Newsitem List
by David Edwards and Media Lens
www.dissidentvoice.org
March 1, 2004...
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 1:43pm PST
Todays Fresno protest against the U.S. coup in Haiti....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 1:41pm PST
Just below the NYT account are two stories publicizing the abduction, at the top of all other news stories. This is important that these are out at all, regardless of attempts at spin....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 12:58pm PST
An African-American activist said on Monday that Aristide told him on the phone that he was kidnapped at gunpoint by American soldiers and ousted in a US coup d'etat.
Aristide said he was being held prisoner at the Renaissance Palace in Bangui, Central African Republic, activist Randall Robinson told CNN....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 12:23pm PST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, ousted as Haitian president on Sunday, told U.S. lawmakers and other contacts by telephone on Monday that he was abducted by U.S. soldiers and left his homeland against his will....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 11:50am PST
1800 989 TALK totn@npr.org...
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 11:11am PST
'Le mal est Infini'. Aristide supporters blame world powers for failure to support elected president...
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 10:56am PST
"The fact that the group in charge of Haiti policy today in the State Department has been literally gunning for Aristide since before his initial election as a champion of democracy in 1990 has been left all but unmentioned by the US press."...
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 10:29am PST
"I was kidnaped by U.S. Marines and forced to leave Haiti," Jean-Bertrand Aristide told Congresswoman Maxine Waters in a phone call Monday morning from the Central African Republic. "I did not resign." Photo: President Aristide lofting flag during bicentennial celebration....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 10:24am PST
Amy Goodman talked with Randall Robinson after he had received a phone call from Haitian President Aristide Monday (Mar. 1) morning. Two minute QT mp3 3MB....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 7:47am PST
Le Commandant des chefs rebelle du Nord l’ancien commissaire de police Guy Philippe a fait son entrée Lundi à Port-au-Prince 24 heures après la chute du Président Jean Bertrand Aristide et son depart en exil....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 7:18am PST
The violent overthrow and forced exile of Haiti’s President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has ripped aside the democratic pretensions of Washington and the other major powers to expose the brutal and predatory character of resurgent imperialism. The actions taken by the US government in Haiti demonstrate the farcical character of its claims that the aim of the US invasion of Iraq was to inaugurate an era of democratization and freedom in the Middle East and around the world....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 7:01am PST
BANGUI, Central African Republic - Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide took refuge in the Central African Republic early Monday, fleeing Haiti and rebels there under an asylum offer negotiated by France and the United States....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 6:59am PST
woke up this morning to the terrible news that the U.S. and its criminal allies had succeeded in forcing duly-elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to resign....
Posted: Sun, Feb 29, 2004 11:17pm PST
No U.S. Intervention in Haiti! Let the Haitian People Decide!...
Posted: Sun, Feb 29, 2004 4:28pm PST
Democracy Now! aired a special show Friday afternoon on the latest from Haiti where opposition groups with ties to the U.S. are preparing to invade the capital city of Port Au Prince. We spoke with Haitian First Lady Mildred Aristide, independent reporter Kevin Pina in Haiti, U.S. Reps. John Conyers (D-MI) and Maxine Waters (D-CA) and attorney Michael Ratner.
To listen to this special broadcast, you can download the show in MP3 format here or in OGG format here....
Posted: Sun, Feb 29, 2004 4:22pm PST
MONTREAL (CP) - Emotional supporters of the deposed Haitian president accused Canada on Sunday of participating in an international coup d'etat to oust Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
About 40 backers marched to the American consulate to protest the removal of Aristide from the office to which he was elected four years ago - the poverty-stricken country's first democratically chosen leader in its 200 years of independence. "This is a coup," said Ferere Coffy, 52, one of the organizers o...
Posted: Sun, Feb 29, 2004 4:06pm PST
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,8833298%255E1702,00.html
March 01, 2004...
Posted: Sun, Feb 29, 2004 2:22pm PST
HAITIAN leader Jean Bertrand Aristide was taken away from his home by US soldiers, it was claimed today.
A man who said he was a caretaker for the now exiled president told France's RTL radio station the troops forced Aristide out....
Posted: Sun, Feb 29, 2004 2:00pm PST
