Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former religious fraud (Roman Catholic priest) being interviwed by The Associated Press

Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former religious fraud (Roman Chatolic priest) being interviewed by The Associated Press - January 29, 2003.

Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is seen during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Jan. 29, 2003. Aristide defended his governance, saying he has saved the country from chaos despite growing strikes, protests and unrest. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

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President Jean-Bertrand Aristide speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003. At right is the national flag of Haiti. Confronting growing hostility at home and abroad, Jean-Bertrand Aristide defends his governance of a country falling apart, saying he's kept the historically violent nation at peace and that increasing strikes, violence and police brutality are no worse than in countries such as Venezuela and the United States. defends his governance, saying he has saved the country from chaos despite growing strikes, protests and unrest. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003. Confronting growing hostility at home and abroad, Jean-Bertrand Aristide defends his governance of a country falling apart, saying he's kept the historically violent nation at peace and that increasing strikes, violence and police brutality are no worse than in countries such as Venezuela and the United States. defends his governance, saying he has saved the country from chaos despite growing strikes, protests and unrest. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

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Chief bandit Jean-Bertrand Arisitide, left, shaking the right hand of Evans Paul or K-Plum, a democratic opposition leader, prior to a secret meeting between the two in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 30, 2003. The meeting was convened by Roman Catholic Monsignor Serge Miot, Jan. 30, 2003.

Downtown Port-au-Prince burned down - January 29, 2003

One of three buildings in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, gutted by a suspected arson fire in which shopkeepers lost thousands of dollars is seen Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003. In addition to the shopkeepers' loses, scores of shoemakers and street merchants who worked under the building's arches lost their merchandise, material and equipment. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

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Yvon Duval, one of scores of shoemakers who lost all of his material and equipment when three stores were gutted in a suspected arson fire, is seen in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, looking for the remains of his property on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003. Duval worked under the arches of one of the buildings and was among the city's few remaining street shoemakers who have had to compete with a rising tide of cheap, cast-off shoes from the United States. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

Estiyel August, 67, one of scores of shoemakers who lost all of his material and equipment when three stores were gutted in a suspected arson fire, is seen in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003. August worked under the arches of one of the buildings and was among the city's few remaining street shoemakers who have had to compete with a rising tide of cheap, cast-off shoes from the United States. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)