people at random and hacked to death those unfortunates coma not escape leaving horrific carnage. The number of dead estimated dozens. Attacks Originally it was reported that army units had followed the Tontons Macoute and did not int discreet distance attacks unarmed civilians, induding children, were carHowever, li became no out.
the army itself bad retributed with about S0 civilians during the day in the capital.
What to many have looked like the desperate action displaced Duvalierists was quickly Wilde was: a coldly. calculated synchronised by Duvalierists inside and outed the arm ecar The carnage came as the climax of three days of arson, 4048912tions, bombings, shootings, grenade attacks against radio stations, polling stagarages, churches and individuals. It was carned out by gangs of Tontons Macoute clearly with The objective also became clear: at 8.40 am — rouguy two nours alter the massacre at the polling stations in Port-au-Prince - the president of the provisional electoral council (CEP) phoned the press to the news that the elections had been cancelled by the army. General Henri Namphy, Haiti's elections stopped, dismissed the cap called on 'various interest groups maber one new leetoral council. members of the dismissed CEP have now underground to avoid arMacoute. the Tontons Boycott The anti-Duvalierist opposition is calling for a boycott of the army attemots to hold elections with an army-nominated supervisory council. The Autonomous Central of Haitian Workers said in a statement unal: It declares null any election that is not Chanian Demoacy CEP. Christian Espair disobedicati Loaders radical wing of Catholic church called for a boycott of any election organised by the army and urged Namphy's resignation.
atrocities Haiti, American state Haiti, adopted hands-off approach Moreover, Namphy's control, by rigging which with the CEP supervising the Ame can imperialism well. elected would LOLLOU alle weak Haitian bourgeoisie.
ported task of ensurat there is no nas the peasants dechoukage antibone roy will try to keep things Haitians are desperatehalf die before the age of mass demonstration led by left wing and independent black groups. Many of the and the cronies of the National Front. making life difficult for West Indians in empty Jumbo from Pars i =2sDT Carreno's family paid US $50,000 worth of food, clothing, medicine and building materials to be distributed in 13 Santiago shanty-towns.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the French National Front, was humiliated in a trip he undertook to the French Caribbean colonies of Guadeloupe and Martinique. He led a 40-strong National Front delegation which could not even demonstrators lay down on the runway to had already said they would not serve Le Pen Le Pen's plane attempted to land five times unsuccessfully and eventually had to land at Point a Pitre — a neighboring island. The passengers, mostly French tourists, protested they were being taken hostage by Le Pen and the Pen to leave the plane, but, scared of the demonstrators, he refused. A sharp exchange broke out between the National Front members and the passengers, the latter accusing Le Pen of Eventually, a senior government official ordered the plane (carrying the NF delegatin back to trance and refused 10 00*2 1z P=
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