The World - News from Jan. 1, 1988
France joined the United States in suspending aid to Haiti to pressure the military-run junta into running honest elections. “The situation is too confused to continue our cooperation,” French Ambassador Michel de la Fourniere said in an interview with Radio Metropole. He said France spent about $35 million in 1987 and “we would have spent twice that amount in 1988.” Last month, the United States moved to suspend $75.5 million in annual aid. The action was to protest violence that disrupted Haiti’s first democratic election in 30 years.
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