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Exclusive: Aristide speaks to Democracy Now! in most extensive
English-language interview since his removal from Haiti
Bushwomen Pt I: A Look At The Women in Bush's Cabinet and
Inner Circle
Former Nader Running-mate Defends Nader's 2004 Presidential
Bid, Discusses International Women's Day, Racism and Alternative
Energy
EXCLUSIVE: ARISTIDE SPEAKS TO DEMOCRACY NOW! IN MOST
EXTENSIVE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE INTERVIEW SINCE HIS REMOVAL FROM
HAITI
At approximately 7:20 am EST, Democracy Now! managed to
reach exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide by cell
phone in the Central African Republic. His comments represent
the most extensive English-language interview Aristide has
given since he was removed from office and his country.
Moments before the Democracy Now! interview, Aristide appeared
publicly for the first time since he was forced out of Haiti
in what he has called a US-backed coup. The authorities in
the Central African Republic allowed Aristide to hold a news
conference after a delegation of visiting US activists charged
that the Haitian president was being held under lock and key
like a prisoner. The delegation included one of Aristide's
lawyers, Brian Concannon, as well as activists from the Haiti
Support Network and the International Action Center, representatives
of former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark. Shortly after
they arrived in Bangui on Sunday, the delegation attempted
to meet with Aristide at the palace of the Renaissance. The
CAR government rebuked them.
Shortly after, the country's foreign minister held a press
conference in Bangui. Armed men threatened journalists in
the room, warning them not to record the minister's remarks.
Mildred Aristide, the Haitian First lady, was brought into
the room, but was not permitted to speak. The CAR foreign
minister told the journalists that President Aristide would
hold a news conference within 72 hours. Hours later, Aristide
was allowed to address journalists.
In his interview on Democracy Now!, Aristide asserted that
he is the legitimate president of Haiti and that he wants
to return to the country as soon as possible. He details his
last moments in Haiti, describing what he called his "kidnapping"
and the coup d'etat against him. He responds to Vice President
Dick Cheney's comment that Aristide had "worn out his
welcome" in Haiti.
Developing....
Bushwomen Pt I: A Look At The Women in Bush's Cabinet
and Inner Circle
In the first of a two-part series, we speak with "Your
Call" radio host Laura Flanders about her new book "Bushwomen:
Tales of a Cynical Species" which tells the story of
six women appointed to the inner circle of President Bush's
cabinet and sub-cabinet: Condoleezza Rice, Elaine Chao, Christine
Todd Whitman, Ann Veneman, Gale Ann Norton and Karen Hughes.
- Laura Flanders,
host of "Your Call" heard on KALW-FM in San Francisco,
and on the Internet, and author of the new book "Bushwomen:
Tales of a Cynical Species" (Verso). She is also the
author of "Real Majority, Media Minority; the Cost
of Sidelining Women in Reporting."
Former Nader Running-mate Defends Nader's 2004 Presidential
Bid, Discusses International Women's Day, Racism and Alternative
Energy
On this International Women's Day we speak with Winona LaDuke,
a longtime indigenous rights activist about the "Wind
Not War" alternative energy campaign, racism towards
Native Americans and protests against President Bush to mark
International Women's Day. To mark International Women's Day,
the anti-war group Code Pink issued President Bush a 40-foot
tall pink slip during a demonstration on Sunday.
On Saturday night Code Pink celebrated International Women's
Day with a concert and spoken word performance.
For 93 years, women around the world have been marking International
Women's Day with calls for a more peace and justice-centered
world.
- Winona LaDuke, 2000 Green Party Vice President candidate;
longtime indigenous rights activist who lives on the White
Earth Reservation in Minnesota. She also serves as the board
co-chair for the Indigenous Women's Network. She is author
of several books including "Last Standing Woman"
(1997) and All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land
and Life (1999).
For a copy of today’s program, call 1 (800) 881 2359.
Our website is www.democracynow.org.
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Democracy Now! is produced by Mike Burke, Sharif Abdel Kouddous,
Ana Nogueira, Elizabeth Press, Jeremy Scahill and Parvez Sharma.
Mike Di Filippo is our engineer.
Thanks also to Uri Galed, Angela Alston, Orlando Richards,
Simba Russeau, Johnny Sender, Rich Kim, Joe Murgio, John Randolph,
Chris Zucker, Karen Ranucci, Denis Moynihan, Eric Rweyemamu,
Jenny Filipazzo and Isis Phillips.
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