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Haiti's new president, Rene Preval, took a sharp slap at the former interim government and the US policy that installed it with the announcement that former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1991, 1994-1996, 2001-2004) could come home. Aristide has been in exile since February 2004, after he was taken from the country by US operatives. Aristide has said repeatedly that his presidency was undermined by the US and that he was exiled against his will (see NotiCen, 2004-03-04, 2004-03-18, and 2004-04-01).
Preval has been relatively silent since the international community stepped in to give him the victory that Haitian electoral officials appeared intent on denying him after the Feb. 7 elections (see NotiCen, 2006-02-16). But on Feb. 22 he announced, "My position is simple on President Aristide and any other citizen who wants to come to Haiti. Article 41 of the Haitian Constitution says that no Haitian needs a visa to enter or leave the country."
In Pretoria, South Africa, where Aristide has...
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