The deployment of American troops has also speeded the process, especially among the vast majority of ordinary Haitians too poor to travel abroad.

Talk show programs serve as one of the few ways in which ordinary Haitians can speak out about politics and the government.

It will take much more than a change of uniforms for ordinary Haitians to learn to respect anyone charged with law enforcement.

On the ground, many ordinary Haitians said they would welcome international intervention.

Officials in Washington and at the United Nations have resisted this, citing the increased suffering it would cause ordinary Haitians.

The embargo has hampered the delivery of food and medicine to ordinary Haitians by relief agencies.

The United States reportedly fears that tougher sanctions would bring greater suffering to ordinary Haitians.

"It will send a positive signal and make things safer" for ordinary Haitians who remain worried about their own security and the Government's stability.

The fatigue felt by donors is shared by ordinary Haitians.

The feelings of some ordinary Haitians seemed to have been captured in big front-page headlines in the capital's daily newspapers.