Cheney Says Aristide Had Worn Out Welcome

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Cheney Says Aristide Had Worn Out Welcome
Tue Mar 2, 2004 12:53 PM ET

By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney said on Tuesday Jean-Bertrand Aristide had "worn out his welcome" as Haiti's president but that the United States did not force him to leave as he claims.

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Cheney made clear the United States had lost patience with Aristide in the 10 years since helping him regain power. Some members of the Congressional Black Caucus have accused the Bush administration of allowing the toppling of a democratically elected government in Haiti.

"The fact of the matter was, that Mr. Aristide had worn out his welcome. He was democratically elected but he didn't govern in a democratic manner and had reached the point where clearly the opposition groups, rebels, were increasingly successful at undermining his authority," Cheney said.

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4480499

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Well, ... Dick sounds like a true supporter of democracy.

If the opposition groups were that successful and so numerous, ...how come they couldn't just vote him out in the next elections ... Aristide is the one who offered to have elections, and the opposition and rebels refused.