In Cap-Haitien, Haiti, a gigantic demonstration against
thug Jean-Bertrand Aristide, his totalitarian dictatorship, and abject poverty - September
14, 2003 |
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Thousands partake in a march through the streets of Cap-Haitien, Haiti,
demanding the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide organized by opposition
groups on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003. The march drew thousands of opposition supporters who
protested President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government and clashed with a
counter-demonstration in Haiti's second largest city. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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A man walks by the wall of a UN World Food Program office in Cap-Haitien,
Haiti, covered with fresh graffiti which says 'Down with the OAS [Organization of American
States]!' and 'Down with Lavalas [the party of President Jean-Bertrande Aristide]' on
Monday, September 15, 2003, the day opposition and civic groups had called a general
strike called for the North department to protest the government and the police to
allowing yesterday's protest march to be blocked by pro-government demonstrators. The
strike was not respected. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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A woman charcoal vendor selling her wares as usual on the streets of
Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Monday, September 15, 2003, despite a general strike called for
today for the North department by opposition and civic groups to protest the government
and the police who they say allowed yesterday's protest march to be blocked by
pro-government demonstrators. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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Members of Haiti's opposition -- from left to right, Marie-Denise Claude
of the Haitian Christian Democratic Party, attorney Rene Julien, former Port-au-Prince
mayor and Democratic Convergence leader Evans Paul, and Robert Lalane, leader of the North
Opposition Front coalition and owner of Cap-Haitien's Radio Maxima -- who organized an
anti-government protest march in Cap-Haitien yesterday meet to plan their next steps in
Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Monday, September 15, 2003. |
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Haitian anti-riot policemen and participants in an anti-government march
take cover as pro-government demonstrators throw rocks during a held to demand the
resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Sunday,
September 14, 2003. The march, organized by an opposition coalition, drew thousands of
supporters into the streets before a pro-government counter-march blocked them and
pro-government demonstrators threw rocks, provoking anti-riot police to fire pepper gas at
both groups. Over a dozen people were slightly injured, a hospital official said. (AP
Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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Haitian anti-riot policemen block pro-government demonstrators wearing
shirts decorated with photos of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide who were harrassing an
anti-government march which demanded the president's resignation in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on
Sunday, September 14, 2003. The march, organized by an opposition coalition, drew
thousands of supporters into the streets before a pro-government counter-march blocked
them and pro-government demonstrators threw rocks, provoking anti-riot police to fire
pepper gas at both groups. Over a dozen people were slightly injured, a hospital official
said. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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Haitian anti-riot policemen take a pro-government demonstrator -- his
shorts' pockets full of rocks -- away from the the cemetary wall after they caught him
throwing rocks at an anti-government march which demanded the resignation of President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Sunday, September 14, 2003. The march,
organized by an opposition coalition, drew thousands of supporters into the streets before
a pro-government counter-march blocked them and pro-government demonstrators threw rocks,
provoking anti-riot police to fire pepper gas at both groups. Over a dozen people were
slightly injured, a hospital official said. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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An anti-government demonstrator tramples posters bearing the image of
Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as he runs away from police pepper gas during an
anti-government demonstration in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Sunday, September 14, 2003. The
march, organized by an opposition coalition, drew thousands of supporters into the streets
before a pro-government counter-march blocked them and pro-government demonstrators threw
rocks, provoking anti-riot police to fire pepper gas at both groups. Over a dozen people
were slightly injured, a hospital official said. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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Anti-government demonstrators run away from police pepper gas during a demonstration
held in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003, to demand the resignation of
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The march, organized by an opposition coalition, drew
thousands of supporters into the streets before a pro-government counter-march blocked
them and pro-government demonstrators threw rocks, provoking anti-riot police to fire
pepper gas at both groups. Over a dozen people were slightly injured, a hospital official
said. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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