Haiti: US urges Jean-Bertrand Aristide to delay return

[dipsydoodle]

The US has urged Haiti's former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide to delay his return from exile until after presidential elections on 20 March.

A State Department spokesman said it was up to Haiti to decide whether the former leader should be allowed home.

But he said a return before the election could be "destabilising".

A spokesman for Mr Aristide said last Friday that he would return from South Africa "in a few days" but insisted the move was not related to the vote.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12740295

A State Department nose picker poking his/her nose in yet again where its not welcome.

[Judi Lynn]

1. The U.S. only has Haiti's interests at heart, right?

From the article:

US state department spokesman Mark Toner said that for Mr Aristide to return this week "could only be seen as a conscious choice to impact Haiti's elections".

"We would urge former President Aristide to delay his return until after the electoral process has concluded, to permit the Haitian people to cast their ballots in a peaceful atmosphere," he added.

In response, Mr Aristide's lawyer in Miami said the former president was concerned that he might lose his chance to return to Haiti once a new president was in place.

The lawyer, Ira Kurzban, also questioned the US statement.

"They should leave the decision to the democratically elected government instead of seeking to dictate the terms under which a Haitian citizen may return to his country," he said.

It's good he has Ira Kurzban. He's one fine, ethical human being. The best. So is his wife.

Hope, if Aristide is able to return to his HOME, he will have some way of getting adequate security this time. Enough protection to keep history from repeating itself.

[joshcryer]

8. So wait Aristide's lawyer says that the government was democratically elected?

[Bacchus39]

28. yep, thats the way I read it n/t

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[bemildred]

2. Aw dang, are we going to have to kidnap him again? nt

[dipsydoodle]

3. Maybe they'll just punish him

by making him wear a pant suit from the Truly Gross Clothing Company and a blond wig from the Dragged Through a Hedge Backwards Hair Co. to make him look like her - the well known pronoun.

[EFerrari]

4. I wonder what this really means.

Is this a threat?

[Judi Lynn]

5. Sounds like it, doesn't it? This guy should be free to go home if he wishes,

unless they plan to re-arm the death squads like Bush I, and Bush II, and send them back all over again to seize control for the oligarchs.

[EFerrari]

6. How can the Clintons facilitate work camps/sweat shops

as "recovery" if Aristide is back, with his crazy ideas about minimum wages and workers' dignity?

[Bacchus39]

11. where are the jobs going to come from??

some here prefer that Haitians continue to live in tents than live in a house and get a job.

anyway, the US and Brazil should just tell the new president that results need to be seen by the end of your term or you are on your own.

[EFerrari]

34. That's what slaveholders said about ending slavery, where will they go? nt

[Bacchus39]

37. thats nice. but I asked where are the jobs going to come from??? its right there in my message

I would rather have a job and a house than live in a filthy tent camp without adequate sanitation and protection.

what about you?

[EFerrari]

40. How did Haiti ever survive before the US started cannibalizing them?

"The soft bigotry of low expectations"

The filthy tent camps are a result of US/Canadian/French interference, not the other way around, genius.

[Bacchus39]

41. the filthy tent camps are a result of the earthquake

however, if it weren't for the US and other governments, Haitians wouldn't even have those. It would be like Mad Max but not as pleasant.

[EFerrari]

42. Bullshit. The lack of a real government to tend to the people

is a product of US interference. And the collapse of agriculture, with the attendant "privatization" of everything in sight, in Haiti is Bill Clinton's present to the people.

Your tax dollars at work. Enjoy.

[Bacchus39]

43. the filthy tents cities that you are fine with is the result of the earthquake

since they were not there before the earthquake, boba.

yes, we need to reduce the amount of tax dollars sent to Haiti. I agree with that.

[EFerrari]

44. The filthy tent cities are a result of the Bush Clinton funds

not going to Haitians but to their corporate pals. :think:

Tax dollars sent to Haiti, my baldheaded granny.

[Judi Lynn]

14. He even speaks the language of the Haitian people, while Hillary C. used a French translator

to translate her speech to Haitian workers at a factory.

I think that could have been during the Presidential campaign.

Imagine their surprise.

You have a point. The Clintons have different goals, benefiting a much smaller, and wealthier sector of Haiti.

They still haven't recovered from the actions of Bill Clinton, yet, from before _Bush got to do his worst.

[joshcryer]

9. Oh, I dunno, the comment up thread about Aristide needing "security forces" doesn't ring to you?

I mean, surely Aristide's return won't be met with any sort of violence at all! And, oh, if it is, it'd only be US fomenting it!

[joshcryer]

7. The US should just reappoint him, we did it before.

[EFerrari]

10. Well, Amy is in South Africa and seems like she plans to fly back

with the Aristides. For the first time, I begin to believe it will happen. :)

[joshcryer]

12. I don't think Aristide is going to run for office or attempt to annul the elections.

I think he is being truthful when he says he only intends to be there for educational purposes.

[naaman fletcher]

13. good news

good luck to both of them.

[Judi Lynn]

15. Amy Goodman is amazing. The best. Hope their trip will be a safe one. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

16. Had to go look for an article. Here's the link. I'm coming back tonight to listen:

Amy Goodman Reports from South Africa on Aristide’s Planned Return Trip to Haiti After Seven Years in Exile

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/16/amy_goodman_reports_from_south_africa

Thanks for the heads up, EFerrari.

[rabs]

17. Narrow window of opportunity

Watched the video. Amy says Aristide only has Thursday, Friday and Saturday to return (the election is on Sunday).

Amy also says Hil and company are leaning heavily on the South African government to prevent Aristide from leaving.

So it is now or maybe never for Aristide, because it is likely a Manigat or Martelly government would not allow his back, according to Amy.

[Judi Lynn]

18. That is a tiny target, isn't it? Hope if they are able to travel, good people will be supervising

that trip. So much will depend upon a safe journey.

What a travesty this one is, too. The election which ended with people discovering smoldering completed voting ballots in the dump was so treacherous it defied belief, almost, except for all those many witnesses, and all the video, and photos.

[joshcryer]

19. The democratically elected government's elections are illegitimate?

Color me surprised!

[EFerrari]

22. It really irks me when State and its media whores say

Aristide will impact the election.

As if Bill Clinton hasn't inserted himself in every single one of our elections since he left office. Hell, he even came out to campaign for Newsom's run for MAYOR because he was losing to the Green candidate.

As if Aristide has the power to undo the fake first round.

As if Aristide isn't a citizen of Haiti.

It's so typical of how Haiti is treated.

[joshcryer]

20. They should allow Aristide to return to face charges of theft.

[Bacchus39]

27. yep, he should return and be accountable for his administration as well as

participate in any activity he so desires including running for president next election cycle if he so chooses, and return Haiti to its glory days under his administration.

the US should begin to leave Haiti to its own destiny during the term of the next president elected on Sunday.

[Judi Lynn]

21. Haiti wants Aristide: let him go

Haiti wants Aristide: let him go
Even now, to prop up a fatally flawed election, Washington is trying to sabotage the return of Haiti's ousted former president
Kim Ives guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 15 March 2011 20.30 GMT

The arrogance of Washington's renewed efforts to thwart former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's return to Haiti from a seven-year exile in South Africa is mind-boggling.

During the 29 February 2004 coup d'état, in the middle of the night, a US Navy Seal team, under the direction of American deputy ambassador Luis Moreno, kidnapped President Aristide and his wife Mildred from their home in Tabarre and flew them, under guard in an unmarked US jet, into a first stint of exile in the Central African Republic. Since then, tens of thousands from all over Haiti have taken to the streets several times each year to demand his return.

During the US-appointed post-coup de facto government of Prime Minister Gérard Latortue (2004-2006), Haitian police and United Nations occupation troops regularly gunned down the demonstrators and carried out murderous assaults on Aristide strongholds in popular neighborhoods like Cité Soleil and Belair, killing dozens of residents, including women and children. When in late March 2004, US Congresswoman Maxine Waters and a team of other VIPs rescued the Aristides from virtual house arrest in CAR and flew them in a private jet to Jamaica, the Bush administration was livid. National security adviser Condoleezza Rice spent an hour on the phone threatening then Prime Minister PJ Patterson to get Aristide out of there.

"We think it's a bad idea," she later told the press, while Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that "the hope is that he will not come back into the hemisphere and complicate situation." Three months later, Aristide was flown to South Africa.

More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/15/haiti-jean-bertrand-aristide

[EFerrari]

24. I asked Kim Ives if he agreed that Brazil would fall in with

US thuggery in Haiti in return for a seat on the Security Council -- you may remember that argument was made about a week ago in this aritcle http://bit.ly/hchJ5O.

He said that he did agree and that Wikileaks was the evidence. Which is disappointing news.

[Judi Lynn]

30. I thought of you when I saw Kim Ives' name, immediately.

That Security Council seat meant so much to the emerging Brazilian step into power, and they were really manipulated over that next achievement they wanted so much. What a shame.

Concerning Haiti, they were really, truly played by the U.S. Haiti was used as a carrot dangling in front of them. What happened in Haiti due to the UN "peacekeepers" has been unforgiveable.

No doubt people who are totally immersed in Haiti's progress, like magbana, feel so sick, and disappointed at how very, very little most U.S. Americans really know about what has been happening there. There's no way whatsoever they could begin to throw nearly enough light into our information darkness to illuminate things correctly. It's something we have to undertake ourselves, to learn all we can deliberately, while our corporate media throw mountains of complete trash at us continually.

How could our government run right over helpless people if righteous indignation ever got the upper hand here among the citizens who vote, and financially underwrite our politicians?

[bemildred]

23. Haiti must decide Haiti's future

Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is scheduled to return to his homeland this week after seven years in exile in South Africa. He was overthrown – for the second time – in a 2004 coup organised by the United States and its allies. Washington has gone to great lengths to prevent his return over the last seven years, and this week the state department once again warned that Aristide should not return until "after the <20 March> electoral process is concluded."

The state department is pretending that Aristide can simply come home after the election, and that he must have some sinister political motive for returning before the vote. This is completely dishonest. It is obvious that the next elected president will likely defer to the US and keep Aristide out. Futhermore, there is electoral pressure right now to allow Aristide back in the country. The Miami Herald reports that both of the contenders in the Sunday election have now said they welcome Aristide's return, after previously opposing it. This about-face is obviously an attempt to court Fanmi Lavalas (Aristide's party) voters. But we Americans know what happens to candidates' political stances after the election is over.

Clearly, Aristide is taking advantage of his first, and possibly only, opportunity to return home. Meanwhile, the Miami Herald reports that phone calls from President Obama and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon failed to convince South African president Jacob Zuma to keep Aristide from leaving South Africa.

How disgraceful that President Obama, a former law professor himself, would conspire to violate international law by attempting to deprive President Aristide of his human rights. And that the secretary general of the United Nations would bend to Obama's will and collaborate with him. As noted in a letter to the state department by prominent lawyers and law professors, this is a violation of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), a treaty which the United States has ratified. It states that "o one shall be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter his own country."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/17/haiti-usforeignpolicy

[EFerrari]

25. Lawyer: Aristide could be back in Haiti before Sunday elections

Lawyer: Aristide could be back in Haiti before Sunday elections

(CNN) -- After seven years in exile, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is expected to board a plane in South Africa within the next 48 hours to return home ahead of Sunday's highly anticipated election, his U.S. lawyer said Thursday.

Attorney Ira Kurzban was among an entourage of Americans who flew to Johannesburg to accompany Aristide back to his homeland. Among them is actor Danny Glover, an Aristide supporter and critic of U.S. objections to his return.

Kurzban said Aristide was ready to return to Haiti. The only holdup now was logistical issues.

A group of prominent lawyers sent a letter, meanwhile, to Cheryl Mills, chief of staff at the State Department, lashing out at what they said was U.S. interference with Aristide's "constitutional and human right to return."

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/03/17/haiti.aristide.return/

[Judi Lynn]

32. Love that beautiful photo with the article.

I started seeing those Titid signs so long ago, they've had him in their hearts a long, long time.

From your CNN article:

~snip~
The United States trying to control when any Haitian citizen -- especially a former president -- can enter Haiti is outrageous," said Bill Quigley, a New Orleans law professor and legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights.

"It violates a stack of binding international human rights treaties," he said. "I felt compelled to speak out to defend both President Aristide's human rights and the American tradition of rule of law that I teach in my classroom."

http://www.statesman.com.nyud.net:8090/multimedia/dynamic/00779/Haiti-Aristide_779057c.jpg

[EFerrari]

26. Lawyer confirms Aristide will return tomorrow morning:

Aristide's lawyer, Ira Kurzban, just confirmed to me the ex-President will arrive in Port-au-Prince #Haiti tomorrow morning.
13 minutes ago via Echofon

http://twitter.com/?status=http%3A%2F%2Fgu.com%2Fp%2F2nzc9%2Ftw#!/mediahacker/status/48412811839291392

[Judi Lynn]

33. Wow. Hope he makes it safely. Thank you. n/t

[EFerrari]

29. Aristide’s Return to Haiti: Prominent Lawyers and Law Professors Urge U.S. to Respect Human Rights

Aristide’s Return to Haiti: Prominent Lawyers and Law Professors Urge U.S. to Respect Human Rights (IJDH)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 17, 2011

Con­tacts:
David Lerner, Rip­tide Com­mu­ni­ca­tions, [e-mail], 212 260‑5000
Brian Con­can­non Jr., Insti­tute for Jus­tice & Democ­racy in Haiti, [e-mail], 541–263-0029
Aristide’s Return to Haiti: Promi­nent Lawyers and Law Pro­fes­sors Urge U.S. to Respect Human Rights

Promi­nent lawyers and law pro­fes­sors today wrote to Cheryl Mills, U.S. Depart­ment of State Chief of Staff, crit­i­ciz­ing United States Gov­ern­ment inter­fer­ence with for­mer Hait­ian Pres­i­dent Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s con­sti­tu­tional and human right to return from forced exile to Haiti.

Pres­i­dent Aris­tide is expected to leave South Africa for Haiti on Thurs­day, March 17. On Mon­day, Depart­ment of State spokesper­son Mark Toner urged the South African gov­ern­ment to pre­vent the plane’s depar­ture before Haiti’s upcom­ing elections.

The let­ter to Chief of Staff Mills explains that U.S. Government’s inter­fer­ence in Pres­i­dent Aristide’s return vio­lates his rights guar­an­teed by Haiti’s Con­sti­tu­tion and inter­na­tional law.

Bill Quigley, Legal Direc­tor of the Cen­ter for Con­sti­tu­tional Rights and Pro­fes­sor at Loy­ola New Orleans Law School stated that “the United States try­ing to con­trol when any Hait­ian cit­i­zen— espe­cially a for­mer President—can enter Haiti is out­ra­geous. It vio­lates a stack of bind­ing inter­na­tional human rights treaties. I felt com­pelled to speak out to defend both Pres­i­dent Aristide’s human rights and the Amer­i­can tra­di­tion of rule of law that I teach in my classroom.”

The let­ter notes that Mr. Toner’s expressed jus­ti­fi­ca­tion for restrict­ing Pres­i­dent Aristide’s right to return home—a fear that he might “impact” elec­tions sched­uled for Sun­day, March 20, is an addi­tional vio­la­tion of Pres­i­dent Aristide’s rights to free expres­sion and free­dom to take part in the con­duct of pub­lic affairs. The let­ter finds such state­ments “espe­cially dis­turb­ing” com­ing from a State Depart­ment that has noted human rights experts on its staff.

Brian Con­can­non Jr., Direc­tor of the Insti­tute for Jus­tice & Democ­racy in Haiti, added that “while Sec­re­tary Clin­ton has been pro­mot­ing democ­racy and the rule of law in the Mid­dle East, the State Depart­ment has been under­min­ing it in Haiti. It is time for the U.S. Gov­ern­ment to prac­tice in Haiti what it preaches elsewhere.”

Over 100 lawyers, pro­fes­sors, stu­dents and other indi­vid­u­als have signed the let­ter, includ­ing law pro­fes­sors from Har­vard Uni­ver­sity, New York Uni­ver­sity, Uni­ver­sity of San Fran­cisco and Loy­ola Uni­ver­sity Law Schools, and lawyers from promi­nent human rights and civil rights orga­ni­za­tions through­out the United States, Canada and Europe.

###

March 16, 2011

Cheryl Mills, Esq.
Coun­selor and Chief of Staff
U.S. Depart­ment of State
2201 C Street NW
Wash­ing­ton, DC 20520

Re: United States Gov­ern­ment Oppo­si­tion to the Right of Haiti’s Jean-Bertrand Aris­tide to Return

Dear Chief of Staff Mills:

The under­signed lawyers and law pro­fes­sors are writ­ing to express our deep con­cern that the United States Depart­ment of State (DOS) is actively inter­fer­ing with the human and con­sti­tu­tional right of for­mer Hait­ian Pres­i­dent Jean-Bertrand Aris­tide to return to his country.

As you know, Pres­i­dent Aris­tide was removed from Haiti on Feb­ru­ary 29, 2004, on board a U.S. Gov­ern­ment plane.1 He has not returned to the coun­try since then.

Accord­ing to numer­ous press reports, on Mon­day March 14, DOS spokesper­son Mark Toner stated that “e encour­age the South African Gov­ern­ment as a com­mit­ted part­ner to Haiti’s sta­bil­ity to urge for­mer Pres­i­dent Aris­tide to delay his return until after the elec­tions,” and that “e would urge for­mer Pres­i­dent Aris­tide to delay his return until after the elec­toral process has con­cluded.…” These state­ments, read in light of pre­vi­ous United States Gov­ern­ment efforts to dimin­ish Pres­i­dent Aristide’s pres­ence and influ­ence in Haiti,2 demon­strate a delib­er­ate effort to restrict Pres­i­dent Aristide’s abil­ity to travel to Haiti.

Haiti’s Constitution3 guar­an­tees the right of any Hait­ian national to return to the coun­try. The Inter­na­tional Covenant on Civil and Polit­i­cal Rights (ICCPR), which is bind­ing on both the United States and Haiti, declares that “o one shall be arbi­trar­ily deprived of the right to enter his own country.”4
The DOS jus­ti­fi­ca­tion for restrict­ing Pres­i­dent Aristide’s con­sti­tu­tional and human rights– that his “return this week could only be seen as a con­scious choice to impact Haiti’s elec­tions” is itself a vio­la­tion of his polit­i­cal rights, includ­ing his right to free expression,5 free­dom of association,6 and free­dom to take part in the con­duct of pub­lic affairs.7

It is espe­cially dis­turb­ing to see such dis­re­spect for internationally-accepted human rights from a Depart­ment that has made human rights an impor­tant part of its for­eign pol­icy, and that includes such noted human rights experts as Legal Advi­sor Koh and Assis­tant Sec­re­tary Posner.

We would urge you to recon­sider the DOS pol­icy of dis­cour­ag­ing Pres­i­dent Aristide’s exer­cise of his right to return to Haiti in light of the applic­a­ble legal stan­dards, and to announce unequiv­o­cally that the United States gov­ern­ment sup­ports Pres­i­dent Aristide’s right to return, and dis­cour­ages other coun­tries from inter­fer­ing with that right.

Very truly yours,

Law Pro­fes­sors, Lawyers & Law Students*



http://ijdh.org/archives/17766

[Judi Lynn]

38. Let's hear it for Mark Toner, warning Haitian President Aristide to stay away from Haiti.

You wouldn't do this without the full force of the U.S. Defense Department protecting you, Mark Toner, you etherial man of conscience.

http://thumbnails.truveo.com.nyud.net:8090/0022/14/39/1439CA556EED81B70D0FBA_Large.jpg

Toner.

[Judi Lynn]

31. "Danny Glover Flies To South Africa To Escort Former Haiti President Home"

Danny Glover Flies To South Africa To Escort Former Haiti President Home

Hollywood star Danny Glover has jetted to South Africa to accompany exiled former Haitian president Jean-bertrand Aristide home.

The Lethal Weapon star is an active member of the TransAfrica Forum and has joined calls for Aristide to be swiftly brought back to his earthquake-ravaged homeland. And this week, he flew to Johannesburg to hasten Aristide's departure after "all the last remaining obstacles to (Aristides') return have been removed".

In a statement on the TransAfrica website, Glover writes, "I am going to South Africa to show our solidarity with the people of Haiti by standing at the side of the leader they elected twice with overwhelming support.

"People of good conscience cannot be idle while... a democratic leader who peacefully handed over power to another elected president is restricted from returning to his country by external forces."

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/danny-glover-flies-to-south-africa-to-escort-former-haiti-president-home_1207839
More:

[EFerrari]

36. We've all learned that the Aristides need witnesses.

I'm so happy Mr. Glover and Amy are there.

[Judi Lynn]

39. Truly. He has very prominent, and respected escorts with him. They are all courageous. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

35. Wall Street Urinal: "Aristide to Return to Haiti, Defying U.S."

Defying U.S.? Really? Thanks, Associated Press.




MARCH 17, 2011, 12:38 P.M. ET.
Aristide to Return to Haiti, Defying U.S.
Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG—Haiti's Jean-Bertrand Aristide is leaving exile in South Africa in just a few hours, despite U.S. President Barack Obama's bid to keep the hugely popular but controversial figure away from his homeland until it holds presidential elections this weekend, officials said Thursday.

"We can't hold him hostage if he wants to go," South African Cabinet Minister Collins Chabane said Thursday, noting Haiti's government had delivered Mr. Aristide's diplomatic passport last month.

South African officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to make the official announcement, said Mr. Aristide would leave immediately after addressing reporters Thursday evening at a small airport on the northern outskirts of Johannesburg.

The former slum priest was twice president of Haiti and remains wildly popular among the Caribbean nation's majority poor. He never completed either term, having been ousted the first time in a coup and restored to power in a U.S. military intervention in 1994. After completing his term he was re-elected years later, only to flee a rebellion in 2004 aboard a U.S. plane. Mr. Aristide claimed he was kidnapped.

More:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703818204576206541661593596.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

[Judi Lynn]

45. Joyful Aristide followers ready for emotional greeting of Haiti’s long-exiled former president

Joyful Aristide followers ready for emotional greeting of Haiti’s long-exiled former president
By Associated Press, Friday, March 18, 2:19 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Joy filled Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s most ardent followers early Friday as they waited the last few hours until the former president considered by many a champion of the poor returned from seven years of exile.

Thousands were expected to throng the airport to greet the chartered jet carrying Aristide from South Africa, where the government assisted his departure despite a request from U.S. President Barack Obama that the homecoming be postponed until after Haiti’s presidential runoff election Sunday.

“We are going to party,” said 36-year-old mechanic Assey Woy, discussing the news of the ousted leader’s return with friends on a street corner downtown. “It will be like New Year’s Day.”

Energy spread through Aristide’s followers Thursday as word spread across Haiti that he was heading back home. Some joined in a raucous, horn-blaring victory procession. Others decorated the courtyard of his foundation headquarters with Haitian flags and photos of the former president. One woman waited with a bouquet of flowers.

More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/joyful_aristide_followers_ready_for_emotional_greeting_of_haitis_long_exiled_former_president/2011/03/18/ABolOKo_story.html?wprss=rss_americas

[EFerrari]

46. CEPR live blog:

http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/relief-and-reconstruction-watch/live-blog-aristide-returns-to-haiti

[Judi Lynn]

47. You may want to think about this wierd information: It's super creepy.

Haitian Candidate's 'Roguish' Threat to Kill Aristide
03/18/2011 by Peter Hart

Here is Michel Martelly, one of the two conservative candidates vying to be next president of Haiti, courtesy of Kim Ives in an Institute for Public Accuracy release:

In the years following Aristide's restoration to power in 1994, Martelly became obsessed with hatred for the man. In a video from not too long ago, which can be seen on YouTube, the candidate threatens a patron in a bar where he has performed. "All those shits were Aristide's faggots," he says. "I would kill Aristide to stick a dick up your ass."...