81.   In recent months, the Haitian government has been under international pressure to release prisoners whose detentions are legally questionable.

82.   It had been invited by the Haitian government to explore future relations, especially trade possibilities.

83.   Ira Kurzban, a Miami-based representative of the Haitian government, said opposition leaders are at fault.

84.   It also noted the willingness of the Haitian government to cooperate with the international community to end the crisis.

85.   Last month, the United Nations turned down a Haitian government request for technical election assistance.

86.   Lauredo added that the U.S. government also would send nearly all bilateral assistance to the people of Haiti through private and non-governmental organizations, thus bypassing the Haitian government.

87.   Lauredo said the U.S. government would send nearly all bilateral assistance to the people of Haiti through private and nongovernmental organizations, thus bypassing the Haitian government.

88.   Ronald Jaboin, a spokesman for the Haitian government maritime service, said the agency received a report Sunday of a shipwreck and investigators were sent to the area.

89.   Several follow-up visits will enable the panel to make recommendations to the Haitian government, Stotzky said.

90.   Robinson said the fact that his wife Hazel Ross Robinson is currently a paid lobbyist for the Haitian government did not affect the objectivity of his assessment.