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On 6 January 1991, as president Jean Bertrand Aristide was declared winner of the election, following the exile of Jean-Claude Duvalier, a coup D'Etat was orchestrated by Roger Lafontant, a Tonton Macoute leader. The coup D'Etat was done to pre-empt an Aristide presidency took place. Following the coup, Roger Lafontant, seized the provisional president Ertha Pascal-Trouillot and declared himself president.
This was a short lived action. The Haitian population and a large numbers of Aristide supporters took to the streets to protest the Coup D'Etat. Roger Lafontant declared martial law. However, under the commend of General Herard Abraham, the Haitian army crushed the incipient coup and reestablished order

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Here is the Haitian President Louis Élie Lescot. He was born in Saint-Louis du Nord, Haiti. With close to 70,000 in population, Saint-Louis-du-Nord is a municipality in the Saint-Louis-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord-Ouest Department of Haiti.

It is located on the northern coast of Haiti, a few hours west of Cap-Haitien

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A memorable picture of Franklin Roosevelt and Elie Lescot.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States. He was a dominant leader of the Democratic Party and the only American president elected to more than two terms.
The domestic policy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt redefined American liberalism for the middle third of the 20th century.
During World War II, he gave strong diplomatic and financial support to China and Great Britain, while remaining officially neutral.

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Here is a picture of two former Haitian presidents, Elie Lescot and Dumarsais Estime.

Unlike many previous governments in Haiti, Dumarsais Estime was not part of the opposition that fueled the uprising against the government of Élie Lescot.

Following several Month of political dealing under an interim government that was formed with Haitian, Dumarsais Estime was elected in a very close election that took place in August 1946. He was considered to be the first black Haitian president since the US occupation of Haiti.

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Here is a picture of former Haitian president Dumarsais Estime.

Accorting to the Haitian history, former Haitian president Dumarsais Estime was born poor in the small city of Verrettes. He was fortunate enough to have a family member who was interested about him, specifically an uncle, who took him to the Haitian Capital.

Dumarsais Estime, very focused individual, obtained a law degree and started teaching in Port-au-Prince. With an interest in the politic of his country, he started making a name for himself and paid a price for that after he was exiled during the government of Louis Borno. Upon his return into the country, Dumarsais Estime joined Haiti's nationalist movement in 1930 and became an outspoken opponent of the United States occupation of Haiti.

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This is the Haitian President Leon Dumarsais Estime who governed Haiti from 1946 to 1950.

Before becoming president, Dumarsais Estime became an excellent Deputy. he was at the time one of the few Black in the Haitian Parliament.

He became close to the elite, Mulato sector in Haiti after marrying into mulato elite. His career took off during the government of Stenio Vencent when he became Minister of Education

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The Haitian President and his wife Elizabeth Debrosse Delatour were married on December 6, 2009. Mrs. Delatour was one of Preval's economic advisors who became widow after her husband Leslie Delatour passed away.

The Haitian president was married twice before, to Guerda Benoit and Solange Lafontant.

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Here is a picture of Haitian president Rene Preval with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter.

Jimmy Carter was heavily involved in Haiti politic. In December 1990, Jimmy Carter went to Haiti to convey the message to to Aristide that he predicted that Aristide would lose and urged him to drop out. The final count proved to be the opposite where Aristide won with a majority of 67 percent of the votes.

In September 1994, former president Bill Clinton asked Jimmy Carter go to Haiti and negotiate the departure of Haiti military government in order to restore the presidency of former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

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A picture of the Haitian president Rene Preval and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran. This picture was taken at the inauguration of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.

Is this a right time for the Haitian president to be seen with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who has created so many enemies around the world?

This action taken by President Rene Preval to develop close relationship with be close with the current President of Iran, according to some experts, can not be good for Haiti.

This photo was provided by by Stanley Lucas, the Executive Director for the Washington Democratic Project

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Preval in a picture with several leaders of Latin American nations. Under the government of Rene Preval, there were many economic opportunities created for Haiti. Preval took it on himself to initiate friendly and cooperative relationships with countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, Bahamas, Panama and Bolivia.

Under his government, many economic and medical agreements were signed. The Cuban government increased the number of medical doctors providing services to the Haitians. Venezuela under Hugo Chavez provided financial and energy cooperation. The issue regarding immigration was managed to a certain extent

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