his car, shouting anti-Aristide slogans Sunday in Miami. Feb. 29: Haitian immigrants in the United States are ... From NBC: Concerns in Miami's 'Little Haiti' - World news- msnbc.com - Related web pages www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4421164/ns/world_news/

93. Mar 9, 2004 - By LYDIA POLGREEN and TIM WEINER. Interim President Boniface Alexandre was installed in the National Palace in a brief, awkward ceremony on Monday, as hundreds of supporters of Haiti's exiled president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, marched through the capital, chanting ''Aristide or death! ... From An Interim President for Haiti Is Sworn In - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/2004/03/09/world/an-interim ...

94. Mar 11, 2004 - No one knows just how many weapons there are in Haiti. It's just one of many statistics that has fallen victim to the lawlessness, ... Most of the guns now being carried by armed militias here came from the Haitian army. It was disbanded in 1994 by Jean Bertrand Aristide, ... From Problem of Haiti's gun culture - Related web pages news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3500290.stm

95. Mar 16, 2004 - By Peter Brownfeld. WASHINGTON — The US Marines had been on Haiti's beaches for just a few days and the American secretary of state told the president he didn't know what to do. The year was 1915 and the president was Woodrow Wilson. Now, almost 90 years later, America will try to buck ... From FOXNews.com - Haiti Faces Daunting Task - Politics | Republican Party | … - Related web pages www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,114267,00.html

96. Sep 23, 2004 - GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) — The torrents of water that raged down onto this city, killing hundreds of people, are testimony to a man-made ecological disaster. Poverty has transformed Haiti's once-verdant hills into a moonscape of bedrock ravaged by ravines. ... From Deforestation exacerbates Haiti floods - Related web pages www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/2004-09-23 ...

97. 2006

    Feb 12, 2006 - By Susan Milligan. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The national election in Haiti last week, hailed by US and European officials as a democratic turning point in the nation's violent and politically unstable history, will do little to heal the deep institutional and social problems facing the ... From Election brings hope to Haiti, but fears for its future linger - Related web pages www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica ...

98. 2007

    Feb 10, 2007 - As the United Nations decides to keep its peacekeepers in Haiti for another 12 months, Nick Caistor travels to the country to find out how dangerous the situation is for himself. Whenever possible, I like to travel into Haiti by bus from the neighbouring Dominican Republic. ... From Trying to stay safe in Haiti - Related web pages news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes ...

99. 2008

    Sep 8, 2008 - Buildings are flooded after Tropical Storm Hanna hit the area along the coast in Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Hanna has killed at least 137 people in Haiti. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garcia) (Nicolas Garcia - AP). By Mike DeWine. Tropical Storm Hanna has wreaked havoc on Haiti, ... From What Haiti Needs - Related web pages www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article ...

100. 2009

     Jul 29, 2009 - AP foreign, Wednesday July 29 2009. Associated Press Writer= PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos (AP) — Rescuers searched by sea and air Tuesday for nearly 70 Haitians after an overloaded sailboat ran aground and capsized in reef-studded waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands, ... From Dozens missing after Haitian boat sinks; 15 dead - Related web pages www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8631002 ...