The Miami Herald:

"The U.S. position facilitating Jean-Bertrand Aristide's ouster signals an ominous new period in U.S. foreign policy in which we are no longer committed to supporting democratically elected governments in this hemisphere or elsewhere. The Bush administration has lent its support to the ouster of democratically elected governments in Haiti and Venezuela, signaling a disdain not so much for their leaders but rather for the democratic institutions forged in the sacrifice of their people."