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...once, the day that Haitians will remember was one of jubilation: their first freely elected President returning in triumph to vanquish the ghosts of the country's past. On that bright Saturday afternoon, as Jean-Bertrand Aristide paced through the ceremonies of reinstatement, his euphoric nation could reasonably embrace the vision he offered them -- that it was their day of deliverance...
...empty hopelessness of their days, terrified of the senseless brutality of their nights. Now, in the brief moment between the rule of thugs and the rule of law, under the reassuring protection of U.S. troops, the impoverished of Haiti are finally able to sleep -- and dream -- again. When Jean-Bertrand Aristide returns, they say, everything will be possible. "First there will be food, and then life will be easier," says Clemence Chaperone, 37, an unmarried mother who sells hard candy to feed her three children. When the money begins to come in again, Chaperone plans to buy her kids notebooks...
Several Harvard students and Professors express cautious optimism that Jean-Bertrand Aristide's return to power Saturday could lead to political and economic improvements in Haiti...
Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was expected to lay out plans for a new democratic government today, but instead fudged on the details and threw an olive branch to Haiti's elite. In his first address since his triumphant return, Aristide, speaking from the National Palace, simply promised a new government of "rich and poor." The rich had feared he would try to redistribute their wealth. Aristide also blamed right-wing foes for paying troublemakers to incite street violence that the rich are blaming on Aristide allies -- particularly an incident early today in which 60 youths looted a store...
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, standing behind a bulletproof shield on which his security detail insisted, pleaded with Haitians to remain calm after enraged supporters killed one man and torched 15 buildings last night. The attack on Gonaives, 100 miles north of Port-au-Prince, followed a false rumor that junta holdover Major General Jean-Claude Duperval -- the Haitian army commander until Aristide names a replacement -- had led a coup against Aristide. This morning the reinstalled President underscored his plea by having Duperval help him raise Haiti's flag at the National Palace. Also today, U.S. forces reported the third suicide...