Haitian military organization
also: Haitian army, the army, Haitian officer corps
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United Statescountry · 5Jean-Bertrand Aristideperson · 4Jean-Claude Duvalierperson · 3CIAintelligence service · 2Prosper Avrilperson · 1George H.W. Bushperson · 11991 Haitian coup d'étatevent · 1Haiticountry · 1James Bakerperson · 1Port-au-Princeplace · 1
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United States trained
Haitian military host_asserted
“at 19 in 1971 until 86. So he was there for 15 years. And most of the time, it was the mother that was making most of the decisions when he was much younger. Both had been appointed president for life. The United States trained and equipped…”
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United States supplied_arms_to
Haitian military book_quoted
“However, during most of that time, because it was, quote unquote, a dictatorship, the American leadership did not want to be seen providing weaponry directly to them. So according to the author of Killing Hope, William Bloom, he says that w…”
▶ Operation Gladio-Haiti @ 34:50
United States funded
Haitian military documented
“Another $4 million was being sought to provide the Haitian army with trucks, training, and comm gear to allow it to move around the country and maintain, quote unquote, maintain order. Maintaining order in Haitian basically meant suppressio…”
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at 19 in 1971 until 86. So he was there for 15 years. And most of the time, it was the mother that was making most of the decisions when he was much younger. Both had been appointed president for life. The United States trained and equipped…
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Another $4 million was being sought to provide the Haitian army with trucks, training, and comm gear to allow it to move around the country and maintain, quote unquote, maintain order. Maintaining order in Haitian basically meant suppressio…
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a boycott of the elections that was coming up and saying that the army is our first enemy. The CIA, on the other hand, was basically funding many of the candidates. The agency later insisted that the purpose in funding them had not been to …
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The elections scheduled for November 1987 were postponed because of violence. In the rescheduled elections held in January, the candidate favored by the military was declared the winner. Surprise! There followed two more years of regular po…
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In 1990, the current military dictator, General Prosper Avril, was forced by widespread protest to abdicate and was replaced by a civilian government of sorts. The military still calling important shots. The U.S. is not happy with chaos in …
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You have the U.S. ambassador suggested that it might be the right time to retire and that transportation was provided to that particular general, again, by the United States military to get him out of harm's way. The American embassy in Por…
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So to get 67% when you're running against 10 other people is crazy. Because of his outspoken and uncompromising opposition to the corruption, he was very outspoken about the bourgeoisie component of the elite there and them being in bed wit…
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Declaring that his $10,000 a monthly salary is not just a scandal but a crime, Aristide announced on television that he would donate it to charity. Dang, that sounds familiar too. No wonder they hated this guy. The Catholic priest had long …
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to subvert the government and repress the people. So he was getting rid of them too. And once he was in office, though not the uncompromising revolutionary firebrand that the U.S. had made him out to be, Aristide frequently angered his oppo…
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Meanwhile, Aristide is hanging out in Washington, D.C. And I do want to read this quote from the New York Times. Since shortly after the overthrow, when Secretary of State James Baker echoed President Bush's famous this aggression will not …
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with American muscle. Recently, an advisor of the coup government repeated Father Aristide's longtime complaint when he said that all it would take is one phone call from Washington to send the Army's leadership packing. Supporters and oppo…
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which reflects Washington's deep-seated ambivalence about the government, often depicted the United States as a citadel of evil and the root of many of the country's problems. Despite much blood on the Army's hands, the United States diplom…
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Haiti in September to clear a way for Aristide's arrival. The Americans were welcomed with elation by the Haitian people and the GIs soon disarmed, arrested, shot dead some of the worst dangers to life and limb and instigators of chaos in H…
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a consensus with Parliament, the U.S. will not try to prop up his regime. They call it a regime, not a presidency. Almost every aspect of Aristide's plan for resuming power, from taxing the rich to disarming the military, has been examined …