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U.S. furious at Jamaica for embrace of Aristide *LINK*

By Andres Oppenheimer, www.miami.com

Jamaica's decision to welcome former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has infuriated Bush administration officials, who say U.S. relations with English-speaking Caribbean countries have reached a new low.

Senior U.S. officials refuse to speculate whether Washington will retaliate against Jamaica, which currently presides over the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) regional bloc.

But other U.S. officials say that if Aristide's return from Africa to the Caribbean triggers new bloodshed in Haiti and U.S. troops get in harm's way, there would be congressional calls for a strong U.S. reaction against Jamaica.

"U.S. officials say much of CARICOM's tilt to the left in recent years is because of its member countries' reliance on Venezuelan oil and their chronic complains that Washington fails to pay attention to its Caribbean neighbors. Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chávez, a close ally of Cuba's Fidel Castro, is influencing most Caribbean decisions these days, they say." Full Article

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