And closer to home, a well-known Haitian businessman was killed in Brooklyn.

"We've already been living under a state of siege for nearly three years," a Haitian businessman opposed to military rule said this morning.

"Tell me," a Haitian businessman recently inquired of a foreign friend, "don't you feel a malaise setting in?"

But Haitian businessmen say Mr. Aristide's government kept the price of rice down through corruption.

One Haitian businessman said today of this country's army: "You are not dealing with typical soldiers or even politicians.

"We've been doing exactly this sort of thing for 200 years," said a Haitian businessman with links to the military.

Many Haitian businessmen hoarded fuel before the country's refineries ran out last week, he said.

In 1947, she married a Haitian businessman, with whom she had a child.

"I think they still believe the United States is not going to invade, that it's all a bluff," a Haitian businessman with military ties said.

Townspeople say a rich Haitian businessman waits on the other side to collect the fuel.