FBIS LAT 88 203 23 October 1988 10 CARIBBEAN the native region of (Calixto Garcia Iniguez. the Pioneer leader will tour educational and historical centers in which he will be able to see the development of our youth organization. Begin (Mondumba) recording, in Spanish We would like to take advantage of this opportunity to convey a fraternal greeting to the youth, people, and children of Holugin on behalf of the youth of Angola and the Angolan Pioneers. We would also like to take this opportunity to once again emphasize the internationalist role that the Cuban people, and in particular the Cuban youth, have played in the reestablishment of peace in the African continent. In particular, they have played a role in southern Africa, where our nation has been suffering from a war of aggression perpetrated by one of the largest imperialist powers in Africa, the racist regime of apartheid. recording Haiti Croix des Bouquets Soldiers Mutiny for Pay Hike FL2010135788 Port au Prince Radio Nationale in Creoie 1300 GMT 19 Oct 88 Excerpts The soldiers from the Croix des Bouquets barracks mutinied yesterday, and traffic on National Highway No was blocked. Traffic on the road linking Croix des Bouquets to the rest of Haiti was paralyzed. passage omitted The soldiers themselves said that all they wanted was to demand their legitimate rights. They wanted an increase in salary as other fellow soldiers had received.
The situation along National Highway No in the vicinity of Croix des Bouquets did not fail to panic the local population in the morning. passage omitted Leopard Corps Soldiers Arrest Newspaper Director FL1910185788 Port au Prince Radio Soleil Network in Creole 1100 GMT 18 Oct 88 Text Last Friday. Max Chauvet, who is the administrative director and a co owner of LE NOUVELLISTE, and the newspaper guard, whose name is Cesar, were arrested by three soldiers. Two of these soldiers were from the Dessalines Barracks and the third said he was from the Air Corps, but all three were wearing Leopard Corps insignia.
The soldiers took the people they arrested to the Dessalines Barracks on foot. big crowd followed the soldiers and the men they had arrested, wanting to know what was going on.
What exactly happened?
According to the newspaper LE NOUVELLISTE, LE NOUVELLISTE press had almost finished preparing the periodical BALANCE when a group of periodical hawkers appeared. They all wanted to buy at the same.
time. Since the printing shop administration has standing orders not to allow anyone inside the print shop, the guard, Cesar, shut the doors. The periodical hawkers did not want him to shut the doors and began shoving and acting in a disorderly manner.
During the pushing, a hawker got his finger caught in the door. The man was taken to the hospital. Meanwhile, the hawkers began saying that he had been wounded with a machete.
Some 30 minutes later, three soldiers appeared to arrest the guard. When the LE NOUVELLISTE people tried to explain what had happened, the soldiers refused to listen, and one of them threatened to shoot if the guard didn start walking. They beat the guard and said that he had to turn over the machete with which they accused him of wounding the newspaper hawker.
The soldiers began searching the print shop. They took the guard out into the street and kept him there for 30 minutes in the midst of a crowd that was growing increasingly larger. After that, the three soldiers decided to arrest LE NOUVELLISTE administrator, Mr Max Chauvet, who had intervened in favor of the guard. The soldiers took them both to the Dessalines Barracks, where Colonel Guy Francois heard the story. The two arrested men were then. quickly) released.
However, this was a matter for the courts. The hawker who was hurt could have brought suit. The newspaper LE NOUVELLISTE points out that a team of soldiers showed up. searched the premises, refused to listen to anyone, and threatened all the print shop personnel.
Banditry in Port au Prince; Police Criticized FL1910181888 Port au Prince Radio Nationale in Creole 1300 GMT 19 Oct 88 Text series of acts of banditry are being committed in Haiti. Armed men are holding up vehicles, searching people, and robbing them of everything they have on them.
On Sunday night, at around 2000, armed men robbed many drivers on the road to the airport. These men, whoever they were, stopped people and searched them.
The bandits were divided into four groups. There were four men each in four vehicles.
During Sunday holdups. these men, most of whom were carrying weapons, managed to stop all the vehicles.
on the road to the airport. They searched everyone in all these vehicles. They took everything they found on the people jewelry, money, and so forth. All drivers or passengers who balked at complying or who complained.