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Today on Flashpoints:
A frontline report from Haiti's US-sponsored killing fields;
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recognizes Jean Bertrand
Aristide as the legitimate leader of Haiti and offers him
sanctuary in Venezuela; Remembering Rachel Corrie, we'll feature
excerpts from an interview we did with members of her family
after she was killed; the mayor of Santa Cruz proclaims today
Rachel Corrie Day in her honor; We'll speak to Brian Avery
who was shot in the face while standing in solidarity with
the Palestinian people in the West Bank; and a poem by Aurora
Levins-Morales dedicated to Rachel Corrie; and from New York
City, The Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: Jamaica rejects Haiti's post-coup government;
Venezuela joins Jamaica in offering Aristide asylum; Spain's
former Prime Minister is accused of a cover-up; and Israeli
death squads hit the Gaza Strip with promises of more to come
"... a majority of people living in Jordan, Morocco,
Pakistan and Turkey say they believe the United States is
conducting its campaign against terror to control mideast
oil and dominate the world" according to an international
Pugh Global Attitudes Project poll released today, which concluded
that "people in France, Germany and Russia also have
those suspicions about the Bush Administration's so-called
campaign against terror"
5:06 PM PST
Independent Journalist John MacDonald reports from Port-au-Prince
on the killings in Haiti. Convicted criminal Guy
Philippe roams freely and heavily armed, under the gaze
of international forces while they carry out house-to-house
searches targeting the poor
5:16 PM PST
Al Giordano, Executive Director of Narco
News, discusses Hugo Chavez's press conference today and
Venezuela's offer to help the installed government of Haiti
reopen hospitals. Also discussed are recently released documents
revealing National
Endowment for Democracy funding of over a million dollars
to opposition groups in Venezuela leading up to the 2002 attempted
coup. Also see Al Giordano's article
about expert Brian Freeman's translation of Aristides alleged
resignation letter and see a pdf
image of that document. Dennis also discusses the drug
connection and the groundless accusations against Aristide.
Read the April
1994 Human Rights Watch report condemning the CIA for
its shameless illegal activities in creating and corrupting
the Haitian National Intelligence Service (SIN) which "was
engaged in political terrorism and drug trafficking"
(see pages 43-44 Role of the Central Intelligence Agency in
this 51 page pdf document)
5:26 PM PST
John MacDonald describes the two distinct reactions to Aristide's
arrival in Jamaica, and the installation of a clearly anti-Lavalas
government, and sadly the abolishment of the Ministry of Literacy
5:29 PM PST
Musical Break - Caterpillar Man
5:31 PM PST
An excerpt of an interview with Rachel
Corrie's family after she was killed by an Israeli bulldozer
on March 16, 2003 trying to protect a Palestinian family
5:38 PM PST
Santa Cruz Mayor , Scott Kennedy, announces the city council's
proclamation of March 16, 2004 as Rachel Corrie Day, calling
on the US government to investigate her death
5:43 PM PST
Kaddish for Rachel Corrie by writer-poet-visionary Aurora
Levins-Morales
5:49 PM PST
Brian Avery, international human rights worker, who was shot
in the face while investigating Israeli patrols in Jenin on
April 5, 2003, describes his ordeal and reconstructive surgery.
Dennis also interviews Paul LaRudy of the International
Solidarity Movement
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