The 2004 Haitian coup d'état was a coup d'état that occurred after conflicts lasting for several weeks in Haiti during February 2004. It resulted in the removal from office of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide preventing him from finishing his second term, and he left Haiti on a United States (U.S.) plane accompanied by U.S. military/security personnel.
Aristide claims that his departure was a kidnapping, accusing the U.S. of orchestrating a coup d'état against him. Aristide was forced into exile, being flown directly out of Haiti to the Central African Republic, eventually settling in South Africa.
An interim government led by Prime Minister Gérard Latortue (brought back from the U.S.) and President Boniface Alexandre was installed in Haiti.
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—Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian president. New York Times, p. 10A (September 6, 1994)