Operation Uphold Democracy
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Operation Uphold Democracy was a 1994 U.S.-led multinational military intervention in Haiti aimed at restoring the country’s democratically elected government.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Uphold Democracy canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States military operation
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ multinational military intervention ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | U.S. intervention in Haiti 1994 ⓘ |
| authorizedBy |
Bill Clinton
ⓘ
surface form:
President Bill Clinton
United Nations Security Council Resolution 940 ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Caribbean Community
ⓘ
surface form:
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states
Haiti ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
multinational coalition forces ⓘ |
| casualties | low combat casualties ⓘ |
| commander |
Hugh Shelton
ⓘ
Raoul Cédras ⓘ |
| conflictType |
intervention
ⓘ
peace enforcement operation ⓘ |
| country | Haiti ⓘ |
| endDate | 1995-03-31 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations peacekeeping presence in Haiti
|
| forceComponent |
10th Mountain Division
ⓘ
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
surface form:
82nd Airborne Division
U.S. Air Force aircraft ⓘ U.S. Navy ships ⓘ |
| forceSize | approximately 20,000 U.S. troops at peak ⓘ |
| goal |
remove the Haitian military junta from power
ⓘ
restore the democratically elected government of Haiti ⓘ return President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power ⓘ |
| legalBasis | United Nations Security Council mandate ⓘ |
| location |
Haitian airspace
ⓘ
Haitian territorial waters ⓘ Port-au-Prince ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
negotiated departure of Raoul Cédras
ⓘ
non-combatant entry into Port-au-Prince after last-minute agreement ⓘ |
| opponent |
Armed Forces of Haiti
ⓘ
surface form:
Haitian Armed Forces
military regime of Raoul Cédras ⓘ |
| participatingCountry |
Argentina
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Caribbean Community ⓘ
surface form:
Caribbean Community member states
Poland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| partOf |
United States interventions in Latin America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States involvement in the Haitian crisis of the 1990s
post–Cold War U.S. peace operations ⓘ |
| precededBy |
1991 Haitian coup d’état
ⓘ
international economic sanctions on Haiti ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations Mission in Haiti
|
| result |
departure of de facto Haitian military leaders
ⓘ
restoration of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide ⓘ transition to a United Nations peacekeeping mission ⓘ |
| startDate | 1994-09-19 ⓘ |
| theater | Caribbean region ⓘ |
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