1991-Sept.-30
1991-Sept.-30: A violent military coup led by General Raoul Cédras overthrows President Aristide.
1991-Sept.-30: A violent military coup led by General Raoul Cédras overthrows President Aristide. This event initiated a three-year period of military rule characterized by intense human rights abuses.
Source
Girard, Haiti: The Tumultuous History, 142; Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, xi