sentences:  Aristide controversially contends that he was forced from office and kidnapped into exile by agents of the United States.For most of the Cold War (from 1946 to 1986), Haiti was under dictatorial rule.After the February 1986 military ouster of Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haiti was ruled by a series of short-lived provisional governments (five presidents in six administrations from 1986 to 1991).