86150 YEARSa t i as f f l I ♦ a ' H SAINT OBSERVER MARY’S Friday, September 16, 1994 • Vol. XXVI No. 15 30 NOTRI DAMI IN S THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Clinton to Haiti’s leaders: ‘Your time is up’ By TERENCE HUNT Associated Press U.S. forces in the Caribbean | 1 50 miles Aristide The bulk of an invasion force will be in and around Haiti as early as this WASHINGTON weekend, U.S. defense officials say. An ever-growing fleet assi In a terse ultimatum from the could be bolstered by other warships already in the Caribbean G olfede Oval Office, President Clinton • la Gonave awaits told Haiti’s military leaders U.S. forces mobilized for possible use in Haiti: a m Thursday night, “Your time is 9,076 Navy personnel sepf ‘vH .... up. Leave now or we will force 1,800 Marines invasion you from power.” Army personnel includes elements of 10th Mountain Div. (Ft, Drum), Against a chorus of opposi­ 18th Airborne Corp. and 1 st Combat Support Command (Ft. Bragg). Caribbean By PIERRE-YVES GLASS tion, Clinton used a prime time The Pentagon has activated 1,600 reservists. Port-au-Prince Associated Press _________________________ address to build his case for an A virulent anti-American American invasion of Haiti to Command ship Amphibious warfare Other ships presently on expel a military regime that missions in the Caribbean: during his days as a leftist ( 1 Blue Ridge Class: 1 Wasp Class: parish priest, exiled Haitian stole power and stands accused Amphibious Assault Ship Amphibious Command Ship President Jean-Bertrand of 3,000 political murders. 1 Spruance Class Destroyer ■ Aristide now must rely on the USS Caron (DD-970)* “We must act,” Clinton said V United States to get him back from the Oval Office. USSMt. Whitney (ICC 20) USS WaspIsp (LHD (LHD1) 1) hom e. 2 Oliver Hazard Perry Class: But he said that the United Austin Class: - Guided Missile FrloatesFrigates Aircraft carriers Amph^^^^n^ortDock For most of his three years States’ mission in Haiti would USS Lews B. Puller (FG-23)* in exile, he strenuously object­ be “limited and specific” to 1 Kitty Hawk and USS 7ayfor(FFG-51)‘ “remove the dictators from John F. Kennedy Class: ed to the idea of being restored power and restore Haiti’s legit­ Aircraft Carrier USS Nashville (LPD 13) to power by an American inva­ 2 Whldbey Island and sion force. imate democratically elected Auxiliary ships Harpers Ferry Classes: government.” He said U. S. B B P ■ Dock Landing Ships No doubt he will return with forces would help train a civil­ USS America (CV 66) 1 Wichita Class: Oiler w l/SS Whldbey Island (LSD 41 )* mixed feelings about being ian police force, but he would 1 Nlmitz Class: . T ( t t T V t n k USS Ashland (LSD 48)* borne home by Washington’s not get involved in rebuilding Aircraft Carrier troops. Some Americans also have Haiti. P USS Savannah (AOR 4) 2 Stalwart Class: Ocean mixed feelings about Aristide, Clinton said the “vast majority Military Sealift Commd. Surveillance Ship of our troops will come home in 'S Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) based on the darker moments 1 Keystone State Class: USNS Stalwart (T-AGOS1)" in his remarkable, turbulent months, not years.” Upwards of Auxiliary Crane Ship ml USNS Capable (T-AGOS 16) 20,000 U.S. forces were mobi­ rise to power. Destroyers ' I * lized for the invasion. Aristide, 41, was born into a 1 Spruance Class Destroyer 1 Ticonderoga Class: farming family in Port Salut, The president sought to ex­ Guided Missile Cruiser plain why American lives MV Comhusker State (T-ACS 6) on the southwestern coast. USS Veka Gulf (CG 72)** should be risked to restore de­ He moved with his mother to USS Comte De Grasse (DD-974) posed President Jean-Bertrand 2 Cyclone Class: (-'W Port-au-Prince as a child when Aristide after three years in ex­ Coastal Patrol. Craft forces 1 Thixtun Class: his father died. Frigates Not proportional Guided Missile Cruiser ile. He noted that than 20 na­ He became a prize pupil in a 3 Oliver Hazard Perry Class: to other ships L tions have pledged to contribute depicted USS Tmxtun (CG 35)** Catholic school run by Salesian Guided Missile Frigates to a police force. USS Hurricane (PC-3) monks, where he developed a Americans overwhelmingly USS Monsoon (PC-4) California Class: deep feeling for Haiti’s poor oppose and invasion, according Guided Missile Cruiser and repressed. USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) 1 Mercy Class: Hospital Ship to polls, and there is wide­ USS South Carolina (CG 37)* As a Salesian brother in the USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16) spread opposition in Congress late 1980s, he lived among USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34) among Republicans and ‘Assigned to Cuba mission Port-au-Prince slum dwellers, USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) Democrats alike. The White '*Assigned to other mission who became his army of House acknowledged Clinton ardent followers. They viewed couldn’t turn around public AP/Wm. J. Gastello him as a prophet; he survived opinion with one speech. those actions that I believe will In a CBS interview, Cedras said, tactical decision, whether they several assassination attempts, “I assure you that no presi­ best protect our national secu- “I will fight with my people and think it has any chance,” a contributing to his aura. dent makes decisions like this rity interests." I am prepared to die." source said, insisting on He was among the bold few one without deep thought and Administration sources said anonym ity. in Haiti who denounced the prayer,” the president said. Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras, leader one final option is to dispatch In Washington and in the Duvalier family dictatorship “But it is my job as president of the military Junta, cautioned an emissary to try to persuade and the generals who replaced the United States not to invade. Cedras to leave. “It’s strictly a and commander in chief to take see H A ITI / page 4 it in 1986. ND grad takes reigns in Panama President Ernesto Perez Balladares, ND ’67 and ’69, was (PRD) candidate, took office General Omar Torrijos Herrera. inaugurated in Panama City on September 1,1994 Inherits slew of September 1 after defeating Noriega took over Panama after three other presidential candi­ Torrijos was killed in a plane domestic problems dates in the May election. crash. Panama By KATIE MURPHY These elections marked the “The PRD image became very Associate News Editor ____________________ first free, democratic voting in bad because of the association H o n d u ru Panama since the American in­ with Noriega,” said Father For years, as a member of the vasion in 1989. That military Ernest Bartell, executive direc­ Nicaragua self-proclaimed “Notre Dame operation resulted in the arrest tor of the Kellogg Institute for Gang,” Double Domer Ernesto of then-dictator General International Studies and one of Perez Balladares, ND ‘67 and Manuel Antonio Noriega and Balladares’ former economics ‘69, has participated in annual the designation of Guillermo professors. reunions with his closest Endara as the new president of Noriega was convicted in the friends from Notre Dame. Two Panama. Endara’s term expired United States of eight counts of weeks ago, the college friends this year. drug trafficking, money laun­ C - Colum bia i'rrrar-v* t e l a ..>£#-> "’5 gathered once again, this time One of Perez Balladares’ most dering, and racketeering. He is . 11 .. .. - ffctHmtStaegti-lrriA":.-,1 , . , - -. ■'-L, . ^ f f r - W ar/Chrlslcpher in Perez Balladares’ home formidable obstacles during his currently serving a 40-year — —- country of Panam a. campaign was his party affilia­ sentence. What some people ceived the most votes with over Housing and Urban But the 1994 reunion was dif­ tion. Noriega was also a PRD forget, however, is that Perez 30 percent of the electorate. In Development Secretary Henry ferent from any of the others. president, and his corrupt and Balladares did not follow his inaugural speech, the new Cisneros attended the inaugu­ In addition to reminiscing and oppressive leadership methods Noriega blindly, said Bartell. president reaffirmed the major ration. Cisneros is a former catching up with each other, have not fallen far from the “Perez Balladares had a points of his campaign. University trustee. the members of the Notre Dame minds of the Panamanian peo­ falling-out with Noriega at one “He gave a wonderful speech,” The issues of poverty, eco­ Gang witnessed the in­ ple. But during the election time and packed up his family said Bartell. “It was more of a nomic development, educa­ auguration of Perez Balladares, Perez Balladares consistently and went to Spain for a year,” state of the union address than tional reform, and the necessity one of their own, as the new downplayed his relationship Bartell said. a victory speech.” of eliminating corrupt and ille­ P resident of Panam a. with Noriega and drew himself Despite widespread suspicion United States Secretary of the gal practices from the govern­ Perez Balladares, a closer in the eyes of the public of his association with the PRD Interior Bruce Babbitt, a 1960 ment highlighted President Democratic Revolutionary Party to the founder of the PRD, party, Perez Balladares re- Notre Dame alumnus, and see PANAMA / page 4 page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Friday, September 16, 1994 m INSIDE COLUMN N WORLD AT A GLANCE Empty wallet, Discovery captures satellite, radar works after all CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. such a rendezvous without radar Space shuttle Discovery’s astro­ An astronaut's “life preserver” in the 13-year history of the shut­ nauts sidled up to a satellite An astronaut w ho accidentally drifts out of reach of handholds or tethers h as quite a greedy soul..