Conspiracy You Can Believe In

Episode 13: Two Coups in Haiti


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Jean-Bertrand Aristide was the most popular politician in Haiti. He helped lead a grassroots movement against far-right dictatorship and military rule in his country, and earned the support of millions of voters. So why was he forced out of office--twice?


SOURCES 

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by CLR James

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/775985.The_Black_Jacobins


Damming the Flood: Haiti and the Politics of Containment by Peter Hallward

https://www.versobooks.com/books/524-damming-the-flood


Inter-American Commission on Human Rights-OAS--The Attack on St. Jean Bosco Church

http://www.iachr.org/countryrep/Haiti88eng/chap.2e.htm


Our Man in FRAPH - Behind Haiti's Paramilitaries by Allan Nairn

https://archive.org/stream/pdfy-3UeW4hbOCNQYZpOT/Our%20man%20in%20FRAPH%20-%20Behind%20Haiti%27s%20paramilitaries%20%28The%20Nation%2C%2024%20Oct%201994%29_djvu.txt

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