O golpe de estado de 2004 no Haiti contra o presidente Jean-Bertrand Aristide: uma análise dos meandros e das implicações de uma crise política

Abstract

February 29, 2004 marked a turning point in 21st century Haitian politics, after three years in office, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide suffered a coup. This situation is the result of a political crisis that began in the year 2000, when the Lavalas political party was accused of electoral fraud during parliamentary elections. Thus, the opposition parties grouped under the so-called Convergence Démocratique and formed an alliance with all the associations that present themselves as representatives of “civil society”: Groupe 184 led by the businessman André Apaid. From this moment, a conflict began between the Executive and the opposition parties. To resolve the conflict, the “International Community”, through the USA, France and Canada, decided to carry out a coup against Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The present work intends to analyze the intricacies and implications of the political crisis that resulted in this coup.