Haitian support for Aristide
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The march was one of several signs of growing support for the reinstatement of Fr Aristide, Haiti's first democratically elected president. Pro-Aristide demonstrations have routinely been crushed by soldiers since the coup.
In the capital, the presidents of Haiti's biggest business associations met to draft a declaration urging Fr Aristide's reinstatement. The draft called on parliament to recognise the exiled president's legitimacy and approve an Aristide- designated prime minister in a new government.
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