Cocaine furthers setbacks in Haiti.(Special Report) From: The Washington Times | Date: August 6, 2000| Author: Carter, Tom | COPYRIGHT 2000 News World Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Operation Restore Democracy, a 1994 invasion of Haiti by 20,000 American troops, had another key objective - to stop the flow of U.S.-bound cocaine through what was then becoming a premier Caribbean drug hub.

Six years later, drug shipments through Haiti have soared to unprecedented levels, the latest in a series of setbacks to buffet the desperately poor nation that has seen U.S. troops depart and its fledgling democracy wither with a series of fraud-tainted elections...