Danny Glover Cancels Haiti Event, Cites Aristide Overthrow by Bush

Actor Danny Glover backed out of a cruise commemorating the Haitian bicentennial, saying he did not want to appear to support the government installed after Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted as president. Poet Sonia Sanchez also canceled. "Due to the increasingly critical political situation in Haiti, which resulted in a loss of life, oppression and incarceration of thousands of Haitians, I have canceled my participation," Glover told The Miami Herald before the Caribbean cruise set sail on Saturday. About 500 people paid $1,500 to $2,500 to take the seven-day cruise. [more ]