 This event was later characterized by Aristide as a kidnapping.Though this has never been proven, many observers in the press and academia believe that the US has not provided convincing answers to several of the more suspicious details surrounding the coup, such as the circumstances under which the US obtained Aristide's purported letter of "resignation" (as presented by the US) which, translated from Kreyòl, may not have actually read as a resignation.Aristide has accused the U.S. of deposing him in concert with the Haitian opposition.