February 29, 2004

HATEY:

Aristide resigns, flees Haiti (IAN JAMES, February 29, 2004, ASSOCIATED PRESS)

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned and fled the country Sunday, bowing to pressure from a bloody rebellion at home and governments abroad. Gunfire rang out through the capital and black smoke billowed from the city center.

Supreme Court Justice Boniface Alexandre declared three hours later he was taking charge of the country under the constitution. He urged calm after more than three weeks of violence.


Here's an apt proving ground for the French and the U.N. to show they're capable of handling a crisis without us.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 29, 2004 1:09 PM
Comments

Too late. We're the ones that ushered Aristide out. We've already done more than the French and the UN there, too.

Posted by: Timothy at February 29, 2004 1:20 PM

Looks like he finally got the confirmation that the Swiss bank accounts transfers had finally been completed.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at February 29, 2004 3:11 PM

Aristide leaving may be a good thing, if it helps quell the violence, but in the long run, it doesn't do much to help the inhabitants of that benighted "nation".

Posted by: Michael Herdegen at March 1, 2004 7:46 AM

According the news Haiti is all Bush's fault and Aristide was a peaceful benovelent leader ousted by a mob.

Posted by: AWW at March 1, 2004 8:06 AM

It seems like some people are just not capable
of self-government.

There is not hope for that country.

Posted by: J.H. at March 1, 2004 3:15 PM
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