Aristide and the Famni Lavalas (LF) under President Préval

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Aristide leaving—Problems staying
Haiti Info, 27 January 1996. A dozen days from the end of his term, President Aristide is preparing to leave the National Palace, but he will be leaving behind dozens of problem situations in a country where, over the past 16 months, most aspects of life have not improved and some have even gotten palpably worse. Article discusses these problems and Aristide's relation to them.
New Yorker is marrying Aristide, briefly becoming the first lady of Haiti
By Garry Pierre-Pierre, New York Times, 29 January 1996. The couple's romance and marriage trouble many Haitians who remember when Aristide was a Roman Catholic priest and still consider him a saint-like figure who was somehow above such things. Aristide's choice of a light-skinned wife has also aroused concerns among some followers.
Aristide Foundation Blasts Privatization and Preval Government
Haiti Progres, 3–9 April 1996. Aristide Foundation conference, where representatives of popular organizations sharply criticize privatization and the US's World Bank.
Anti-Aristide campaign grows in sound but not strength
Haiti Progres, 26 August—1 September 1998. Right-wing political forces have dramatically stepped up their propaganda attacks against Jean Bertrand Aristide and his party, the Lavalas Family (FL), particularly since the former president formally repudiated the government of President Rene Preval earlier this month.
Aristide Inaugurates the Lavalas Family in Jacmel
Agence Haïtienne de Presse, 3 November 1996. The Lavalas Family is not another political party that will create division, the former President said, but a big family that gathers its force from a united spirit and works to avoid a scandal of division. The Lavalas family is and will be the Lavalas family, but it is endowed with a political tool to present to candidates in elections, he said.
Aristide Appeals for Unity
InterPress Service, 30 April 1997. Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide renews his call for an end to the in-fighting threatening the Lavalas Movement.
Interview with Jean-Bertrand Aristide
NACLA Report on the Americas, May–June 1997. Aristide is asked about the series of nationwide strikes against the Haitian government's economic plans to privatize and especially against the structural adjustment program the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are prescribing for Haiti.
Aristide calls for peace and unity
Message delivered by former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide for Haiti's Flag Day, 18 May 18 2000.