News 02-29-04 Aristide Flees Haiti (BBC News) "As the barricades burned in the capital city around him, and with a rebel army on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Jean-Bertrand Aristide fought for his political life as Haitian president right until the end." 2-04 03-01-04 Haitian President Forced Out? (CNN News) "Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide said Monday he was forced to leave Haiti in a 'coup d'etat' by the United States." 2-04 Papers Editorial - Haiti: Right Result for the Wrong Reason (Americas.IRC.org) "On February 7, Haitian voters went to the polls to elect a president for the fourth time since 1990. Through great patience and determination they overcame official disorganization, incompetence, and discrimination, and handed their chosen candidate a landslide victory. Also for the fourth time, Haitian elites—with support from the international community—immediately began to undercut the victory, seeking at the negotiation table what they could not win at the polls." 02-06 News 02-25-04 Civil War in Haiti Likely (CNN News) "Anticipating the bloodbath predicted if political opposition leaders rejected the power-sharing proposal -- or if the rebels storm Port-au-Prince under any circumstances -- the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders have begun to send aid workers to the tiny nation on the western end of the island of Hispaniola." "Aristide has faced criticism since an election in 2000 that observers called fraudulent. Opposition parties accuse his supporters of using violence to intimidate them. He has said repeatedly that he will not willingly step aside until his term of office expires in 2006." 2-04 Papers 02-24-04 Opposition Rejects U.S. Plan for Peace (MercuryNews.com) "Haiti's opposition coalition is drafting a letter to the United States rejecting the U.S.-backed international peace plan because it does not require that President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resign, a prominent member of the coalition told The Associated Press." "On Monday, Powell had asked the opposition to delay their formal response by 24 hours until 5 p.m. local time Tuesday, as he sought to address their fears that Aristide would not keep to the peace plan, which allowed him to remain president with diminished powers, sharing government with the opposition."2-04 Aristide, Jean-Bertrand (BBC News) Provides a profile by BBC News. 2-04 Aristide, Jean-Bertrand (Haiti.org) Provides a profile by the government of Haiti. Haiti (LonelyPlanet.com) Provides information on the history, culture, people, geography, and a map.

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