Let Aristide Return!

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After Washington's February 29, 2004 middle-of-the-night coup ousted him, a Times March 1 editorial lied, saying:

-- he resigned;

-- letting marines abduct him "was the right thing to do;"

-- they only came after "Mr. Aristide yielded power;"

-- he "contributed significantly to his own downfall (because of his) increasingly autocratic and lawless rule;" and

-- he manipulated the 2000 legislative elections and didn't "deliver the democracy he promised."

Malaciously false on all counts. Under Aristide, Haiti had its only freedom since successfully liberated in 1804, turning slaves into citizens for the first time.

On January 19, Times writer Ginger Thompson headlined, "Aristide Says He Is Ready to Return to Haiti, Too," saying:

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