NOVANEWS
Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr
The 2004 Haitian coup d’état occurred after conflicts lasting for several weeks in Haiti during February 2004. It resulted in the removal from office of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide preventing him from finishing his second term, and he left Haiti on a United States (U.S.) plane accompanied by U.S. military/security personnel.
Aristide claims that his departure was a kidnapping, accusing the U.S. of orchestrating a coup d’état against him.[1][2] Aristide was forced into exile, being flown directly out of Haiti to the Central African Republic,[1] eventually settling in South Africa.
An interim government led by Prime Minister Gérard Latortue (brought back from the U.S.) and President Boniface Alexandre was installed in Haiti.