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By not in system - AOL NewsPORT-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 chartered flight from South Africa with his wife and daughters, waved and blew kisses at a crowd. Speaking to supporters and journalists, he criticized the decision to bar his political party, Lavalas Family, from the election, saying it had disenfranchised a majority of ...
Bill Clinton's Lasting Legacy May Be Haiti's Earthquake Recovery Effort
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyBill Clinton's love for Haiti began in Arkansas. In 1975, he and wife Hillary traveled to the Caribbean nation for a delayed honeymoon. When he became president nearly two decades later, Haiti was on his early agenda, with the goal of ending the violent military dictatorship there and restoring its elected president. After Clinton left the White House, his work continued in Haiti through his Clinton Global Initiative and the United Nations. When the devastating 7.0 earthquake struck the country a year ago, on Jan. 12, Clinton traveled to the country six days later with supplies. The ...
Haiti's Tragic Past and Present Augur Grim Future
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (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 Larry Birns, director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, a Washington think tank. "An atmosphere of overwhelming despair is the natural condition of the island." As the U.S. Agency for International Development and other Western governments and aid groups rev up rescue and ...
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