The World : Haiti Troops Occupy 5 Cities

Haitian troops occupied five cities after violent demonstrations against the regime of President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier. Reports from the Caribbean island said arrests were carried out in the occupied cities of Gonaives, Jeremie, Petit Goave, Miragoane and Cayes and that there were clashes between police and protesters. In Miragoane, a Haitian priest, identified only as Father Goin, complained in a telephone interview of police brutality against the demonstrators. Five people have been killed since the demonstrations against the Duvalier regime began in late November.