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Rev. Jackson Meets Aristide in South Africa

HeadlineOct 27, 2005

In a visit to South Africa, civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson lent support to exiled Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide. Aristide has been living in exile in South Africa since being ousted in a coup in February 2004. Rev. Jackson said: “The people did not remove him, the US government removed him.”

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