Supporters in Haiti make ready for Aristide
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PORT-AU-PRINCE — Supporters beat drums in the slums while workers spruced up his private villa as Haitians prepared Tuesday for the possible return of Jean-Bertrand Aristide with feverish anticipation.
“Some people are cleaning the streets, others are getting the residence ready, and we are making preparations for a beautiful party,” Rene Civil, a die-hard follower of Haiti’s first democratically elected leader, told AFP.
“There is a real feeling of expectation among the people,” Civil said, desperate to see his beloved “Titid” — or little Aristide due to his slight frame — walk once again on Haitian soil.
Haiti has cleared the way for Aristide’s return from exile in South Africa by issuing him with a new passport despite warnings from the United States that the move would only add to the quake-hit nation’s political turmoil..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110217com7.html
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