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Haiti: Class Hatred and the Hijacking of Aristide But almost all Haiti-watchers agree that various
anti-Aristide forces have been at work in the
U.S. capital for as long as the former Catholic
priest has been leading his campaign on behalf of
the poor in the western hemisphere's most
impoverished nation....
Posted: Wed, Mar 17, 2004 10:30am PST
Aristide Talks About the Leaders of the Coup and U.S. Funding of the Opposition Part II of Democracy Now!s exclusive broadcast of Amy Goodman's interview with Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide aboard his flight from the Central African Republic to Jamaica. [Includes transcript]...
Posted: Wed, Mar 17, 2004 10:29am PST
Aristide backers locked out of new government PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's U.S.-backed leader formed an interim government that excludes ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Lavalas Party — one that still commands a formidable following....
Posted: Wed, Mar 17, 2004 7:20am PST
Probing U.S. ties to Haiti coup WASHINGTON - Sen. Christopher Dodd says he wants to know whether U.S. taxpayers paid to train Haitians who plotted to overthrow President Jean-Bertrand Aristide....
Posted: Wed, Mar 17, 2004 7:17am PST
Haiti's New Government : Con-men out for your money WHAT a shameful blunder by an unelected, interim Prime Minister of Haiti to have declared a suspension of that Caribbean nation's relations with the Caribbean Community....
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 11:07pm PST
40 million strike--against a ban on strikes! One of the biggest strikes in world history took place 3 weeks ago in India, but the U.S. media chose to ignore it! (I just found out about it today). Briefly, India's supreme court had ruled that it was illegal for government workers to strike, so in order to protest the ruling and pressure the government: the workers--went on strike!...
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 9:09pm PST
A Nuclear Nine Eleven As millions mourned in Spain, officials tried to determine just what did happen in Madrid with some 200 dead and 1400 injured or dying....
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 12:59pm PST
ELIZABETH CORRIE: Remembering the Death of Rachel Corrie One Year Later This year, and for every year for the rest of my life, the approach of March will mean something else entirely--the anniversary of the brutal death of my cousin, Rachel Corrie. On March 16th, 2003, an Israeli soldier and his commander ran over Rachel with a 9 ton, Caterpillar bulldozer while she stood--unarmed, clearly visible in her orange fluorescent jacket--protecting a Palestinian home slated for demolition by the Israeli army....
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 12:08pm PST
AWOL Soldier Pledges to Wage No More War Mejia, 28, is the first veteran of the Iraq war to seek conscientious objector status, said Tod Ensign, a lawyer and director of Citizen Soldier, a New York veterans organization. Other soldiers have sought objector status, but did not fight in Iraq, Ensign said....
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 10:35am PST
Guatemalan War Criminal Dies from Killer Bee Attack Now here's some bizarre poetic justice. Hector Gramajo, the U.S. trained and sponsored Guatemalan war criminal, died from an attack by killer bees last week....
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 3:14am PST
The Jamaican Government Does Not Recognise The Lartortue Administration Even as Haiti's Interim Prime Minister, Gerard Lartortue was announcing that his country was pulling out of Caricom, Jamaica's Foreign Minister KD Knight announced that the Jamaican government does not recognise the Lartortue administration....
Posted: Mon, Mar 15, 2004 11:03pm PST
Oscar Arias : Don't let Haiti re-establish an army "It is no secret that conservative Republicans were more concerned with facilitating Aristide's exit from power than with reinforcing the fragile institutions of Haitian democracy. As a result, funding was revoked just as Haiti was making the pivotal transition to self-rule. The aid squeeze following the contested 2000 elections caused an implosion of the Haitian economy and a consequent crisis of governance.
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But it would be wrong to interpret Haiti's current crisis as proof t...
Posted: Mon, Mar 15, 2004 11:00pm PST
South Koreans back impeached leader: Another Elected Leader Pushed Out Of Office By The US Tens of thousands of South Koreans have poured into the streets in support of beleaguered President Roh Moo-hyun, chanting "Save our Democracy" and decrying the National Assembly's vote on Friday to impeach him....
Posted: Mon, Mar 15, 2004 10:39pm PST
Debate between Israelis and Palestinians MICHAEL TARAZI: Really, what they're saying is people can't come back because of their religion. If we were Jews we would be able to go back. ARNOLD ROTH: Shame on you. Shame on you. MICHAEL TARAZI: If we were Jews. JIM WALEY: Why do you say "shame on you"? ARNOLD ROTH: The resort to the racist argument is beneath all contempt......
Posted: Mon, Mar 15, 2004 9:48pm PST
South Korea Outlaws Protests After Popular Leader Who Stood Up To The US Is Impeached The South Korean government said yesterday it would crack down on political unrest as financial markets brushed off fears of instability to bounce back on the first working day following the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun....
Posted: Mon, Mar 15, 2004 7:57pm PST
FBI man says US alliance boosts risk A SENIOR FBI counter-terrorism expert said yesterday that the risk of a strike against Australia had clearly increased because of the Howard Government's commitment to the US-led coalition in Iraq....
Posted: Mon, Mar 15, 2004 7:51pm PST
Amy Goodman on CNN: Breaks News of Aristide's Return Amy Goodman on CNN: Breaks News of Aristide's Return...
Posted: Mon, Mar 15, 2004 3:51pm PST
Haiti suspends ties with CARICOM HAVANA, March 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Haitian appointed Prime Minister Gerard Latortue announced Monday he temporarily suspended his country's membership in the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) and withdrew Haiti's ambassador from Jamaica, reports from Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince stated....
Posted: Mon, Mar 15, 2004 3:49pm PST
Defying Washington: Haiti's Aristide Arrives in Jamaica Kingston, JAMAICA (March 15)--Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman reports that Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has arrived in the Caribbean nation of Jamaica. Moments after his plane touched down at Norman Manley International Airport at approximately 2:20 pm EST, Aristide and his wife Mildred were escorted to a helicopter, which transported them to an undisclosed location on the island nation....
Posted: Mon, Mar 15, 2004 2:11pm PST
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