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Aristide Supporters To Boycott Upcoming Haitian Elections

HeadlineFeb 03, 2005

In news from Haiti, the interim U.S.-backed government has announced plans to hold a series of local and national elections beginning in October. They will mark the first elections since Haiti’s democratically elected president Jean Bertrand Aristide was overthrown 11 months ago in a U.S-backed coup. Aristide’s party, Lavalas, has announced they will only participate in the elections if the interim government stops jailing and killing supporters of Aristide. Hundreds of Aristide supporters are now imprisoned and more than 250 people have been killed by violence in pro-Aristide neighborhoods over the past six months.

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