Angry Demonstrators Demand Sarkozy To Pay Up And Return Aristide To Haiti

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Watch the Angry Demonstrators Demand Sarkozy To Pay Up And Return Aristide To Haiti video, Angry demonstrators demand Sarkozy to pay up and return Aristide to Haiti by Kevin Pina Port au Prince, Haiti - HIP Thousands of supporters of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide took to the streets on Wednesday as French president Nicolas Sarkozy toured the earthquake ravaged capital of Port au Prince. Holding pictures of the ousted president aloft they chanted for France to pay more then 21 billion dollars in restitution and reparations and to return Aristide as Sarkozy's helicopter landed near Haiti's quake damaged national palace. Their demands stem from a long held dispute over compensation a nascent Haiti was forced to pay French slave owners in exchange for recognition of their independence and France's role in ousting Aristide in 2004. FULL ARTICLE

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