Caribbean Won't Accept Haiti's New Gov't

The 15-nation Caribbean Community refused recognition Friday for Haiti's new U.S.-backed government amid continuing concerns over the departure of ousted leder Jean-Bertrand Aristide, senior Caribbean officials said.

The move came a day after the leaders demanded that the U.N. General Assembly investigate Aristide's claims he was abducted at gunpoint by U.S. agents when he left Feb. 29 as rebels threatened to attack Haiti's capital.

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At a summit meeting last weekend in St. Kitts, leaders of the 15-nation Caribbean Community, or Caricom, withstood U.S. pressure to embrace the new Haitian government led by Prime Minister G?rard Latortue and deferred a decision until July on whether to formally accept its legitimacy.