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January 15, 2010

Bush to Co-Chair Haiti Relief; Cut Aid, Backed Coup Against Aristide
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Obama meanwhile also announced he has asked former President George W.
Bush and former President Bill Clinton to co-chair the US relief effort
in Haiti. During his first term, Bush cut off desperately needed aid to
Haiti and supported the overthrow of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Bush’s father, former President George H.W. Bush, supported the first
coup against Aristide in 1991. Clinton, meanwhile, helped restore
Aristide, but only on condition that he accept harsh neoliberal
conditions. Aristide, meanwhile, spoke out yesterday from exile in South
Africa.



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