As it so happens, this would not be the first time the US blocked Haitian refugees from entering the country by shipping them to Guantanamo Bay. In fact, Haitians were the naval base’s first guests in the 1990s, with thousands indefinitely detained as they attempted to flee Haiti in the aftermath of the 1991 US-backed military coup against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide – not to be confused with the 2004 US-backed coup against the same man.
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The US ‘contingency plan’: Send Haitians to Guantanamo, again
The US is at the centre of the historical crisis in Haiti, and yet it would not give shelter to those trying to flee it.
