Thousands of people marched in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday to mark the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-backed coup that overthrew President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. On Feb. 29, 2004, Aristide was forced to flee Haiti in what he called a kidnapping by the U.S. government. He was forced into exile in the Central African Republic and ultimately South Africa. He finally returned to Haiti last year after a seven-year absence.