Operation Uphold Democracy: September 9, 1994-March 31, 1995
This intervention was designed to remove military rule installed by the 1991 coup overthrowing Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The operation was successful because the United States was able to point the massed forces in a direction of enter the country. The mission started as a combat operation to a peacekeeping and nation-building operation. Bill Clinton criticized the Bush administration of its policy on refugee return and promised to increase pressure on the military Junta by tightening economic sanctions. The Clinton administration built the deplumation foundation for the operation in the summer of 1994, working to secure a United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) authorizing the removal of the Haitian military regime.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide was the former President of Haiti for 1991, 1995-1996, and 2001 until he was overthrown by Lieutenant General Raoul Cedras' army. Aristide was the first democratically elected President unanimously chosen. Aristide was brought back to power by the United States after the Haitian Crisis.
Lieutenant General Raoul Cedras overthrew the government of Aristides on September 29, 1991. Educated in the United States, he was a member of the US-trained Leopard Corps. He was also chosen by France and the United States to be in charge of the security for the Haitian General Election. Ironically, Aristide had chosen Cedras to become the Commander and chief of the Army of Haiti. Raoul Cedras told the nation in a broadcast at 11 p.m. that the army had assumed control of the nation. "After seven months...of democratic experience, the country once again finds itself a prey to the horrors of uncertainty. With all Haitians...we will bring the ship to port."
This intervention was designed to remove military rule installed by the 1991 coup overthrowing Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The operation was successful because the United States was able to point the massed forces in a direction of enter the country. The mission started as a combat operation to a peacekeeping and nation-building operation. Bill Clinton criticized the Bush administration of its policy on refugee return and promised to increase pressure on the military Junta by tightening economic sanctions. The Clinton administration built the deplumation foundation for the operation in the summer of 1994, working to secure a United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) authorizing the removal of the Haitian military regime.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide was the former President of Haiti for 1991, 1995-1996, and 2001 until he was overthrown by Lieutenant General Raoul Cedras' army. Aristide was the first democratically elected President unanimously chosen. Aristide was brought back to power by the United States after the Haitian Crisis.
Lieutenant General Raoul Cedras overthrew the government of Aristides on September 29, 1991. Educated in the United States, he was a member of the US-trained Leopard Corps. He was also chosen by France and the United States to be in charge of the security for the Haitian General Election. Ironically, Aristide had chosen Cedras to become the Commander and chief of the Army of Haiti. Raoul Cedras told the nation in a broadcast at 11 p.m. that the army had assumed control of the nation. "After seven months...of democratic experience, the country once again finds itself a prey to the horrors of uncertainty. With all Haitians...we will bring the ship to port."