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Thread #126602 Message #2814321
Posted By: Ron Davies
17-Jan-10 - 01:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why no earthquake in Dominican Rep?
Subject: RE: BS: Why no earthquake in Dominican Rep?
"Who deported Aristide?"
A simple question?
Aristide's hands don't seem particularly clean.
It seems he supported violence against his critics and endorsed "necklacing."
After his government lost a no-confidence vote, he tried to rule alone. The army staged a coup. Under US and international pressure, the military regime backed down and US troops were deployed in Haiti. This allowed Aristide to return (1994) and complete his term of office.
In 2000 Aristide won again--in an election in which his party controlled the Provisional Election Commission and declared the official results when counting had hardly started, as well as ignoring the constitutional requirement for a run-off.
In 2004, after a violent revolution, Aristide was forced out of Haiti.