Nia Imara and Robert Roth

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On February 7, popular resistance forced U.S.-backed Haitian dictator Michel Martelly out of office following a flagrantly fraudulent election that sought to put Martelly’s minion in power. As it has done for many decades, Washington is still hell-bent on frustrating the people’s aspiration for true democracy. But Haitians are adamant and need international solidarity.