About this picture: Guy Philippe (born February 29, 1968) is a Haitian politician.
He was born in Pestel, in the province of Nippes.
He obtained his primary and secondary education at Saint-Louis de Gonzague.
Following October, 2000 accusations of participation in a coup plot and his subsequent removal from his post as police chief of Cap-Haïtien Guy Philippe fled to the Dominican Republic where he remained until February, 2004 when he returned to join a rebellion against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Five days after crossing back into Haiti on February 14 and joining former militia leader Louis-Jodel Chamblain in announcing his support for anti-government forces Philippe was given command of the rebel army.
Guy Philippe is accused by Human Rights Watch of being a death squad leader during the reign of Baby Doc Duvalier[1] before receiving training from the U.S. Special Forces in Ecuador in an American bid to reinstate President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in the1990s.
Guy Philippe has said that the man he most admires is former Chilean ruler Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
He praises him for helping make Chile prosperous through economic market reforms.
The Haïtian government accused Guy Philippe of master-minding a deadly attack on the Police Academy in July 2001 and of an attempted coup in December 2001.
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