Former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide said on Saturday that dehydration caused him to faint at an election rally for his party's presidential candidate on Friday night. Aristide, 63, was giving an address in the northern port city of Cap Haitien in support of Maryse Narcisse, candidate for his Fanmi Lavalas party in the Oct. 9 presidential election, when he suddenly slumped into a chair behind the podium. Narcisse and aides fanned Aristide for a few minutes after the incident before carrying him off the stage for medical attention.
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Haiti’s Aristide says dehydration caused his collapse at rally