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Today on Flashpoints:
We continue our reporting from the US-sponsored killing fields
of Haiti; also the Ambassador to the United States from the
Central African Republic admits collaborating with the US
to silence Aristide as he remains under armed guard; also
excerpts from yesterday's congressional hearings on the US
coup against Haiti and the kidnapping of the elected president,
and we focus on the situation in Venezuela where the US government's
destabilization attempts have failed to date, but continue
unabated; and a protest this morning against Bush policy in
Haiti, the Middle East, and domestically, as the selected
President stumps California for re-selection;
5:01 PM PST
Report from Port-Au-Prince: Kevin Pina describes a demonstration
by over 1,000 Aristide supporters today demanding his return.
Kevin and Dennis also trace the drug connection of the rebel
leaders to the CIA-created Haiti National Intelligence Service
during the last coup in the early 1990s under the first Bush
Administration, which was heavily involved in drug trafficking
and eventually forced the US DEA out of Haiti. Read about
the CIA model at Serendipity
and and the April
1994 report (PDF) of Human Rights Watch / Americas (page
43) detailing CIA complicity and false intelligence on Aristide
(remember this was G. H. W. Bush's crowd)
5:09 PM PST
Strange Bedfellows: International
ANSWER Coalition activist Sarah Sloan reveals the collaboration
between the Central African Republic and the United States
to silence President Aristide.
"We consider this to be complete verification that
this is really coming from the Bush Administration to prevent
President Aristide from telling the truth, telling his side
of the story long enough for the US government to attempt
to install a new government in Haiti"
5:14 PM PST
More from Port-Au-Prince with Kevin Pina: Kevin and Dennis
discuss the media bias in Haiti and the blackout of Aristide's
message to the Haitian people; the Prime Minister scared into
submission, accedes to the succession of Supreme Court Justice
Alexandre Boniface; the valuable work of Cuban medical professionals
training thousands of Haitians during the three years of economic
embargo in the late 1990s. Article
from Haiti-Progres
asks Why Have the Cuban Doctors Left?
5:26 PM PST
Reaction in Venezuela: Al Giordano of Narco
News is interviewed by Dennis, discussing the destabilization
campaign still under way in Venezuela. Further information
on the Narcosphere
Weblog, and also at Venezulanalysis.com
5:32 PM PST
Wednesday's Congressional Hearings - Western Hemisphere: Congresspersons
Charles
Rangel, Maxine
Waters and others question Roger Noriega about the US
role in Aristide's removal.
I want to know, if someone leaves a country (that's elected),
because he is fearful of his life, is that not a coup d'etat?
- Congressman Rangel
Did we ask him to resign? Was that a condition of helping
him to leave the country? - Congressman Rangel
Secretary Roger Noriega said that Aristide was told he had
to resign in order to get on the US-chartered airplane, or
face the armed rebels unprotected
5:50 PM PST
Protest Rally in Santa Clara: Flashpoints Roving Producer
Miguel Molina interviews protesters outside a Bush fundraiser
in Silicon Valley Thursday morning, including Richard Becker
of the San Francisco Action Center, cosponsored by South
Bay Mobilization and International
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition—S.F. Bay Area.
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