Haiti issues new passport to ex-leader Aristide

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Source: AFP

By Clarens Renois (AFP) – 57 minutes ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The Haitian government on Monday said it has issued a new passport to former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, enabling him to end his exile in South Africa and return to Haiti, a government official said.

"The passport was issued on Monday. All the formalities have been completed," the official said, asking to remain anonymous.

One of Aristide's lawyers, Ira Kurzban, said he had not received the passport.

"If they have (issued a passport for Aristide), they haven't told me," Kurzban told AFP from Miami. Asked if Aristide would be back in Haiti soon, the attorney said: "I think we're getting closer, but we're not there yet." ...

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This Day in History - February 7
AP
Monday, February 07, 2011

... 1986: Haiti's President for Life Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier goes into exile, ending a 29-year family dynasty in the Caribbean republic ...

1991: Rev Jean-Bertrand Aristide is sworn in as Haiti's first democratically elected president ...

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/This-Day-in-History...