"Haiti on agenda for leaders at Caribbean summit"

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - (KRT) - A highly anticipated summit of heads of government from the 15-member Caribbean Community opens here Sunday with Haiti as the main item on its agenda.

During the four-day gathering, CARICOM leaders will vote on whether to recognize the U.S.-backed interim government of Prime Minister Gerard Latortue, installed after former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide left Haiti Feb. 29 amid a bloody revolt.

On its Web site, CARICOM lists no one as head of state of Haiti, and Haiti was not invited to the summit, although the nation remains a member of the regional group.

CARICOM has demanded an independent investigation of Aristide's charges that he was all but forced to resign by Washington and Paris amid what he had called ``a virtual coup.'' U.S. and French officials have denied the charge.
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