“Si Aristide te la….” “If Aristide were here….” So started the chants in countless demonstrations on the streets of Port-au-Prince over the last seven years, since then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was flown into exile in Africa on a US military plane.
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with reporter Amy Bracken in Haiti about the return of former leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide and about the second round of presidential elections that takes place there Sunday.
Haitians press charges against ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier
Four Haitians are pressing charges against former dictator Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier, who unexpectedly returned to Haiti on Sunday. The complainants charge Duvalier with crimes including torture, exile and arbitrary detention.
For the latest on Duvalier’s return is Jacqueline Charles, Caribbean correspondent for The Miami Herald. To give us a sense for Duvalier’s legacy in Haiti is Laurent Dubois, professor at Duke University.