The National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haïti (in French: Front pour la Libération et la Reconstruction Nationales) is a rebel group in Haïti that presently controls most of the country following the 2004 Haiti Rebellion. It was briefly known as the "Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front", after the country's central Artibonite region, before being renamed on February 19, 2004 to emphasize its national scope. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Rebel may mean: A participant in a rebellion, see Rebellion. ... Haiti is a country situated on the western third of the island of Hispaniola and the smaller islands of La Gonâve, La Tortue (Tortuga), Grande Caye, and Ile a Vache in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba; the Dominican Republic shares Hispaniola with Haiti. ... The 2004 Haiti rebellion was a conflict fought for several weeks in Haiti during February 2004 that resulted in the premature end of President Jean-Bertrand Aristides second term, and the installment of an interim government led by Gerard Latortue. ... Categories: Caribbean geography stubs | Departments of Haiti ... is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The group can be considered an alliance between two elements within the rebellion: armed anti-government gangs and former soldiers of the disbanded Haïtian army. The most prominent of the gangs is one based in Gonaïves, formerly known as the "Cannibal Army", that had once supported Jean-Bertrand Aristide but later turned against him. It initiated the rebellion with its capture of Gonaïves on February 5, 2004. It has been led by Buteur Metayer since the murder (allegedly on Aristide's orders) of Buteur's brother, Amiot Metayer, in late 2003. Gonaïves (Gonayiv in Kreyòl) is a city in northern Haiti, the capital of Artibonite department. ... Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born July 15, 1953) is a Haitian politician and former Roman Catholic priest who was President of Haiti in 1991, again from 1994 to 1996, and then from 2001 to 2004. ... is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Buteur M tayer (born c. ... Amiot M tayer (died September 20/21, 2003) was a gang leader in Haiti. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Following the capture of Gonaïves, the rebels quickly moved into several neighboring towns, expelling the police from them. Some of these, such as Saint-Marc, were retaken by the police and pro-Aristide militants within days, however. On February 14, the rebels were reinforced by opponents of the government who had returned from exile in the Dominican Republic: 20 former soldiers, led by Louis-Jodel Chamblain, a former militia leader who headed army death squads in 1987 and a militia known as the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haïti (FRAPH), which killed and maimed hundreds of people in the early 1990s. By February 17, the rebel forces had captured the central town of Hinche, near the Dominican border. According to reports, this attack was led by Chamblain. The rebels also controlled most of the roads connecting the central Artibonite province with the north and south of the country. Saint-Marc is a coastal, port town in western Haiti. ... Insert non-formatted text here{| style=float:right; |- | paul is so hot sophie loves him |- | |} is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Louis-Jodel Chamblain (b. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... The Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti (FRAPH) (French: ) was a paramilitary group organized in mid-1993. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hinche is a city in central Haiti, near the border with the Dominican Republic. ... Categories: Caribbean geography stubs | Departments of Haiti ...

On February 22, the rebels captured the country's second-largest city, Cap-Haïtien. By February 25, nearly the entire north was in rebel hands, and the rebels were threatening to attack the capital, Port-au-Prince. Aristide left the country under protest on February 29, and the rebels announced that they would welcome foreign peacekeepers in Haïti. is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Looking into Cap-Haïtien from the northern edge of downtown Cap-Haïtien (or Le Cap) (Okap or Kapayisyen in Kréyòl) is a city of about 111,094 people (2003 census) on the north coast of Haiti. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Caribbean geography stubs | Capitals in North America | Haiti ... February 29th, or bissextile day, is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ...

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