Several thousand supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide filled the streets of Port-au-Prince, the capital, on Wednesday on the eighth anniversary of his ouster. They accused President Michel Martelly of not having done enough to improve their lives in what was the largest protest against Mr. Martelly since he took office in May. The...
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Frankétienne has had prophecies of death (his own) and destruction (Haiti's). The earthquake that wrecked this country in January 2010? It was foreseen, said Frankétienne, the man known as the father of Haitian letters, in his play ''The Trap.'' It was written two months before the disaster and depicts two men in a...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Many of the ballots arrived late and some voters were turned away, but the problems appeared minimal in a presidential runoff Sunday to decide whether a bawdy Carnival singer running as a populist or a former first lady rooted in the establishment will lead this country for the next five years. It was a far cry from the...
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, født 15. juli 1953 i Port-Salut, er en haitiansk politiker og tidligere romersk-katolsk præst, som blev Haitis præsident i 1991, fra 1994-1996 og igen fra 2001-2004.
Arisitide var den første folkevalgte leder af Haiti og var populær blandt landets fattige indbyggere. Ved sit første valg fik han 67,5% af stemmerne. Han blev afsat to gange, begge gange hjulpet på vej af USA's regering og militær. Første gang var ved et militærkup 29. september 1991 og anden gang ved et coup d'etat i 2004. Efter at han var blevet afsat anden gang, hævdede han, at han stadig var Haitis legitime præsident, og at USA's styrker havde kidnappet ham.
I dag lever Aristide i eksil i Sydafrika med sin kone, Mildred Trouillot med hvem han har døtrene Christine og Michaelle.