Haiti Crisis

An overloaded Haitian migrant vessel is located in the Windward Pass by the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant, based out of Miami, Fla. The migrants were safely removed from the vessel and returned to Haiti, Feb. 27, 2004.

290 migrants rescued in the Windward Pass since Feb. 21 are turned over by the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant, homeported in Miami, Fla., to officials from the Haitian Coast Guard in Port-au-Prince for repatriation, Feb. 27, 2004. A total of 531 migrants were repatriated.

Residents walk amid the smoke of flaming barricades in downtown Port-au-Prince, Feb. 27, 2004.

A boy holds an umbrella with the face of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as looters leave the seaport in Port-au-Prince, Feb. 27, 2004. Thousands of people looted containers at the port.

People loot at the seaport in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, Feb. 27, 2004. Rebels who have overrun half of the country closed in on the capital, where looting erupted, as President Jean-Bertrand Aristide appealed in vain for foreign peacekeepers.

A young boy gets ready to throw another tire on a fire as supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide form a line of defense with burning barricades around the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Feb. 26, 2004.

Supporters of Hatian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide gather outside Haiti's National Palace, Feb. 26, 2004, after rumors of Aristide's resignation spread throughout Port-au-Prince. The crowd demanded "five more years" by holding up their hands as a show of support for Aristide.

Residents walk pass burning tires at a barricade set by supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, in northern Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 26, 2004. Fearing the rebels would move on the capital, supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide set intermittent barricades on some roads outside it.

Michel Chantry, reflected on the window, waves to his wife Benedicte and her 2-year-old daughter Zoe as they leave the a U.N. compound in Port-au-Prince, Feb. 26, 2004. Michel, a Belgian that works at the delegation of the European Commission, stayed in Haiti but sent his family away. U.S. agents escorted a convoy of U.N. nonessential staff and their families and other foreigners out of the country.

A U.S. Embassy diplomatic security special agent guards the entrance of a U.N. compound in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, while a group of foreigners gear up to be evacuated from the country, Feb. 26, 2004. U.S. agents escorted a convoy of U.N. nonessential staff and their families and other foreigners out of the country.

A little boy quietly watches a tire burn as graffiti on the wall behind him reads "live Aristide, live Lavalas," Feb. 25, 2004, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Aristide supporters placed barricades and lit tires on the roads leading to the airport and around the city.

Haitians watch a police officer who just arrested suspected robbers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 25, 2004. Police arrested a dozen men suspected of robbing people at a barricade on the way to the city's airport.

A truck loaded with passengers maneuvers around a burning tire, Feb. 25, 2004, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

A police officer arrests suspected robbers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 25, 2004. Police arrested a dozen men suspected of robbing people at a barricade on the way to the city's airport.

A boy walks with a basketball alongside a road blocked by a barricade set up by supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 25, 2004. Aristide loyalists built dozens of barricades throughout the capital, blocking roads all over Port-au-Prince in hopes of thwarting a rebel attack.

A U.S. Marine, escorting an unidentified OAS officer, runs toward his car outside the organization's building in Petion Ville just outside of Port-au-Prince, Feb. 25, 2004.

Women walk by a barricade set up by supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, seen on the poster, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 25, 2004. Fearing the rebels would move on the capital, loyalists of Aristide set up barricades within the city and on key roads outside the capital.

Holding a photo of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a group of his supporters scream at the entrance of the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Feb. 24, 2004.