![Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004. Aristide appealed for the world to come to Haiti's aid, warning that thousands Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004. Aristide appealed for the world to come to Haiti's aid, warning that thousands](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2PF2375/haitian-president-jean-bertrand-aristide-speaks-during-a-press-conference-at-the-presidential-palace-in-port-au-prince-tuesday-feb-24-2004-aristide-appealed-for-the-world-to-come-to-haitis-aid-warning-that-thousands-of-deaths-and-a-wave-of-boat-people-could-result-from-political-chaos-ap-photoricardo-mazalan-2PF2375.jpg)
Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004. Aristide appealed for the world to come to Haiti's aid, warning that thousands
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![Jean-Bertrand Aristide, born on this day in 1953, is a liberation theologian who became Haiti's first democratically elected president in 1990, serving off and on as the country's president until the 2004 Jean-Bertrand Aristide, born on this day in 1953, is a liberation theologian who became Haiti's first democratically elected president in 1990, serving off and on as the country's president until the 2004](https://i.redd.it/i5igz066wdb71.jpg)