Security & Strategic Review - March 2004

With Aristide gone and a UN-mandated force on the ground, the priority in Haiti is to restore order, which means removing the weaponry of the armed rebels and the pro-Aristide gangs. This is no simple proposition: local politics and US strategic formulas for the region are involved. In the background, the international force has emerged at the stage where several actors, from within and beyond Latin America, are reaffirming their commitment to multilateralism in the handling of crises.