Did the Bush Administration Allow a Network of Right-Wing Republicans to Foment a Violent Coup in Haiti?
Democracynow.org July 20, 2004 Haiti’s unelected Prime Minister Gerard Latortue is in Washington today to attend a two-day conference at the World Bank headquarters to urge international donors to help the new U.S.-backed Haitian government. The World Bank has estimated about $1.3 billion is needed to help rebuild the country which is the poorest in the Americas. The allocation of funds will be guided by the Interim Cooperation Framework, an assessment of Haiti”s financial needs completed earlier this month by the European Commission, the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations and the World Bank. Critics warn that the program’s failure to involve Haitians in the planning could end up sending nearly all the funds into the pockets of foreigners and Haitian elite, with little reaching the people in need. A protest is being organized outside the meeting today. U.S. Treasury Undersecretary John Taylor said the United States would contribute $232 million and the Inter-American D
