From: Chris Cartter <newslink@igc.apc.org>
Subject: Haiti Info V1N9 Lead Story
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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 23:23:00 GMT

(Below is the table of contents and lead story from the most
recent issue of Haiti Info, the newsletter of the Haitian
Information Bureau.  The lead story from each bi-weekly issue is
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				* * * HAITI INFO * * *

		News direct from the people and organizations of
		Haiti's grassroots democratic movement

				19 Dec. 1992, Vol. 1, #9


	TENDREMOS UNA VERSION EN ESPANOL MUY PRONTO PARA
	     LOS COMPANEROS DE AMERICA LATINA Y ESPANA!


Contents:

News Stories:           UNIVERSITY CRISIS CONTINUES
				DE FACTO REGIME PUSHES ELECTIONS
				O.A.S. Passes Ball to U.N.  Youth
				Murdered in Hospital Bed U.S.
				Citizens Protest Cassette News
				Program Enteres Fourth Year

Interview:                      JOSEPH JASMIN

Human Rights Report, including 14-month update on violations

Behind the Headlines:   THE POLITICS OF "FAIT ACCOMPLI"

Development News:       Deforestation in the South
				Peasants Fight Mill Two Projects
				Blocked

Common Ground:  Low Intensity Warfare: A Violent Misnomer

About Haiti Info

News:
				UNIVERSITY CRISIS CONTINUES

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Dec. 19 - The de facto government is pulling out
all the stops in their attempt to totally control the state
university.
   Perhaps its most offensive move was the appointment of  coup
d'etat supporter Gerard Bissainthe, as rector on Dec. 10.
   Bissainthe was  the first de facto Minister of  Information
under Jean-Jacques Honorat. He is also known for his opposition to
autonomy at the university and his longtime association with
generals Henry Namphy and Williams Regala, engineers of the
repressive structure here.
   Another move was the deployment of "attaches" (civilian thugs
hired as military "assistants") and "siveye rapotes" ("watch and
reports") at the university's colleges. They ripped down a protest
banner at the "Faculte des Sciences Humaines."
   The regime has also mounted a media campaign telling students
   not to listen to fellow students and professors who are
engaging in "wrongful activities."
   Last week  Bissainthe announced the formation of a new student
association, "F.I.E.N.E.H.," which is one letter different from
the acronym of F.E.N.E.H, the association most critical of the de
facto regime.
   The de facto regime also closed down a second college last
week, the Ecole Normale Superieure (teachers' college), and
arrested two students. Earlier in December, the regime closed the
"Faculte des Sciences." It has announced both colleges will
re-open with new enrollments directed by Bissainthe.
   Those colleges and the "Faculte des Sciences Humaines" all have
democratically elected "Conseils de Direction." In late November,
the de facto education minister, Max Carre, began the offensive
against the university by disbanding the councils, seen as the
last democratic institutions in the country.
   Carre also replaced the dean of the "Faculte d'Agronomie" on
Dec. 1.  When students held a demonstration that day, soldiers
beat and injured at least 62 young people. Eighteen students are
still missing.  Despite the danger of repression, students
continue to protest the regime's maneuvers and organize activities
to prevent the regime from fully taking control.
   One recent important event was the Dec. 16 meeting of the three
elected conseils de direction  (made up of students and
professors) at which members agreed to refuse any cooperation with
the de facto regime, including Bissainthe.

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group of committed individuals from democratic and popular
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