He knows that over the last 7 or 8 years there. since the fall of the Duvalier family there was one brutal military regime after another. We have heard today a long litany of human rights abuses and incidents of political intimidation. for which they were responsible. which has resulted in hundreds of deaths. If we were to compare President Aristides brief tenure and his human rights record. much less the stopping of the drug trafficking. which so dramatically affects our country. much less the number of refugees coming to our country. fleeing persecution before the inauguration of President Aristide. as opposed to what happened during his tenure. we would understand what is really at issue here. For a moment let us put in parentheses some of what we have heard about President Aristide. rumors and innuendo that have been around for a good many years. and let us focus on the issue. The issue is one of whether or not our country stands for restoration of democracy.
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