Two Caribbean nations refuse to recognize Haiti government

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Posted on Thu, Aug. 05, 2004

BY BERT WILKINSON
Special to The Herald

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - A majority of Caribbean Community member-nations have agreed to recognize Haiti's controversial interim government, but two tiny members are adamantly opposed and may block the endorsement, CARICOM officials said Wednesday.

St. Lucia and St. Vincent oppose recognition, despite a recommendation for restoring full ties with Haiti from five CARICOM foreign ministers who visited Haiti last month, the officials said.

The recommendation was endorsed last week by the three CARICOM heads of state monitoring the issue -- Suriname President Ronald Venetiaan and Prime Ministers Keith Mitchell of Grenada and W. Baldwin Spencer of Antigua. The three are preparing a draft position to be decided by their CARICOM colleagues on Aug. 16.
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''It has to be a unanimous decision or Haiti won't be able to attend meetings. . . . The majority wants to recognize but some don't. This brings us right back to square one,'' a top CARICOM official said.
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[Dover]

1. Good for them. If they don't stick together they will surely fall victim

to a similar fate.

[tlcandie]

2. Would by crazy to approve it!

I hope they can afford to continue holding out!

[MuseRider]

3. Good for them.

2 beautiful islands with very nice people.