| Haiti's interim prime minister withdrew his ambassador to Jamaica on Monday and suspended relations in protest over ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's arrival in the fellow Caribbean country for temporary asylum. Aristide's arrival in Jamaica has increased tensions in Haiti, where his followers plan more protests to demand the return of the country's first democratically elected leader. Aristide arrived with his wife, Mildred, at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, the Jamaican capital, 130 miles from Haiti. He immediately boarded a helicopter, refusing to make any comment. A Jamaican protocol officer said he was being taken to a residence of Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson. Haiti's new U.S.-backed leader, interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue, said he was recalling the ambassador in Kingston, putting diplomatic relations with Jamaica on hold, and reconsidering Haiti's position with the 15-member Caribbean Community, which currently is chaired by Patterson. |