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Any chance that those two Haitian reports are related ? They've got troubles enough without a coup

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by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Mar 3rd, 2012 at 03:02:28 AM EST
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IIRC, Aristide was the one who disbanded the army after it couped him the first time, and then was couped by former army the second time.

Fanmi Lavalas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Fanmi Lavalas party has been excluded from most Haitian elections since the 2004 coup d'état that toppled it from power.[2] It was again excluded from participation in the 2010-2011 Haitian general election by the electoral council.[3]

So if there is a connection it is the regime showing that they can put up irregulars to once more kill people if they don't sit down and shut up.

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by A swedish kind of death on Sat Mar 3rd, 2012 at 04:08:27 AM EST
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This is from last year:
NYT: ...now President Michel Martelly is pledging to revive it, pressing forward with a plan to reconstitute the Haitian military as a kind of national guard or civil defense force to supplement the weak national police.  His $95 million proposal calls for an initial force of 3,500 personnel to patrol the border, help put down civil unrest and provide badly needed employment to legions of young people. It sets aside $15 million to compensate former soldiers who have long complained they are owed a pension.

...and from the Washington Post:

Mr. Martelly has extensive ties with right-wing groups, including allies of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, whose regime carried out atrocious abuses. With little support in parliament or from any organized political party, he finds himself perched perilously atop a political system that he has been unable to bend to his will.


"Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne
by maracatu on Sat Mar 3rd, 2012 at 06:24:31 AM EST
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