   the 2004 haitian coup d'Ã©tat occurred after conflicts lasting for several weeks in haiti during february 2004. it resulted in the removal from office of president jean-bertrand aristide preventing him from finishing his second term, and he left haiti on a united states (u.s.) plane accompanied by u.s. military/security personnel. aristide claims that his departure was a kidnapping, accusing the u.s. of orchestrating a coup d'Ã©tat against him.us sponsored coup dâetat: the destabilization of haiti aristide was forced into exile, being flown directly out of haiti to the central african republic, eventually settling in south africa. an interim government led by prime minister gÃ©rard latortue (brought back from the u.s.) and president boniface alexandre was installed in haiti. ==events prior to the coup d'Ã©tat== ===controversy over aristide's election in 2000=== the opposition in haiti accused the government party of election fraud in the haitian general election, 2000 as did the united states. u.s. congressman conyers wrote: {{quote|unfortunately, there were
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