2004.- Coup d'état against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide:
Elected a second time to the presidency in 2000, President Aristide was forced to
resigned under pressure from Washington and Paris and left the country under
high American protection to go to Bengui, the capital of Central Africa.
Some even speak of hostage-taking or a "modern coup d'état".
Anarchy and chaos settled in Port-au-Prince following this departure
unannounced; and American and French soldiers land in Haiti.
That same day, the president of the Court of Cassation, Maître Boniface Alexandre,
took the oath as provisional president of Haiti. In the evening, the Council of
United Nations Security unanimously passed a resolution authorizing the
immediate deployment of a Multinational Interim Force (MIF). One week
Later, there was an official inauguration ceremony at the national palace guarded by
the American military forces.