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Aristide, Jean-Bertrand

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Haiti: Uncovering U.S. Involvement in Aristide Coup

9 April 2009

More than four years after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide went into exile, questions linger about Washington’s involvement.

Interview with the Constitutional President of Haiti

Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a Year after the Coup d’État

by Claude Ribbe

Paris (France) | 22 February 2005

While the rallies crowded the streets of Port-au-Prince to demand his return, elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide granted an exceptional interview to writer Claude Ribbe, which we publish completely. Aristide was kidnapped on February 29, 2004 by American Special Forces after being (…)

Washington and Paris overthrow Aristide

Coup d’Etat in Haiti

by Thierry Meyssan

5 March 2004

Washington and Paris reconciled their colonial interests in the Caribbean by going on the attack with a cunning, well organized coup d’Etat in Haïti to overthrow elected president Aristide. After building an opposition that suited US interests, in the shape of former Duvalier regime financial (…)