'One Step at a Time': An Interview with Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The introduction says Aristide won the 1990 presidential election with 67% of the vote and was overthrown by a military coup in September 1991.
- It says that, according to the best available estimates, some 5 000 of his supporters died at the hands of the regime that replaced the constitutional government in March 2004.
- It reports that René Préval was re-elected in February 2006 and that calls for Aristide's return remained polarizing.
- The interview, conducted on July 20, 2006, has Aristide discussing the 1991 coup, relations with the United States, Fanmi Lavalas, accusations made about his second administration and the events of February 2004.
Peter Hallward, professor of philosophy at Middlesex University, conducted the interview in Pretoria on July 20, 2006 and published it with an introduction on Aristide's career. The introduction states that Aristide won the 1990 presidential election with 67% of the vote, was overthrown in September 1991, won again in 2000 and was removed on the night of February 28, 2004, and that some 5 000 of his supporters died under the government that replaced the constitutional one.
The questions, 37 in all, cover how he came to power in 1990, the 1991 coup and reliance on the United States, the army, Fanmi Lavalas, accusations of violence and corruption during the second administration, the people around him, the events of February 2004 and the future. The answers are Aristide's account and the introduction is the editor's, so both express positions held by their authors.
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International Journal of African Renaissance Studies, 2007, 'One Step at a Time': An Interview with Jean-Bertrand Aristide, https://doi.org/10.1080/18186870701384301
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