Caribbean countries refuse to send troops to Haiti

Date: 3 Mar 2004
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Angered by the manner in which Haiti's President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was allegedly forced to flee his country, the fifteen-nation Caribbean Community said it would not provide troops for the United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Force in Haiti. Aristide was overthrown twice, first in a military coup d'ÁƒÂƒ©tat in September, 1991, and finally in February, 2004. He claimed that he was abducted at gunpoint by United States Marines. After two-and-a-half-months' exile in Jamaica, he was offered amnesty in South Africa, where he and his family are still living in great comfort as guests of the South African government.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Caribbean countries refuse to send troops to Haiti. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013557

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