The Actors shaping the events

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

A former slum priest, Aristide was extremely popular when he became Haiti’s first freely elected leader in 1990. The army ousted him in 1991, brutalizing and murdering his supporters until the United States intervened in 1994. Aristide was re-elected president in 2000. He was forced out of office under international pressure on Feb. 29, 2004, as rebels gained control of most of the country.

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