Haiti was then a threat to the institution of slavery in the southern part of the United States. Haiti trained and armed Simon Bolivar so he could free South America. This is part of the reason for the compassion of the Organization of American States to help Haiti and offer sanctuary for fleeing refugees in Venezuela. Honduras. Belize. Trinidad. and Tobago. And yet in the face of these offers Mr. Bushs administration stated that "the absence of a sufficient safe haven option" demands that the United States Coast Guard and Navy return the refugees back to Haiti to head off threats of a mass exodus. What Mr. Bush is really worried about is another exodus similar to the early 1980s when Haitians were treated in a different manner than Cubans.
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