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19023: (Hermantin)Miami-Herald-POLITICAL TIMELINE (fwd)

From: leonie hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com>

Posted on Mon, Feb. 23, 2004

POLITICAL TIMELINE


• Dec. 16, 1990: Jean-Bertrand Aristide becomes Haiti's first democratically
elected president after nearly 30 years of dictatorship under the Duvalier
family.

• Sept. 30, 1991: The army overthrows Aristide's government, forcing the
president into exile in the United States.

• Sept. 19, 1994: U.S. troops intervene to restore Aristide to power.

• Feb. 6, 1995: Aristide disbands the Haitian army and replaces it with a
civilian police force.

• Dec. 23, 1995: Rene Preval, Aristide's protιgι, elected president. Term
limits prohibit Aristide from running.

• May 21, 2000: Aristide's Lavalas Family Party sweeps legislative elections
that observers say are flawed. The international community puts millions of
dollars in foreign aid on hold.

• Nov. 26, 2000: Aristide wins a second term as president in elections
boycotted by major opposition parties, which claim fraud in the legislative
elections.

• Dec. 17, 2001: Gunmen raid the national palace in what the government
calls a coup attempt. Opponents say the government staged the attack to
divert attention from its shortcomings.

• Oct. 29, 2002: More than 200 illegal Haitian migrants jump off a grounded
vessel and rush onto the Rickenbacker Causeway in Miami.

• September 2003: A wave of protests against Aristide begins, spreading
across the country. Dozens are killed and injured.

• Feb. 5, 2004: Armed rebels seize control of Gonaives, Haiti's
fourth-largest city, starting a popular uprising that threatens Aristide's
presidency.

• Feb. 16: Ex-soldiers returned from exile in the Dominican Republic seize
the central town of Hinche.

• Saturday: An international delegation visits to press for a truce.
Aristide agrees to share power, but his political opponents insist he must
step down. The foreign diplomats leave without an agreement.

• Sunday: Rebels seize Cap Haitien, Haiti's second-largest city, and vow to
press on to the capital, Port-au-Prince.

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