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Warm Welcome Greets Aristide on Return to Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned home Friday from a seven-year exile to the warm embrace of jubilant supporters despite criticism from the U.S. and domestic opponents who said his presence could disrupt the weekend's already delayed presidential election. Aristide emerged from a...

Haiti's Tragic Past and Present Augur Grim Future

WASHINGTON (Jan. 13) – Even before the earthquake that is being called "the disaster of the century" for Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere had endured far more than its share of natural and man-made misery. "If you want to get a pre-vision of the dimensions of hell, you'll go to Haiti," said...

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05/21/12 Ex-Haiti official, 9 years in telecom bribery case Source: FOX - WDRB 41 News - Louisville KY A former senior executive at Haiti's state-run telecommunications company was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison for money laundering offenses tied to nearly $500,000 in bribes he accepted from U.S. businesses.
05/17/12 HaÃ¯ti, Africa, Aristide: The history of one humanity Source: Pambazuka News Since the time when the Africans, forced against their will to live in Saint Domingue (Haiti), revolted to end slavery (1791-1804) without the endorsement of abolitionists, these latter, and the allies of those who lost that battle, organised so that the emancipation of humanity would happen according to their will.
05/14/12 AU - On the Judicial Harassment of Human Rights... Source: Namibia News On September 30, 1991, Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled Haiti for Venezuela.

Background on Jean Bertrand Aristide

Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian former Catholic priest and politician who served as Haiti's first democratically elected president.

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