Hti: U.S. weighing Aristide prosecution

Now that's going to get Caricom really mad at the U.S.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, April 5 — Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said during a visit here on Monday that American judicial authorities were looking into prosecuting the former Haitian president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, on corruption charges.

"There are inquiries being made by our judicial authorities in the U.S. to see if there is any evidence of wrongdoing on his part," Mr. Powell said in a joint news conference with the new interim prime minister, Gérard Latortue.