2004 Haitian coup d'état
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A coup d'état in Haiti on 29 February 2004, following several weeks of conflict, resulted in the removal of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from office. On 5 February, a rebel group, called the National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation and Reconstruction of Haiti, took control of Haiti's fourth-largest city, Gonaïves. By 22 February, the rebels had captured Haiti's second-largest city, Cap-Haïtien and were besieging the capital, Port-au-Prince by the end of February. On the morning of 29 February, Aristide resigned under controversial circumstances and was flown from Haiti by U.S. military and security personnel.[1][2][3][4] He went into exile, being flown directly to the Central African Republic, before eventually settling in South Africa.[5]
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U.S. Marines patrol the streets of Port-au-Prince on 9 March 2004 | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
Republic of Haiti | National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
Jean-Bertrand Aristide | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||||
50 (estimated) | Unknown | Unknown |
Aristide afterwards claimed that he had been "kidnapped" by U.S. forces, accusing them of having orchestrated a coup d'état against him, a claim denied by U.S. officials.[5][6] In 2022, a dozen Haitian and French officials told The New York Times that Aristide's earlier calls for reparations had caused France to side with Aristide's opponents and collaborate with the United States to remove him from power,[7] however this was denied by the United States Ambassador to Haiti at the time, James Brendan Foley.[8]
Following Aristide's departure, an interim government led by Prime Minister Gérard Latortue and President Boniface Alexandre was installed.