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Haiti To Issue Arrest Warrant for Aristide

HeadlineNov 15, 2004

In Haiti, the U.S.-backed government has announced it is preparing to issue an arrest warrant for the country’s ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide who was overthrown in a US-backed coup in February. The interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue has also announced the creation of a five-member commission to investigate alleged corruption that took place by Aristide’s government. Aristide, who was the country’s first democratically elected president, is now living in exile in South Africa.

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