Thirty-one years ago today, on September 19, 1994 (August 14, 1994 in the lunar calendar), the United States sent troops to Haiti. On October 10, after Cedras, the leader of the Haitian military regime, stepped down, he led his family into exile in Panama. On September 19, 1994, the United States sent troops to Haiti. On May 6, 1994, the UN Security Council passed a resolution imposing comprehensive sanctions on Haiti, banning almost all trade exchanges except food and all aircraft flights except civil flights, demanding that the Cedras military government step down and let the exiled President Aristide return to power and restore the constitutional system of Haiti's *. In confrontation with the new sanctions and demands of the Security Council, the Haitian military authorities appointed 81-year-old Emir Jonassan, president of the Supreme Court, as interim president on May 11th. On May 22nd, the United Nations decided to take effect a comprehensive trade blockade against the Haitian military government, and sent a special team to the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic to supervise and investigate the implementation of the land blockade. At the same time, U.S. warships stepped up maritime patrols in Haiti. The mission of the Organization of American States and the United Nations sent representatives to mediate, and was declared persona non grata by the Haitian military authorities and ordered to leave within 48 hours. The Council regards this as a serious escalation of provocation by the Haitian military authorities to the international community. US President Bill Clinton stressed in his statement that "military intervention is an option that should not be ruled out". At the same time, elite troops of the U.S. army and navy conducted military exercises near Haitian waters. On July 31st, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 940, approving the multinational force led by the United States to "use all necessary measures" to lift Haiti's military regime. Haiti's interim President Jonassan immediately declared Haiti into a state of martial law. To this end, the United States issued a warning to the Haitian military government through the Security Council, asking them to hand over power and strive for a peaceful solution to the Haitian crisis. On September 15th, US President Bill Clinton issued a final warning to the Haitian military government, asking them to step down and leave Haiti immediately. The army was under pressure, and the Haitian military government had to agree to negotiate with the United States. On September 16th, former US President Jimmy Carter, Senator Sam Nunn and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell arrived in Port-au-Prince to hold talks with the Haitian military government. The two sides finally reached an agreement, and the Haitian military government was forced to agree to step down automatically before October 15th, agree to the multinational force to enter Haiti immediately, and pledge to cooperate with the multinational army during the transfer of power. On September 19, U.S. troops captured Port-au-Prince without firing a single shot, took control of the airfield and port, and captured the army headquarters. On September 26th, President Clinton announced the lifting of unilateral economic sanctions against Haiti. On October 11th, Commander-in-Chief Cedras and Chief of Staff Philippe Biombi, the main leaders of the Haitian military government, left Haiti for exile in Panama, police chief Michel Francois took refuge in the Dominican Republic, and interim president Emile Jonassan resigned and left Haiti. Prime Minister Marval appointed by Haitian President Aristide and his ministers officially took office, ready to welcome Aristide. On October 15th, President Aristide, who had been in exile for three years, returned to Haiti to take office accompanied by US Secretary of State Christopher. The United Nations passed a resolution to lift the embargo against Haiti. The United States announced that it would withdraw 7,000 of its 21,000 officers and soldiers stationed in Haiti on December 1st, and promised to withdraw all its troops before the end of February 1996. On November 8th, Prime Minister Smark Michel and his new cabinet, unanimously appointed by the Senate and House of Representatives of Haiti, were sworn in, and Haitian refugees returned home one after another. The four-year-old crisis in Haiti temporarily subsided. Aristide and his new government, with the help of the United States, formulated various policies to restore the economy, tightened government spending, cut public servants, abolished all trade tariffs except bulk products such as corn, rice and soybeans, and promoted exports and increased commercial taxes and property taxes; Privatize large state-owned enterprises. In order to help Haiti recover its economy, the United States is ready to provide $250 million in aid, and the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have also promised to provide $770 million in aid within 15 months. However, Haiti's economic recovery will be very arduous. It is already the poorest country in Latin America. After three years of political turmoil and trade blockade, its economy has completely collapsed, and it will take time for social stability and economic recovery in the whole west. Exiled President Aristide returns to power in Haiti to dump garbage A few kilometers from Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince is the dump where the U.S. military dumped garbage, home to about 1,000 Haitians who pick garbage for a living Haitian children who pick garbage for a living