Coup in Haiti

by Amy Wilentz

For those who know Haitian history, this has been a time of eerie, unhappy déjà vu. Part of the pain is to see the elected president coerced out of office by heavy-handed pressure from the United States and France, accompanied by a show of force and the threat of a blood bath. But to also hear that he's been spirited off to a secret location is to be bluntly reminded of the fate of the fabled leader of Haiti's revolution, former slave and stable boy Toussaint L'Ouverture, who was entrapped by the French, bound, and hustled away from Haiti on a ship, to die in solitary confinement in a fortress prison in the Jura mountains in France. Full Article

¤ Aristide supporters protest against US "occupation"
¤ Haitian rebels press to re-establish army
¤ Canada to send 450 troops to Haiti
¤ Large protest in Haiti focuses on role of U.S.
¤ Supporters of ousted president vent anger outside embassies
¤ Canada to send 450 troops to Haiti
¤ Aristide supporters protest 'occupation'
¤ High death toll in Haiti
¤ Haiti: US Soldiers' Boots Follow Footprints From the Past