3/26: Elected Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Lavalas party "emerged from hiding on Thursday to demand the new government disarm all sides in the divided country and end intolerance, arrests and killings", but US selected leader Gerard Latortue, is now openly supporting the former death squad members who overthrew Haiti's democracy. Aristide is still in Jamaica, but US "National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice is telling the Jamaican government if Aristide is not immediately expelled from the country... consequences would be exacted against Jamaica in full force by the U.S." The US is also pressuring the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to recognize Latortue but CARICOM has so far held out and is still demanding an international investigation into the US backed coup d'etat and political kidnapping of a democratically elected leader.

3/17: Gerard Latortue, the US selected Prime Minister of Haiti, has formed a government containing no representation from elected President Aristide's Lavalas party. He has also pulled Haiti out of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and recalled Haiti's ambassador to Jamaica. Jamaica and Venezuela have now both stated that they will not recognize Latortue's government due to the circumstances surrounding Aristide's ouster. Defense Department letters indicate the US supplied 20,000 M-16s and other equipment to the Dominican military over the past two years and many of the weapons appear to be in the hands of Haitian death squads that are now rounding up and killing pro-democracy activists (Audio From Flashpoints).

3/15: Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman reports that Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has arrived in the Caribbean nation of Jamaica. Moments after his plane touched down at Norman Manley International Airport at approximately 2:20 pm EST, Aristide and his wife Mildred were escorted to a helicopter, which transported them to an undisclosed location on the island nation. On his return to the Caribbeanregular reports from each stop of the journey.
As Aristide returns to the region, things are getting worse in Haiti. Supporters of Aristide are being rounded up and many have been killed and tortured. US businessman Gerard Latortue who is now governing Haiti following the US backed coup has responded to Aristide's return to the region by suspending diplomatic relations with Jamaica.

3/9: As reports come in of increased violence against supporters of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, US resident and long-time Aristide opponent Gerard Latortue was chosen by a US-backed advisory council as the new Prime Minister of Haiti. Boniface Alexandre was sworn in as President of Haiti Monday even as Aristide insisted in several news conferences that he remained the elected head of the country. Aristide lawyer Ira Kurzban has announced he plans to sue the US and France for the kidnapping on an elected leader.