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to my reply to your assertion in another thread on the same topic, I'll post it here: your statement is false. "Every government" certainly did not condemn the 2000 election in Haiti as "illegitimate".

Aristide is also internationally recognized as Haiti's legitimate president-elect despite a bitter propaganda barrage from the mainstream media and certain foreign officials who sought to discredit the summer's electoral process leading up to his November victory. Although pressed by Washington to shun or at least scold his neighbor, new Dominican president Hipolito Mejia said he recognized Haiti's elections "as a matter of national sovereignty." Last week, Venezuela, the Philippines, and Taiwan all sent new ambassadors to Haiti, another sign of support. Multilateral lenders such as the Inter-American Development Bank and World Bank say they are ready to activate aid packages as soon as they are ratified by the Haitian parliament. The Parliament ratified three of the five agreements last week.

Perhaps the biggest blow to the opposition was a Dec. 1 letter U.S. President Bill Clinton sent to "President-elect Jean-Bertrand Aristide," implicitly recognizing the Haitian leader. "Now, as I prepare to leave office and you prepare to return, I believe we have an opportunity to set the basis for a strengthened relationship in the years to come," Clinton's letter reads.

http://www.haiti-progres.com/2000/sm001220/xeng1220.htm