Word: trouillot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...difference between the exits of Duvalier and Avril was that civilians, not military men, engineered the latest transfer of power to a provisional government -- and that gave Haitians cause for hope. Last Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Ertha Pascal Trouillot was sworn in as President. "My essential task is electoral preparations at a national level," she declared, "and to pass power to a democratically elected government...
...order for a country whose institutions are riddled with corruption and whose government is financially bankrupt. An ever present threat is the military, which has virtually ruled Haiti since Duvalier fled. At last week's inauguration, Major General Herard Abraham, the army Chief of Staff, saluted smartly and informed Trouillot, "Madame President, the armed forces are at your command." Although Abraham promised that his troops would stay in the barracks, Haitians were worried about the resumption of confrontations two weeks ago between citizens and soldiers, which have left at least 24 people dead...