Several media sources (see here and here) are reporting that the Haitian government has repeatedly refused to issue a passport to former-President Jean Bertrand Aristide. The Washington Post reports that:
[Brian Concannon, t]he head of the Boston-based Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti says Aristide has repeatedly requested a Haitian passport.
Aristide remains in exile in South Africa after his democratically-elected government was overthrown in a 2004 coup backed by Canada, the U.S., and France.
Aristide has expressed an interest in returning to Haiti. His party, Fanmi Lavalas, remains the most popular political party in Haiti. Fanmi Lavalas was excluded from the most recent flawed election in Haiti. Aristide's lack of official documents has been used in the past as a pretext to exclude Fanmi Lavalas from participation in elections.
A Wikileaks release issued in Brazil (summarized by Ansel Herz at Mediahacker.org here) notes great concern by the United States government that Aristide not be allowed to return to Haiti. Brazil leads the 13,500 strong UN military mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH.
[Update] The New York Times (see here) reports that
[Aristide's] return would not be supported by either the United States or France, Haiti’s most important allies.
“Aristide could have 15 passports and he’s still not going to come back to Haiti,” said one analyst, who asked not to be identified because he was close to the Haitian government and was not authorized to speak to the media. “France and the United States are standing in the way.”
In contrast, the former dictator, Jean Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier, had been issued a Haitian passport. The passport was recently confiscated as Duvalier faces charges in Haiti since his recent return (see here).