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Article: Haitian-Americans demonstrate against Haitian president.
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Article date:
- December 17, 2003
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Byline: Madeline Baro Diaz and Alva James-Johnson
MIAMI _ Haitian-Americans fed up with Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government in Haiti demonstrated Wednesday in support of protesters in Haiti.
Many said the conflict in their home country has soured plans to celebrate Haiti's bicentennial next month.
``This devil has to go. We can't take it any longer,'' said Carmel Moise Bley, a Miami-Dade woman who has filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights accusing Haitian police of torturing her. ``We cannot celebrate with Aristide.''
Wednesday's protest at the Torch of Friendship, outside Bayside Marketplace, was meant ...