The History of Haiti 1990-Present

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In 1990, an event that was to be considered an historical and governmental milestone took place. Jean-Bertrand Aristide won in an election that was acknowledged to be “free and fair”. In this presidential election, Aristide won with 67 percent of the votes in his favor. His promise was to get rid of the ethnic, racial, and economic issues that were taking over the country, however nothing changed. Only a few months into his presidency, he was pushed out by a military coup because of his choices to restrict the military’s power. While all of this was happening, in 1991 and 1992, thousands and thousands of Haitian people were trying to escape to Florida by boats. U.S. Coast Guards were able to rescue over 40,000 of them at sea, but unfortunately many still lost their lives. (History)
Haitians that supported the president were being beaten, tortured, and killed. They were also being arrested for no reason. They started leaving for the United States on boats and this is how they became known as “boat people”. Thousands were sent back because President George H.W. Bush said that their rights were not being violated in Haiti and now Haitian people were not being recognized as asylum seekers. When Clinton took office in 1993, he made a promise that he would allow Haitian refugees. Haitians then began making new boats to prepare to go to the United States but then Clinton went back on his word. After all of this happened, the U.S. Supreme court made a deal that refugees that made it to the U.S. with their feet on the land could gain refugee status. (Neilan)
In 1992, George H. W. Bush gave an order to stop Haitian refugees from coming to the United States. Despite what happened with Aristide before, in 1994, the US restored him to presiden...

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