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February 28, 2014

2,000 Haitians Mark 10th Anniversary of U.S.-Backed Coup 
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In Haiti, some 2,000 people marched in Port-au-Prince to mark the 10th
anniversary of the U.S.-backed coup that ousted Haiti's first
democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. On Feb. 29,
2004, Aristide was forced to flee Haiti in what he called a kidnapping
by the U.S. government. The protesters denounced the current government
of Michel Martelly and called for his resignation.

 

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