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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....

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....

Jean-Bertrand Aristide's plane stopped for food and fuel on the Caribbean island of Antigua on Sunday before departing for South Africa, government and airport officials said, but it remained unclear where the ousted Haitian president would seek asylum. But a South African official said there had been no recent contact with Aristide or any offer of asylum. Panama's president, who did offer Aristide asylum, said her government was told by the United States that Aristide was heading to ...

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....

Although today's developments come as a shock, I think it is important to remain mobilized, to 1) denounce the violent, undemocratic transfer of power imposed by the U.S. and its allies, and 2) to advocate for the protection of democracy supporters in Haiti, who may be subject to violent retaliation....

Philippe, who celebrated his 36th birthday Sunday, has said the movement is funded by Haitians in the United States and Canada, who wire money through Western Union, and businessmen in Haiti....

In the Country's Bicentennial Year, another US-Backed Coup...

The first democratic government of Haiti appears to be in its death throes. To add vicious insult to continuing injury, the American mainstream media continue to present Haitian affairs as the sorry result of the dismal leadership of one man, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, despite the best efforts of the United States. The headline that graced the Star Tribune's front page on Feb. 18 -- "U.S., France reluctant to intervene in Haiti" -- would be laughably absurd if the reality it ...

Rebel forces are advancing on Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, sparking fears of widespread bloodshed. Among the leaders of the insurgency are such notorious figures as Louis Jodel Chamblain, a former paramilitary responsible for countless atrocities under the military government that ruled Haiti from 1991 to 1994. The reemergence of such violent and lawless men is a worrying portent for Haiti’s future....

For a closer look at what is happening right now on the ground in Haiti, we look back at the involvement of the U.S. in the 1991-1994 coup period with veteran investigative journalist Allan Nairn who broke a number of stories that proved the direct links between US intelligence agencies and Haitian paramilitary death squads in the early 1990s....