Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a Haitian former Salesian priest and politician who served as president of Haiti in 1991, from 1993 to 1994, from 1994 to 1996, and from 2001 to 2004. He was in exile after the 1991 military coup until 1994 and again after his overthrow in 2004 until 2011.
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If I hadn’t asked the question in 2003, probably in 2015 François Hollande wouldn’t have admitted to the debt...That was a step. It’s not finished.
interview quoted in "Demanding Reparations, and Ending Up in Exile" (May 20, 2022)
Reparation!...What beautiful schools, universities and hospitals we will be able to build for our children!...How much food we will have in abundance!
2003 speech quoted in "Demanding Reparations, and Ending Up in Exile" (May 20, 2022)
We feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death...We cannot wait to be with our sisters and brothers in Haiti.
quoted in "Haiti's exiled former president vows to return" (15 Jan 2010)
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a Haitian former Salesian priest and politician who served as president of Haiti in 1991, from 1993 to 1994, from 1994 to 1996, and from 2001 to 2004. He was in exile after the 1991 military coup until 1994 and again after his overthrow in 2004 until 2011. Aristide was a member of the Lavalas Political Organization before he founded the party Fanmi Lavalas in 1996.
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