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Monday, November 15, 2004
The interim government in Haiti says it is planning to issue an arrest warrant for former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Mr Aristide has been in exile in South Africa since he was forced from power in a rebellion earlier this year.
Since June, a United Nations peace mission has been struggling to bring Haiti under control. Haiti's interim prime minister, Gerard Latortue, said the warrant would accuse Mr Aristide of corruption.
The charges refer to Mr Aristide's turbulent three years in power, but the real motivation is almost certainly more recent events. The Haitian interim government has denounced Mr Aristide for financing a wave of unrest in his strongholds in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
At least 80 people have died in the violence, which Mr Aristide's supporters say was started by police brutality.
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