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Article: Haiti in extremis.(Brief Article)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- March 1, 2000
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For all his flaws, Jean-Bertrand Aristide may very well be Haiti's best hope.
WHEN THE LAST remnants of Operation Uphold Democracy--a UN peacekeeping force but predominantly American for much of its duration--left Haiti a few weeks ago, some observers voiced dire predictions of a descent into chaos and civil war. Time will tell. But others argued that the situation could hardly be worse than it is. Undertaken in 1994, the primary purpose of the U.S./UN mission was to restore to power in tyranny-ravaged Haiti its first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Though the charismatic Aristide--at that time a Salesian priest--had won a landslide ...