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Jean-Bertrand Aristide: “I am still the leader of Haiti and vow I'll return there one day.”

On the recordMay 30, 2004
I am still the leader of Haiti and vow I'll return there one day.
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide asserts his claim to leadership and expresses his intention to return to Haiti.

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