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FTAA Minesterial postponement
Negotiations to complete the Free Trade Area of the Americas are crumbling under the weight of injustice....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 8:49pm PST
Haiti Foreign Press Update
1. Statement by Jamaica's Prime Minister/Aristide to visit
2.. BBC: Haiti health system 'devastated'
3. Youth Reporter Phones in Story From Haiti, Pacifica
4. Ira Kurzban, Esq. raises questions about reporting of Associated Press
5. Description of recent PBS Lehrer Newshour (Senators Coleman/Dodd)...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 9:51am PST
Collective Suicide or Globalization from Below
"According to the German philosopher Franz Hinkelammert, living in Costa Rica, the West has repeatedly been under the illusion of saving humanity by destroying part of it.. Sacrificial genocide arises from a totalitarian illusion.."...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 9:36am PST
SEGUNDO ENCUENTRO INDIGENA EN LOS ANDES
Los pueblos Andinos contruyen, sus propios modelos de integracion, como respuesta al ALCA...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 8:37am PST
Aristide heading for Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica — Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his wife will travel to Jamaica next week, returning to the Caribbean less than three weeks after fleeing into exile, Jamaica's Prime Minister said Thursday....
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 5:53pm PST
Haiti Foreign Press Update
1. Claude Adams, CBC Dispatches: Izmery, Raboteau, "rebels"
2. Aristide deserves better from U.S. by Jesse Jackson
3. Aristide's Lawyers Preparing Complaints
4. US urged to probe Aristide 'coup' by Coralie Carlson
5. African Union Blasts Haiti Ouster by Anthony Mitchell...and more...
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 12:08am PST
Haiti, I'm ashamed
Haiti, I'm sorry. Caricom failed you. We remained the duds we always were. Once again we've turned our backs, on you. We know that more than 260,000 people could be dying of hunger, and yet we sit smug, pointing fingers. Haiti, I'm sorry....
Posted: Wed, Mar 10, 2004 5:33pm PST
3/8 Press Release from Int'l Answer about Delegation to See Aristide
A delegation from the United States met twice today with
overthrown Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in
Bangui, Central African Republic. Following the first
meeting, President Aristide held a news conference at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then conducted a
30-minute phone interview in English with Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now....
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 10:04pm PST
Aristide's 'Removal' from Haiti 'Unconstitutional': African Union
ADDIS ABABA - The African Union, which groups 53 states on the continent, has described Jean-Bertrand Aristide's "removal" as president of Haiti as "unconstitutional," in a statement received by AFP....
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 8:01pm PST
Haiti Background: Boniface Alexandre
Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Haiti's interim president took the reins of his country's shattered government Monday as supporters of Jean-Bertrand Aristide shouted demands for the ousted leader's return....
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 6:36pm PST
Haiti council chooses Gerard Latortue as interim prime minister
A US-backed advisory council has chosen Gerard Latortue, a former United Nations official and business consultant, as Haiti's new prime minister....
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 5:48pm PST
Haiti Foreign Press Update
1. Aristide Lawyer Calls on U.S. to Probe 'Kidnapping
2. Aristide plans to sue US, France for kidnap -lawyer
3. [African Union says] 'removal' from Haiti 'unconstitutional'
4. Dr. Paul Farmer Ltr to Powell on right to healthcare/training
5. Noam Chomsky on Haiti - US-Haiti, An analysis NEW!
6. AHP News - March 8, 2004 - English translation (Unofficial)...
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 5:07pm PST
3/8 Haiti News: Ira Kurzban Says Deposed Leader May Bring Criminal Charges Against US
Aristide Lawyer: Bush Getting Even In Haiti
Ira Kurzban Says Deposed Leader May Bring Criminal Charges Against US...
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 10:51am PST
Haiti's Youth Fear The Return Of The Killers Of Street Children
Johnny (last name withheld for his safety), 18, is a former youth reporter with Radyo Timoun (Children's Radio) 90.9 FM in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This week rebels looted and burned it along with the Aristide Foundation For Democracy in which the station was located...
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 8:21am PST
Jean Bertrand Aristide: Humanist or Despot?
The Jean Bertrand Aristide I know is markedly different from the one being portrayed in the media....
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 8:08am PST
Haiti- Articles on: Toto Constant, Antoine Izmery, Cuban assistance, destroyed art
Articles on: Toto Constant, Antoine Izmery, Cuban assistance, destroyed art...
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 12:08am PST
Haiti: The ouster of democracy
In Haiti, Washington confirmed a foreign policy that is driven by self-interest and delivered through force...
Posted: Mon, Mar 8, 2004 4:39pm PST
Aristide calls for resistance after six killed in Haiti violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE : Exiled Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide called on his supporters to peacefully resist foreign occupation a day after gunmen opened fire on an opposition rally, killing at least six people, including a journalist, and wounding 34 more...
Posted: Mon, Mar 8, 2004 1:38pm PST
A Shot Off the Bow: Haitian Democracy be Damned!
We have seen in Haiti what happens when a democracy goes against the interests and ideology of the Bush administration. For all their talk of democracy (the only surviving rationale for the war on Iraq), we now know what we ought to have known all along: America's support is contingent on cooperation in free trade policies; democracy be damned!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 8, 2004 1:28pm PST
South Africa Cannot Back the Removal of Aristide
Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has issued a statement, saying "the South African government joins Caricom leaders in expressing deep concern regarding developments and circumstances that led to the departure of a democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, from office ... The slow response of the UN Security Council to pleas for assistance by the government of Haiti ... remains a matter of serious concern ... SA stands ready to support all efforts by Caricom to hel...
Posted: Mon, Mar 8, 2004 1:27pm PST