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	Gérard Latortue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gérard Latortue (born June 19, 1934 at Gonaïves) was the Prime Minister of Haïti from March 12, 2004 to June 9, 2006.
		In February 2004, the country suffered a coup d'état which saw the removal and exile of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as president; Latortue was appointed head of the new provisional government on March 9 while still living in the United States, and was sworn in on March 12.
		His administration was denied recognition by a number of foreign states, including the governments of Jamaica and St Kitts and Nevis, as well as the African Union, Venezuela, and Cuba.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gerard_Latortue (279 words)

	Sobaka : The Great Pretender: Gerard Latortue and the Next Haitian Meltdown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Gerard Latortue isn't an evil man. Or at least he doesn't mean it to come out that way.
		Gerard Latortue probably said the same thing at one point - words lost in the sheaves of lines poured out over the airwaves and into the ether.
		Latortue came into power with the nasty assumption that he would, like all leaders installed by foreign powers in Haiti, act as a bagman for the elite.
	www.diacritica.com /sobaka/2005/latortue.html (1745 words)

	About Gérard Latortue Haiti Prime Minister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Latortue hadn't been in Haiti for about 15 years before being sworn in as prime minister, having worked as an academic, United Nations official and business consultant overseas.
		The choice of Latortue, 69, as prime minister is seen as a compromise, as he doesn't have ties to any political party in Haiti.
		According to the British newspaper the Guardian's March 17, 2004 edition: Latortue's "chief political advisor is a friend and fellow long-term south Florida resident, as is the defence minister elect, and another man who is being touted for the PM's chief of staff.
	www.haitisurf.com /gerardlatortue.shtml (1080 words)

	Latortue sworn in as leader in Haiti - The Boston Globe
		PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Former Haitian exile Gerard Latortue was sworn in yesterday as the country's prime minister, promising to unite the country after months of bloodshed and political strife that led to the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
		Under heavy security, Latortue took the oath of office in front of a crowd of 200 people, saying he was happy to serve his country.
		Latortue, 69, is a former UN official and business consultant who arrived in Haiti on Wednesday after living in Florida.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2004/03/13/latortue_sworn_in_as_leader_in_haiti (279 words)

	CSWG meeting with PM Latortue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Latortue was appointed prime minister by a "Council of Elders" after a February rebellion forced President Aristide into exile.
		Latortue outlined an ambitious mandate for his interim government, including the restoration of various government services that have deteriorated or vanished since 2000, the disarmament of political gangs that still control much of the country, and the organization of local and national elections to take place during the summer and fall of 2005.
		Latortue said that the UN force will lead the process of disarming political gangs and rebels until his government can successfully recruit, vet, and train 2,000 new Haitian national police.
	www.iadialog.org /summaries/june04/cswg_haiti.asp (479 words)

	Gérard Latortue - Wikipedia
		Latortue löst damit seinen Vorgänger Yvon Neptune ab, der die Regierung unter dem gestürzten Präsidenten Jean-Bertrand Aristide geführt hatte.
		Latortue studierte in Paris und war ab 1961 Professor an der juristischen Fakultät in Port-au-Prince.
		Latortue erklärtes Ziel ist es, eine Regierung der nationalen Versöhnung zu führen.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gerard_Latortue (258 words)

	Sobaka :: Dossier: Bureaucrat Gerard Latortue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Gerard Latortue was largely seen as a compromise candidate between Haiti's former and forever foreign patróns, though it helped Latortue's case that America's first choice, Hérard Abraham, was his long-time friend and next-door neighbour in the Sunshine State.
		Latortue brought Abraham with him as his interim Interior Minister and chief of security, so he has little reason to fear a coup from within, which is after all the traditional way of changing the Haitian government.
		On the other hand, Latortue was more or less non-committal on the supposedly pressing issue of whether or not Haiti should re-establish its armed forces, which the Duvaliers' castrated and Aristide dissolved (except for its kick-ass marching band).
	www.diacritica.com /sobaka/dossier/glatortue.html (724 words)

	Latortue's Capitol Hill Meetings Complete Failures
		At a separate meeting yesterday between Secretary of State Colin Powell and CBC members, Congresswoman Waters and other CBC members expressed their views that Gerard Latortue is presiding over a violent and crumbling country, and he has done nothing to contain the violence or provide security to the Haitian people.
		Gerard Latortue held a rally in the Haitian city of Gonaïves, at which he declared Guy Philippe, Louis-Jodel Chamblain, and Jean Tatoune to be "freedom fighters." Guy Philippe is a known drug dealer who returned from exile, occupied Gonaïves, spearheaded burnings and killings and threatened to kill President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
		"Gerard Latortue is presiding over widespread human rights violations since the removal of the elected government of President Aristide on February 29, 2004," said the Congresswoman.
	www.peacehost.net /haiti/Latortue.htm (604 words)

	Latortue wants to attend Caricom summit - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Latortue, installed as Haiti's interim leader after the ostensible resignation and exile of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a week ago announced he would put on hold Haiti's relations with the 15-member political and economic bloc in protest against Jamaica's decision to host Aristide, and the Community's generally sympathetic stand to the overthrown leader.
		Latortue not only described Jamaica's decision to provide temporary asylum to Aristide as "an unfriendly act", but announced that he was withdrawing his country's ambassador from Kingston, although the diplomat had already been recalled for consultations.
		Latortue also snubbed Caricom chairman Prime Minister P J Patterson by failing to show up for a meeting he had requested with the Jamaican leader to discuss the situation in his country.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20040321T220000-0500_57489_OBS_LATORTUE_WANTS_TO_ATTEND_CARICOM_SUMMIT.asp (931 words)

	Gerard Latortue
		Haitian Gerard Latortue is appointed Prime Minister by the seven-member Council of Sages formed under a plan approved by the United States, France and the Organization of American States (see March 5, 2004).
		Gerard Latortue is flown from Florida to Haiti after being appointed the day before as the country’s new prime minister (see March 9, 2004).
		Gerard Latortue is sworn in as prime minister of Haiti “before a crowd of 200 people under heavy security,” two days after arriving in Haiti from Florida.
	www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?entity=gerard_latortue (977 words)

	USATODAY.com - New Haiti Prime Minister: Only fair elections can save Haiti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Latortue has emphasized the need for a professional and depoliticized civilian police force in Haiti — indicating he supported the idea that a country without external enemies but in internal chaos needs police not soldiers.
		Latortue served as Haiti's foreign minister in 1988 to President Leslie Manigat, who was installed by the military.
		Latortue lost his job in one of the 32 coups Haiti's army fomented.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-03-10-lorortue_x.htm (730 words)

	Violence in Haiti: Colin Powell and Gerard Latortue Blame Aristide
		While the storm was raging, Latortue and his confederates were not even competent enough to take the basic step of establishing an emergency national radio grid over which they could have broadcast calls to the population to go to high ground in order to escape from the flooding.
		In Latortue's first public appearance as prime minister, he went so far as to acclaim Haiti's rebel leaders-many of whom are now highly regarded by the current government for their gun-slinging abilities.
		The Latortue government-and for that matter the U.S.-installed and led emergency peacekeeping unit and then the current U.N. interim peacekeepers- characteristically have stood idly by and watched as a rising tide of pro-Aristide Haitians have been harassed, arrested, tortured and, in many instances, killed for their political dissent and support of Aristide.
	www.haitiaction.net /News/COHA/coha10_13_4.html (1433 words)

	Latortue retreats - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Latortue became Haiti's interim prime minister after the ostensible resignation and exile on February 29 of Jean-Bertrand Aristide during a wave of civil unrest and an armed rebellion in Haiti.
		Latortue declared Jamaica's decision an unfriendly act, said he was withdrawing Haiti's ambassador from Kingston, and claimed that Caricom had historically hurt Haiti.
		Latortue compounded the offence when he appeared on a platform in Haiti with rebel leaders, including convicted killers and drug runners, and declared them heroes and freedom fighters.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20040606T000000-0500_60833_OBS_LATORTUE_RETREATS_.asp (677 words)

	Worldandnation: Enough is enough, says Haiti's leader
		Both Latortue and Bazin spent much of their careers working in Africa for the United Nations and are eager to put their development talents to good use at home.
		Latortue says things are being done differently this time, demanding that Haiti gets more of a say in decisions of how to spend the money.
		Latortue defends the consultation process, insisting there was no time to invite everyone to join in.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/08/08/Worldandnation/Enough_is_enough__say.shtml (1805 words)

	The New York Times > International > Americas > A Troubled Haiti Struggles to Gain Its Political Balance
		Latortue, who has a penchant for establishing commissions, has appointed two commissions to study the question of how to deal with the rebel soldiers.
		Latortue has said that his interim government did not have a mandate to resolve the question of the disbanded Haitian Army, which in its previous incarnation was linked to human rights abuses and coups.
		Latortue's removal and to honor Weber Adrien, an advocate for change who was pulled from his home and killed by Aristide partisans who also mutilated his body.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/01/02/international/americas/02haiti.html?ex=1262322000&en=2d67652f3f29b5c5&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&pagewanted=all (1424 words)

	americas.org - Interim Prime Minister Gérard Latortue declared Thursday that the conditions are now right for a new (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Gérard Latortue, who came back from a mission in New-York, declared he was happy about the United Nations Security Council's decision to support the next Haitian government which is, he said, the expression of popular will.
		Latortue took the lead of the interim government in March 2004, a few days after President Jean Bertrand Aristide's hasty departure.
		I insisted for measures to be taken to improve the living conditions of police officers, Gérard Latortue said, adding that it is easy to accuse policemen of corruption without even taking into account the living conditions they are facing.
	www.americas.org /item_25390 (368 words)

	Have the Latortues Kidnapped Democracy in Haiti? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Youri Latortue claims that reports of U.S. Marines already being in Port au Prince are “just rumours,’ and claims not to have known that 150 Chiliean Marines had just arrived, or that these Marines had been trained in close-quarter battle techniques in Chile by U.S. Marines before departing.
		At the initiative of Youri Latortue, Orlando invited Joel Deeb to the party, who she says was accompanied by Lionel Desgranges, a former aide to Leslie Manigat, former President of Haiti (1988) and a long time ally of Washington with ties to the International Republican Institute.
		Orlando´s connection to the Latortues was evidenced by her appearance at a December 2002 conference sponsored by USAID and IFES in conjunction with the anti-Aristide Haitian Resource Devleopment Foundation.
	www.aristide.org /articles/LatortuesKidnappedDemocracy.htm (4646 words)

	Latortue praises gang leaders, gunmen - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		About 3,000 people cheered and clapped for Prime Minister Gerard Latortue, who held his first rally in his hometown of Gonaives, where Haiti's independence was declared 200 years ago and starting point for its recent rebellion.
		Rebel leader Winter Etienne, self-declared mayor of Gonaives, welcomed Latortue and told the crowd his fighters would surrender their weapons when a police presence is restored to the city, which had about 250,000 people before the uprising erupted February 5.
		At the rally earlier, Latortue promised his government would ensure clean drinking water in Gonaives, provide medical equipment and build at least 100 homes and a four-lane highway to replace the potholed two lanes that are Haiti's main south-north highway.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20040320T220000-0500_57463_OBS_LATORTUE_PRAISES_GANG_LEADERS__GUNMEN.asp (898 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Who is Gerard Latortue? - Sunday \| April 25, 2004
		Latortue, who boasts about his expertise at negotiating earned largely through his work with the United Nations comes with the stamp of United States approval and the trust and confidence of Haiti's business community.
		Latortue came ready to 'pull all together' he says, as his homeland needed him and he had a burning desire to help.
		In Gonaives (Latortue's home town, a rural community which was torn between rebel and Government rule), it was reported that the interim Prime Minister hailed rebel leaders as "freedom fighters".
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040425/lead/lead5.html (1245 words)

	Haiti Background : Gerard Latortue : Indybay
		Gerard Latortue, a former Haitian minister of foreign affairs and international relations under President Leslie Manigat, said many are demonstrating in South Florida because they're hoping "the echoes will go to Gov. Bush, and he will advise his brother."
		Some, like Gerard Latortue, a Boca Raton resident and former Haitian foreign minister, described the people responsible for the recent violence as freedom fighters in a battle against an oppressive regime.
		Latortue served briefly as foreign minister in 1988, in the government of Leslie Manigat, which was installed by a military junta after the Duvalier government fell.
	www.indybay.org /news/2004/03/1672970.php (1347 words)

	Haiti's Interim PM Repeats Pledge to Hold Elections Next Year \| The Epoch Times
		Prime Minister Latortue was paying his first visit to O.A.S. headquarters since a council of prominent Haitians appointed him transitional prime minister in early March.
		Latortue met with Secretary of State Colin Powell to request additional economic aid for his impoverished country, where more than half the population is unemployed and 30 percent lives on less than one dollar a day.
		Latortue to keep his pledge and organize free elections, noting that Haiti has known few of these in its 200-year history.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/4-5-7/21316.html (446 words)

	The Trinidad Guardian -Online Edition Ver 2.0
		Latortue met with Manning in his capacity as the Caricom chairman at Whitehall in Port-of-Spain yesterday.
		Latortue extended the invitation as Caricom leaders are scheduled to hold their next intercessional meeting in Port-of-Spain on February 8 and 9.
		Latortue conceded the security situation in Haiti “remains a big problem” and the nation needs to establish the proper political stability which requires long-term planning.
	www.guardian.co.tt /archives/2006-01-26/news4.html (466 words)

	A Shameful Show in Haiti
		Latortue did himself no favors on Saturday by going out of his way to embrace some of the unsavory thugs who helped oust the country's last elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
		Latortue aided neither national reconciliation nor his own shaky legitimacy by the unseemly ceremony he took part in last Saturday.
		Latortue to Gonaïves was Guy Philippe, the rebel military chief, who has yet to keep his promise to American commanders to disarm his fighters.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/03/24/opinion/24WED2.html?ex=1395464400&en=9519439f847f543a&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (342 words)

	americas.org - Prime Minister Gerard Latortue Goes to Washington, Asking for Aid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Hoping to ensure that Haiti remains on the Bush administration's radar, Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue will arrive in Washington today to sound the alarm on behalf of his government, which is facing a $100 million budget deficit.
		Latortue, a former South Florida resident and retired economist, will highlight the importance of the HERO bill in a speech Wednesday during the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Latin America and Caribbean Trade Forecast conference.
		Latortue will end his visit to Capitol Hill on Friday morning and will be in South Florida on Saturday for a Herald-sponsored forum on Haiti's future on WLRN-FM (91.3).
	www.americas.org /item_14563 (547 words)

	CNN.com - New Haiti PM 'not picked by U.S.' - Mar 10, 2004
		But Latortue, who is a former U.N. official and business consultant living in Florida, told CNN affiliate WPTV that Aristide was not abducted.
		Latortue told CNN on Wednesday he had been selected for his neutrality and international experience and was keen to rebuild the nation.
		Latortue is expected to form a government from Aristide's party and opposition members.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/americas/03/09/haiti/index.html (641 words)

	Nouvelles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Latortue, a former U.N. official who served in Africa and as an international business consultant in South Florida, was chosen Tuesday to head a transitional government and organize elections in a country that only once in its 200 years of independence had a good election.
		The newly appointed Prime Minister of Haiti, Gerard Latortue, left, speaks while the Interim President of Haiti, Boniface Alexandre, right, sits during the swearing in ceremony for Latortue at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Friday, March 12, 2004.
		Newly-appointed Prime Minister of Haiti Gerard Latortue is embraced as he arrives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Wednesday March 10, 2004.
	www.undh.info /news032704photo4.php (594 words)

	Interim Haitian leader proud of work
		Tapped as Haiti's interim leader, Latortue, a Boca Raton retiree, came under tremendous pressure to organize free and fair elections after an insurgency led by criminal gangs and former soldiers ousted President Jean Bertrand Aristide in March 2004.
		"Latortue was seen as being put in power by the United States, not by the people in general," said Robert Fatton Jr., a professor of political science at the University of Virginia.
		Latortue replied his government is not holding political prisoners.
	www.oxfordpress.com /hp/content/shared/news/nation/stories/2006/02/HAITI_LATORTUE_0210_COX.html (1076 words)

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