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Operation Uphold Democracy
International military intervention in Haiti following the 1991 coup d'etat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the military intervention in the Gambia, see Operation Restore Democracy.
Operation Uphold Democracy was a multinational military intervention designed to remove the military regime led and installed by Raoul Cédras after the 1991 Haitian coup d'état overthrew the elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The operation was effectively authorized by the 31 July 1994 United Nations Security Council Resolution 940.
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![]() Soldiers of C Company, 2nd Battalion 22nd Infantry, 10th Mountain Division securing Port-au-Prince Airport on the first day of Operation Uphold Democracy. | |||||||
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