A delegation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s friends and supporters traveled to the Central African Republic (CAR) to escort President Aristide back to the Caribbean. Congresswoman Maxine Waters helped to coordinate a request from President Aristide to his neighbors in the Caribbean. Jamaican Prime Minister P. J. Patterson, who is also the President of the Caribbean Community of Nations (CARICOM), extended a hand of friendship and invited Aristide to come to Jamaica and stay until such time as he could find a permanent exile home in another country.