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National Broadcast Exclusive: Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide Speaks From Exile
National Broadcast Exclusive: Ousted Haitian President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide Speaks From Exile
In a Democracy Now national broadcast exclusive, we spend
the hour with ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Fourteen months ago, Aristide was flown to the Central African
Republic in what he called a modern-day kidnapping in the
service of a coup d'etat backed by the United States. Two
weeks after his ouster, he defied Washington and returned
to the Caribbean accompanied by a delegation of U.S. and Jamaican
lawmakers. Aristide was eventually granted asylum in South
Africa, where he now lives.
In the first extended interview in this country since his
exile, we speak with President Aristide about the ailing former
Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, whether he will return to Haiti,
the continuation of the "black holocaust" and much
more. [includes rush
transcript - partial]
Haiti's former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune remains near
death. He has been on a hunger strike for over three weeks.
He was imprisoned in June and has yet to see a judge in his
case.
Meanwhile, the convictions of 38 Haitian former military
leaders convicted of atrocities in 1994 have been annulled.
Among them could be Louis Jodel Chamblain, the death squad
leader who helped lead last year's coup.
Today, in a Democracy Now national broadcast exclusive, we
spend the hour with ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide. Fourteen months ago, Aristide was flown to the Central
African Republic in what he called a modern-day kidnapping
in the service of a coup d'etat backed by the United States.
Aristide was ousted by some of the same forces involved in
the coup against him over a decade earlier. At that time,
the leader of the FRAPH paramilitary death squad was on the
payroll of U.S. intelligence agencies. The number two man
- Louis Jodel Chamblain - was one of the leaders of this current
coup.
Two weeks after this latest ouster, President Aristide defied
Washington and returned to the Caribbean accompanied by a
delegation of U.S. and Jamaican lawmakers. Aristide was eventually
granted asylum in South Africa, where he now lives.
I reached him yesterday for the first extended broadcast
interview in this country since moving to South Africa. I
began by asking him about the condition of Yvon Neptune.
- Jean-Bertrand Aristide, speaking from South Africa.
For a copy of today’s program, call 1 (800) 881 2359.
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