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After his departure, landmark elections were held in December 1990, Jean-Betrand Aristide winning a 67% majority, only to be deposed by a September military coup. General Raoul Cedras seized power, holding it until Aristide's October 1994 return. In 1996, unable to succeed himself under Haitian law, he ran again in 2000, winning with a 92% majority.
No matter. On February 29, 2004, US marines forcibly deposed him at gunpoint, exiling him to the Central African Republic, then South Africa where he now resides, eager to return. Haitians want him, rallying publicly to no avail.
Washington prevents it, assuring sham elections, puppet leaders, and despotic rule unless Haitians en masse refuse, demanding fair elections and democratic governments serving everyone, not solely oligarchs, elites, and imperial Washington. The coming weeks may decide whether or not that's possible. Given Haiti's troubled history, at best the odds are long.
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