Coup d'état in Haiti " The Ottawa Initiative on Haiti was a conference hosted by Canada. [...] the officials at the conference wanted to see regime change in Haiti in less than a year. [...] Mr. Aristide, who accuses the United States and France of conspiring to force him out of power, filed a lawsuit in Paris last week accusing unnamed French officials of 'death threats, kidnapping and sequestration' in connection with his flight to Africa. The Bush administration insists that Mr. Aristide had personally asked for help and voluntarily boarded a U.S. plane. 'He drafted and signed his letter of resignation all by himself and then voluntarily departed with his wife and his own security team,' Mr. Powell said. [...] "