Beginning of the 2004 Haitian Coup

Date: February 5, 2004 • Location: Gonaïves, Haiti

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 2004.

The National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation and Reconstruction of Haiti was a rebel group in Haiti that controlled most of the country following the 2004 Haitian coup d'état. 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.