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From el diario/La Prensa

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el Diario/La Prensa" is
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.


Haiti/US

Kissinger Calls Someone Else a Murderer and Psychopath?

In an interview with right-wing television commentator
Charles McLaughlin, former US Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger said deposed Hatian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is
a "proven murderer and psychopath," although he acknowledged that
Haiti "is not one of my strong points." The interview took place
at the same time as the Haitian military announced that it had
accepted an international plan to have Aristide re-installed as
President of Haiti. Representatives of General Raoul Cedras' de
facto goverment had accused Aristide of having, during his brief
administration, promoted the death of many Duvalier agents in the
Ton Ton Macoutes and others. The Human Rights Commission of the
Organization of American States acknowledged in the first months
after Aristide's installation that "there had been numerous
incidents of popular justice," although they were not attributed
to the President. The organization said that, on the contrary,
Aristide created a commission of well-known people to put an end
to "the crimes and human rights violations, especially putting
automobile tires on the shoulders of victims and setting them on
fire."

Kissinger said in the interview that he did not approve of
Cedras' coup but "it is very strange, all this pressure to have a
proven murderer and psychopath returned. There should be a lot of
care taken in this area." Kissinger said Haiti's problem will not
be solved by freezing immigration but through negotiations by the
Haitians themselves. Upon being reminded that Aristide had been
elected by a broad majority of the Haitian people, Kissinger
reponded that "I understand that what is wanted to bring him in
as a symbolic figure but that the power will be in the hands of
others. In any case, it is difficult for me to shed any tears for
Aristide," concluded Kissinger. (edlp 01/20/93 from AP)



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