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Aristide's slide marks the end of another disappointing chapter in Haitian politics. This one began in 1994, when the U.S. intervened to restore Aristide to power after a military coup aborted his first presidency in 1991. With 20,000 troops on the ground, Washington embarked on an effort many Haitians now characterize as a half-baked nation-building program that yielded little more than ill-trained, corruption-prone institutions, like the police force Philippe led in Cap Haitien. The U.S., Philippe says, "is partly responsible for what is happening...
...upcoming referendum on the unification of the Greek south and Turkish north of Cyprus after realizing that April 21 - the date earmarked for the ballot - coincided with the anniversary of one of the darkest days in modern Greek history. On that day in 1967, the Greek military mounted a coup that resulted in seven years of military dictatorship in Athens and eventually triggered the Turkish invasion of Cyprus...
History has a way of repeating itself. On Sunday, Jean Bertrand Aristide, the democratically elected president of Haiti, was deposed in the second coup of his political career. The future appears bleak. Despite Colin Powell’s assurance that they “want to put down their arms,” the rebels—led by death-squad veterans and former members of the brutal military government that ruled Haiti from 1991 to 1994—have yet to disarm. What brought Haiti to this tragic pass? Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) put the matter bluntly, asserting...
...Aristide goes back to well before the most recent spate of political violence. Aristide—a former priest who preaches a brand leftist populism—has long been a whipping boy for conservatives both here, and in his own country. He was deposed by a military coup in 1991, only months after his first election. The brutal regime that followed was characterized by egregious human rights violations. In 1994, Aristide was reinstated with the backing of the Clinton Administration...
...witnessing the coup d'etat machine in motion." YVON NEPTUNE, Prime Minister of Haiti, urging international help to put down the uprising that threatens to topple the regime of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide...