Shattered Democracy in Haiti

New York Times: "Mr. Aristide, whose 1994 return to power after an earlier coup was backed by 20,000 American troops, contributed significantly to his own downfall. His increasingly autocratic and lawless rule turned many of his supporters into unyielding enemies and fueled the uprising in which some 100 Haitians were killed. Washington made matters worse by prematurely winding down its post-1994 efforts to create a professional and politically independent police force and by blocking international loans for the hemisphere's poorest nation for three years to punish Mr. Aristide's manipulation of the 2000 legislative elections"