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Here is a picture of a massive demonstration organized during Jean-Bertrand Aristide reign

Group Of 184 And The Protest Against Jean Bertrand Aristide

The Group of 184 (Groupe 184), although now defunct, had been the Haitian public voice as well as it was the best salesperson for Haiti. It was the most powerful coalition of "civil society" organizations during the lead up to the 2004 coup that successfully destabilized Haiti's elected government and deposed President Aristide. It consisted both individuals and organizations, arranged in thirteen sectors like cultural, urban neighborhood, private enterprise, labor and peasant unions, feminist, media, human rights, non-governmental organization, etc.,. They had an agenda against the largest corporations in Haiti--the owners of such corporations constituted less than 1% of the population but owned over 50% of the country's wealth.

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Charles Riviere-Herard was involved in the conspiracy to remove President Jean-Pierre Boyer.

Charles Riviere-Herard came into power as he seized control of the government and declared himself President of Haiti. It was under his presidency that the Dominican Republic that was under Haiti control at the time, declared their independence from Haiti

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Charles Riviere-Herard, a former president of Haiti was know to be an officer in the Haitian Army. He occupied that position under the presidency of Alexandre Petion during his struggles against Henri Christophe.

Charles Riviere-Herard came to this world in the capital city of Port-au-Prince on 16 February 1789.
He as involved in the revolutionaries against the French during the war of Haitian independence and in charge of a battalion of black troops

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