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Dignity Haitian President Jean-Bertrand is Aristides compelling story of his three years of exile, from the coup that deposed him (September 30 to the LIN. Se- , curity Council vote in favor of military intervention (July 31 1994 He offers an , ). intensely personal journal of events, one that records his doubts as well as his de- termination in the face of criticism and uncertainty. Introductory materials famil- iarize the reader with events from the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier (January 1986 ) through the first months of Aristides presidency. The afterword provides infor- Library mation on the period since Aristides re- turn (October 15 1994 , ). In a moving narrative, Aristide de- Public scribes the tension of the September 1991 military coup, when he ran the risk of ex- ecution at any moment. He supplies the gruesome details of murders and summa- Boston ry executions perpetrated by, or with the direct approval of, the military junta. Throughout, he interjects his philosophi- cal reflections on inhumanity, on Haiti’s social history, and on his vision of his own leadership. Aristide has clearly iden- tified with the principles and tactics of Jesus for a long time,” writes translator Carrol E Coates in his afterword. “The Haitian people have envisioned him in the role of savior or messiah, and have even portrayed him thus in many wall paintings.” Aristide conveys his alternation be- tween elation at the continued support and celebratory receptions offered him by (contiinu-d on bcick flap) t 1 > * II* .I \ i Digitized by the Internet Archive 2017 with funding from in China-America Digital Academic Library (CADAL) https://archive.org/details/dignityOOaris DIGNITY i I I JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE PRESIDENT OE THE REPUBLIC OP HAITI DIGNITY Introduction by Christophe Wargny Tiwislated and with an Afterword by Carrol Coates F. University Press of Virginia Charlottesville and London THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OE VIRGINIA Originally published as Dignite © Editions du Seuil, October 1994 © This translation and edition copyright 1996 by the Rector and Visitors of the University ofVirginia First published 1996 ©The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the — American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Aristide, Jean-Bertrand. [Dignite. English] Dignity /Jean-Bertrand Aristide introduction by Christophe ; Wargny translated and with an afterword by Carrol E Coates, ; cm. p. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8139-1674-7 (cloth alk. paper) — : — — — I. Haiti Politics and government 1986- 2. Haiti History Coup — — d’etat, 1991. 3. Haiti Relations United States. 4. United — — — States Relations Haiti. 5. United Nations Haiti. 6. Aristide, Jean-Bertrand. I. Wargny, Christophe. II. Title. F1928.2.A7413 1996 — 972.9407'3 dc20 95-42660 CIP Printed in the United States ofAmerica Contents Chronology vii INTRODUCTION by Christophe Wargny To the Limit 3 Complicities 13 Already a Myth? 29 VICISSITUDES byJean--Benrmid Aristide Violence 41 Communion 53 Inhumanity 67 Cynicism 83 Resistance 89 Negotiation 99 Sharing 109 Hope 123 Oblivion 133 Listening 143 Justice Appendixes 159 Notes 189 AFTERWORD by Cmrol F. Contes Afterword 197 Notes 206 Selected Bibliography 207 \ ] \ \
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