Will exile ever end for Haitian prez (Aristide)? (Chicago Defender)

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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

... Four years ago, Aristide was removed from power and taken to the Central African Republic, reportedly at gunpoint - and from there to exile in South Africa - when U.S. officials said they could not guarantee his safety in Haiti.

Caribbean leaders held a two-day emergency meeting in Jamaica on Aristide's forced removal but failed to take action.

Renewed support for the Haitian leader was in evidence this month when thousands of Haitians demonstrated in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and the country's second largest city, Cap-Haitien, on the 18th anniversary of Aristide's first election as president.

Aristide–often called “the little priest”–has said he would shun politics if he were allowed to return and would instead serve Haiti as a private citizen. Aristide, 55, has lived in Pretoria with his wife Mildred and two daughters since May 2004.

http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-2917-will-exile-ever-end-.html

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1. jeez..I forgot all about that...

I wonder how much else I've forgotten.

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2. The coup in Haiti occurred shortly after I stopped lurking and registered at DU

and it was one of the first stories I tried to follow here. I remember staying up all night searching the news for any indication of what had happened to Aristide, who seemed for a while to have vanished into night and fog

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3. This is my first bookmark in LBN

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=395091

This is my second

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=433501

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5. Wow...what an eye-opener that was...

DU has really changed. It's funny how the creep, creep takes over.

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7. Thanks SLAD

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Some of those names are still regulars, but I don't remember seeing Tinoire recently

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4. I remember I think it was Maxine Waters..

on the House floor pleading for his return, and an investigation. Such a mind-blowing experience these years have been. It's really unbelievable.

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6. Dem Now - Aristide confirms to Maxine Waters that he was kidnapped

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=392083

Waters was really heroic