We have not reached the consensus that to eat is a basic human right. This is an ethical crisis. This is a crisis of faith.

The coup regime collapsed in 1994 under US pressure and threat of force (Operation Uphold Democracy) after Aristide agreed to roll back several reforms. Aristide was then President again from 1994 to 1996 and from 2001 to 2004. He won the Haitian general election 1990-1991 with 67% of the vote and was briefly President of Haiti until a September 1991 military coup.