Haiti protesters rally to mark ouster of ex-leader
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Supporters of two-time President Jean-Bertrand Aristide are rallying in the Haitian capital to mark the 10th anniversary of his second ouster.
The largely male crowd reached about 2,000 yesterday as it passed through the shanties in Port-au-Prince where the former leader still enjoys a following. The protesters denounced what they described as widespread corruption in the Government of President Michel Martelly.
Aristide was ousted on February 29, 2004, in a violent rebellion and spent time in exile in South Africa until 2011, when he returned to Haiti.
Since then, he has reopened a medical university while also keeping a low profile in his private compound in the capital. Aristide briefly ventured outside his home last year when he went to court to answer questions in a homicide case. Thousands of people followed him home in what was among the biggest demonstrations of his support in recent years.
