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Here is a picture of former president of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier and his VSN force. A certain time in the history of Haiti, the Tonton macoute were very intimidating.

Jean-Claude returned to haiti on January 16, 2011, after more than 25 years in exile

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Here is a picture of the former Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier in a 5 Gourdes

Jean-Claude Duvalier was the president of Haiti for 15 years, from 1971 to 1986. He succeeded his father Francois Duvalier who died in office in 1971

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Here is a picture of a good friend of the former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Randall Robinson is an African-American Lawyer who is well known for his stand on South Africa Apatheid. He is a supporter of Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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Here is a picture of US Congresswoman Maxine Waters. A day after the exile of the former Haitian president, Congress member Maxine Aalters stated that she received a call from Aristide that he was kidnapped

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Here is a picture of Gerard Jean-Juste who was a Haitian activist in Miami. He was an opponent of the Duvalier regime. At one point Father Jean-Juste was exiled by the Haitian government. he was a supporter of Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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Here is a picture of the Haitian activist in Miami Gerard Jean-Juste. He gained his renown for fighting for Haitian immigrants. He was very vocal during the Haitian boat people era in Miami. He also accused the American government of discrimination against the Haitian boat people.

Gerard Jean-Juste was a supporter of Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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Here is a picture of former President Bill Clinton and Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Thes two have a log history.

For most of the 1990s Haiti was often in the news as it just elected the populist priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide to the presidency position. However, one year later, Aristide was removed from power by a military coup.

Consequently many Haitians got on boats headed to the U.S. Promising to return Aristide into power when elected. Bill Clinton eventually returned Jean-Bertrand Aristide into power

For the first time in U.S. history, they used force to return a deposed president into power

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Thhis is a key figure during the Duvalier period. Madame Max Adolphe started her milice career as the commandant of Fort-Dimanche. She became the woman most faired in Haiti as the Fiette Lalo

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Here is a picture of a Lieutenant General of the Haitian Military. Raoul Cedras was one of the officers responsible for the Coup D'etat to remove Jean-Bertrand Aristide from power in 1991.

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Here is the picture of former Haitian president as he spent his last day in South Africa before returning home.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide thanks President Zuma and the government, former President Mbeki and his wife, our beloved Madiba and his family before leaving South Africa

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