Post #1076931

2026-04-11 17:24 UTC

In February 2004, American aircraft landed in Port-au-Prince and, by morning, Haiti’s elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was gone. Haiti isn’t t an exception. It’s part of a longer history of the U.S. removing democratically elected governments when they conflict with U.S. strategic or economic interests. #history 1/11 Image: Jean-Bertrand Aristide celebrates inauguration as Haiti’s first democratically elected president in decades, Port-au-Prince, 1991. Photo: Associated Press.

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@Deglassco@mastodon.social 2026-04-11 17:26

In Haiti, that pattern stretched back decades. U.S. Marines first entered in 1915 and remained for 19 years, rewriting the constitution, taking control of customs and the treasury, and building the military institution that would dominate Haitian politics long after the occupation formally ended. 2/11 Image: U.S. Marines search for Haitian rebels in 1919. U.S. National Archives.

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@Biggreenjoe@mastodon.social 2026-04-11 17:44

@Deglassco And as if that wasn't bad enough, they flew him to the Central African Republic in hopes he would never return to Haiti.

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@FaithfullJohn@mastodon.scot 2026-04-11 18:01

@Deglassco I remember this 😭 🤬

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@gimulnautti@mastodon.green 2026-04-11 18:12

@Deglassco USA is a terrorist state

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@AskPippa@c.im 2026-04-11 18:49

@Deglassco It all sounds messy and complicated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Bertrand_Aristide#1991_coup_and_exile

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@lefthandmonki@mastodon.social 2026-04-11 19:00

Replace “democracy” with “capitalism“ and American foreign policies will make a lot more sense. @Deglassco

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@Crystal_Fish_Caves@mstdn.party 2026-04-11 22:03

@Deglassco yeah we have really abused our 'worlds police' role havent we. Falls right in line with the abuse of power you can see front and center and with lots of $#$%^$ words you see on display today. The more people desire power, the more likely they are to abuse it. We need a metric so only people that only sort of care about power not the alpha male greedy gimmegimme fuck you people bastards we have now. its public SERVICE not the public services you, douchebags.

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@DeanFarrell@mstdn.plus 2026-04-11 22:04

@Deglassco Iran, 1953.

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