Former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide is welcome to continue his exile in South Africa as long as necessary, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Dlamini-Zuma on Wednesday said that the open invitation was part of the international process to create ”peace and stability in Haiti”. Aristide fled Haiti in February 2004 amid violent unrest.
South Africa is in no hurry to send ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide back to Haiti without first securing agreement from the new president, the foreign minister said on Monday. ”South Africa as the host country is still willing to have Jean Bertrand Aristide here,” Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said.
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/ 23 February 2006
The United States reacted coolly on Wednesday to prospects that former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide would return to Haiti after the election of his one-time protégé René Préval to lead the Caribbean nation. ”If we were asked, I think we would say it’s probably not a good idea. It doesn’t serve a useful purpose,” said deputy State Department spokesperson Adam Ereli.
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/ 22 February 2006
Exiled Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide defended on Wednesday his decision to return home in the face of US reluctance, saying it was his right as a citizen of the Caribbean nation. ”I have the right to be back,” Aristide said in an interview with international news agencies in Pretoria.
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/ 22 February 2006
Haitian leader Jean Bertrand Aristide, who is living in exile in South Africa, on Wednesday defended his decision to return home, saying it is his right as a citizen of the Caribbean nation. ”I have the right to be back,” he said in an interview with international news agencies in Pretoria.
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/ 20 December 2005
The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) on Monday welcomed the resignation of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s pilot, Franz Gabriel, from Denel, saying his exposure to the country’s ”extremely sophisticated” information on weaponry was ”unacceptable”.
More than 5 000 supporters of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide marched in Haiti’s capital on Wednesday to demand his return from exile, less than two weeks before a UN mandate upholding security in the strife-torn nation is set to expire. Aristide is currently based here in South Africa as a guest of the government.
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/ 14 December 2004
”The sad truth for the millions of Haitians who had placed their destiny in the hands of Father Aristide in 1990 and again in 1994 is that he left a legacy of lies, intolerance, corruption, nepotism and conspiracy to eliminate his rivals and detractors.” A noted former Haitian minister and international filmmaker says South Africa’s guest of honour, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was neither priestly nor presidential and has left a legacy of terror as he enjoys his Pretoria exile.
Deposed Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his wife, Mildred, called on former South African president Nelson Mandela on Friday to ”thank him for his role in Haiti”. Aristide has been living in exile in South Africa with his wife and two daughters since May 31, three months after a popular uprising in Haiti forced him to flee.
More than 5 000 supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide marched through Haiti’s capital on Friday, calling for his return and accusing the United States government of forcing his departure. The demonstration began in the hilltop slum of Bel Air and wound its way through neighbourhoods near the presidential palace.