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01/23/2005:

"Haiti Government Won't Talk to Aristide Directly - PM"

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - Haiti's interim prime minister said on Saturday his government would not talk directly with former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, but he welcomed foreign efforts to persuade the ousted leader to help end violence in the country.

Gerard Latortue said the government would not send any envoy to meet directly with the exiled leader, contrary to what he had been interpreted as saying on Friday.

Aristide is living in South Africa after being forced out of power last February by an armed revolt and U.S. and French pressure to quit. The interim Haitian government wants him to try to calm his angry supporters in the Caribbean country.
Full Article: nytimes.com/reuters

'pressure' huh? Read 'firepower.'