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Aristide Says Would Return to Haiti
From Associated Press
February 21, 2006 1:19 PM EST
PRETORIA, South Africa - Ousted Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide said Tuesday that he was willing to return home after two years in exile.
In an interview with South African television, Aristide stopped short of setting a date. He said he would decide on his return following consultations with Haitian President-elect Rene Preval, the South African government, the United Nations and other involved countries. Aristide has been a "guest" of the South African government since he was ousted in February 2004.
The interview marked the first time he has spoken in public since Feb. 7 elections in Haiti.
Aristide and Preval hold similar views about ending the subjugation of Haiti's poor black majority by a lighter-skinned elite. Aristide nurtured Preval's career, but the two men have subsequently fallen out
From Associated Press
February 21, 2006 1:19 PM EST
PRETORIA, South Africa - Ousted Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide said Tuesday that he was willing to return home after two years in exile.
In an interview with South African television, Aristide stopped short of setting a date. He said he would decide on his return following consultations with Haitian President-elect Rene Preval, the South African government, the United Nations and other involved countries. Aristide has been a "guest" of the South African government since he was ousted in February 2004.
The interview marked the first time he has spoken in public since Feb. 7 elections in Haiti.
Aristide and Preval hold similar views about ending the subjugation of Haiti's poor black majority by a lighter-skinned elite. Aristide nurtured Preval's career, but the two men have subsequently fallen out