In 1991, after Jean-Bertrand Aristide won the first majority election in Haiti's history. A coup, led by Lieutenant General Raoul Cedras and mostly made up of military personnel, overthrew the government, forcing Aristide to flee the country. The US, in response, put up a trade embargo to put pressure on the new military-led government. As more time passes, the US threatens to invade with force if the government leaders do not step down. So, to prevent bloodshed, Haiti’s leaders agreed to step down. Still, the US sent troops led by General Hugh Shelton into Haiti to keep order in Port-au-Prince. Once most of the country was under control, plans were made to have Aristide come back into office. Then, on October 14, 1994, Aristide was back in control. For the rest of Aristide's first term, Haiti faced many economic and political problems, and the fact that some countries still were not trading with Haiti made lots of Haiti’s population go into deeper poverty. With the increasing poverty rates, crime and violence also went up. To make matters worse, diseases spread, such as Aids and HIV. Then, during Aristide’s second term, the government became corrupt, and violent riots against the government broke out. By January of 2004, protests became an often event, and it was not rare for them to turn violent. Aristide had to leave the country again due to an attack on the capital by rebels and also because he no longer had French and US aid. With Aristide’s absence, the tension between supporters and rivals grew, and soon there was much fighting and hundreds died. There were also reports of human rights abuse. Once again, US troops were needed to be sent into Port-au-Prince, although this time, another military helped; MINUSTAH also sent in soldiers. MINUSTAH was a group of soldiers led by people in the Brazilian army, it was also made up of police officers and other volunteers from around the world. Eventually, the US and MINUSTAH soldiers were able to take control, and a new election took place. Even though this situation was dealt with, that did not mean that the violence and destruction stopped. Sadly, even today, the people of Haiti experience poverty and an unstable government.