The US expressed its concern about the possible return of Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier to Haiti as far back as 2006, when the country was about to hold elections, according to a confidential US diplomatic cable.
Five years on, US fears have materialised with the shock return of the former dictator last night. Duvalier, who was toppled from power in 1986, returns at a time when Haiti is struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake and amid a fraught election campaign.
In 2006 Lisa Kubiske, the US charge d'affaires in the Dominican Republic, which neighbours Haiti, alerted the Dominican foreign minister, Carlos Morales Troncoso, about Duvalier's possible return.
"Kubiske expressed USG
concern over a return to Haiti of either Duvalier or Aristide . Both potentially were provocative and could complicate the ability of any new government to establish itself," the February 2006 cable said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/17/wikileaks-cables-baby-doc-duvalier
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