T&T: Caricom forces heading to Haiti soon

Caricom leaders will meet in special emergency session in Jamaica, during the next 24-48 hours, to organise a peacekeeping force for Haiti and other assistance, in wake of the departure of President Jean Bertrand Aristide yesterday, Foreign Affairs Minister Knowlson Gift has confirmed.

Aristide was initially said to be seeking asylum in Panama, Morocco or Taiwan, Gift said.

However, he has been offered asylum “by a friendly African nation,” Gift added.

A T&T UN mission source said yesterday that Aristide’s plane had landed in Antigua, after leaving Haiti.

“The plane landed to refuel, but the Antiguan Government made it clear that Aristide was not to disembark,” the source said.
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Several of Aristide’s aides are also out of Haiti, a T&T source at the UN mission said.

Aristide’s Chief of Staff was stranded at Miami Airport awaiting a flight into Haiti when news of his departure broke, the source said.

Aristide's persona non grata in Antigua. After one time is two, oui.