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Haiti: the Return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide & his family – eyewitness accounts
Date:
Thursday, 14 April 2011 - 7:30pm
Location:
Venezuelan Embassy, Bolivar Hall, 54 Grafton Way, London W1T 5DL
with SELMA JAMES & NINA LOPEZ
who were at the Aristides’ home to welcome them back.
With Aristide's return comes hope - Selma James in the Guardian
We don't know how Haiti will react to an election that excluded his party, but the former president will take his cue from the people
Selma James The Guardian, Monday 21 March 2011
Women of Haiti welcome Aristide
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The Guardian, Saturday 19 March 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/19/women-haiti-welcome-aristide
Among the supporters welcoming President Aristide (Jean-Bertrand Aristide defies US by heading back to Haiti, 18 March) are thousands of women who claim his return to Haiti as a culmination of their determined seven-year struggle.
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