Down with Aristide! Down with crushing poverty! Down with
totalitarian dictatorship! September 19, 2003 |
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| A man walks by a defaced mural with a portrait of President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2003. Most murals painted for the
president's return from exile in 1994 following the US troop-led invasion nine years ago
on Sept. 19, 1994 have been erased or covered with grafitti. Some $427 million in
international aid poured into Haiti in 1995. It has steadily dwindled since then with the
United States allocating some $70 million in humanitarian aid this year, and international
lenders suspending aid or grants to demand democratic reforms and stability. (AP
Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Unidentified unemployed men sit in front of the headquarters of the New
York-New York street band in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2003, the ninth
anniversary of the US troop-led invasion nine years ago which permitted President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide to return from exile. Despite high hopes and the promises of both
the US and Aristide government's, Haiti is today poorer than ever, with unemployment
topping 60 percent. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide speaks to members of the media
at Haiti's National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2003. Friday was
the ninth anniversary of the US-led invasion of 22,000 US troops who enabled Aristide to
return to power after a three-year coup d'etat. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide shakes hands with a journalist
as an unidentified security guard stands following a press conference at Haiti's National
Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2003. Friday was the ninth
anniversary of the US-led invasion of 22,000 US troops who enabled the president to return
to power after a three-year coup d'etat. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Haitian motorcyclists cross the Grise River, north of Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, on a temporary bridge built by U.S troops and which was never replaced by a
permanent during the US occupation of the country in the mid-nineties on Friday, Sept. 19,
2003, the ninth anniversary of the arrival of the 22,000 US soldiers sent to prepare the
way for the return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Tin and scrapwood shacks lining 'Route Neuf' or 'New Road' north of
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which was half-built by US troops during the US occupation of the
country in the mid-nineties on Friday, September 19, 2003, the ninth anniversary of the
arrival of the 22,000 US soldiers sent to prepare the way for the return of President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, ousted by a coup d'etat in 1991. Route Neuf's three miles of
pavement is one of the only two ever built and was to be completed by the Haitian
government with World Bank money. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| A young boy and a pick-up truck negotiate giant rain-, mud- and
garbage-filled potholes on a downtown street in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, on
Friday, Sept. 19, 2003, during the ninth anniversary of the arrival of the 22,000 US
soldiers sent to prepare the way for the return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
ousted by a coup d'etat in 1991. Only a few kilometers of over 1,000 kilometers of new
roads promised in the mid 90s have been built. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Residents and trucks negotiate giant rain- and mud-filled potholes on a
downtown street in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2003 on the ninth
anniversary of the arrival of the 22,000 US soldiers sent to prepare the way for the
return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, ousted by a coup d'etat in 1991. Only a few
kilometers of the 1,000 kilometers of new roads promised to be built in the mid 90s were
ever built. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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