by free haiti
Tuesday, Mar. 09, 2004 at 4:22 PM
Supporters of the democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide yell insults at U.S. occupation troops during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince March 8, 2004. The hold up their open hands to display five fingers... a reference to the Presidents five year term, interrupted when U.S. troops kidnapped Aristide and flew him out of Haiti.
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Meanwhile, a new puppet "President" was hoisted upon Haiti on the points of U.S. bayonets. Boniface Alexandre, the supreme court chief, was sworn in behind closed doors at the Presidential Palace under heavy U.S. guard. The "inauguration" took place with U.S. helicopters flying above the Palace. Pacifica Radio's Amy Goodman interviewed President Aristide on Monday morning, and Aristide called upon Haitians to "peacefully resist the U.S. occupation." He repeated that he had been kidnapped by U.S. forces, was still the legal President, and that he had not resigned.