jean-bertrand aristide

Here is a picture of the former haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide during celebration marking the return into power. He returned because of US and International pressure. The Haitian military backed down and the American government sent US troops to re-instate Aristide on October 15, 1994

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Here is a picture of Ira Kurzban who is the attorney for former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Attorney showing the Haitian passport that he received from the Haitian government for Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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Here is a picture of the former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide with the famous Nelson Mandela of South Africa. Many people have placed Aristide in the rank of Nelson Mandela for his work. He is loved by many people in Haiti, specially the mass and those who did not have voices in the past

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Here is a picture of former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide and wife Mildred given press conference for wanting to return to Haiti. This picture was taken when they were expelled from the country

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Leader of a gang in Gonaive, Haiti, Amiot Meteyer was once supporter of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The name of his gang was Carnibal Army. After his arrest in May 2002, he turned against the government. Amiot Meteyer was mysteriously murdered in September 2003

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Former Tonton Macoute Leader, Guy Philippe was the leader of a rebellion that help to remove former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide form office. He is currently wanted by the United States for participating in Drug dealing

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This is a picture of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. He was democratically elected and was the subject of three coup d'etat. He was finally exiled to South-Africa. Jean-Bertrand Aristide maintained that he was kidnapped with the the complicity of the American government

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Here is a picture of two major personalities in the History of Haiti. Jean-Claude Duvalier and Jean-Bertrand Aristide are represented in this picture as they were very influential. They both were president of Haiti and also both spent years in exile. Jean-Claude Duvalier were in exile in France while Jean-Bertrand Aristide was in exile in South Africa.

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Here is a picture of a group of fans celebrating as they heard that former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide will be returning to Haiti. As you can see in this picture he still has a strong popular base in Haiti

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Here is a picture of the political group called Gwoup 184. They mounted a protest against the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide for the behaviors of the government they thought were not democratic. In this picture, protests took to the streets of Port-au-Prince and in front of the National Palace

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