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Attorneys for Jean-Bertrand Aristide start legal proceedings against the United States government for their involvement in the coup against the sitting president of Haiti. We’ll continue our on-the-ground reporting from Port-au-Prince, we’ll hear from a young Haitian media activist now in hiding and fearing for his life, we’ll also go back to occupied Palestine where … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, we continue our drumbeat coverage of the situation in Haiti as the violent, US-backed coup surges into another week. We hear the words of a twelve year-old Haitian girl in hiding from the death squads; Flashpoints correspondent Kevin Pina returns with an on-the- ground report; We go to the Central African Republic … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, an exclusive broadcast of President Aristide’s first address to the Haitian people and the people of the world, recorded covertly this morning by cell phone; also, a roundtable of Haitians and activists respond to the President’s words and talk about the future of Haiti; also, angry Haitians speak out from yesterday’s protest … Continued
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, excerpts from yesterday’s Congressional hearings on the US coup against Haiti and the kidnapping of the elected President, … Continued
The US turns the keys to Haiti’s killing fields back over to the killers; We’ll have a report from Flashpoints Special Correspondent Kevin Pina in Port-Au-Prince on revenge attacks against Aristide supporters and on the Prime Minister, Yvon Neptune; We’ll also speak to Haitian activists across the country, and with Hazel Ross-Robinson, a close personal … Continued
Today on a special national edition of Flashpoints, the Anatomy of a Coup and the Kidnapping of a Democratically-Elected President by the US Marines. We’ll feature an on-the-ground report from our Flashpoints special correspondent Kevin Pina under fire; we’ll hear about an attack on a radio station set up by Aristide and destroyed today by … Continued
Today on a special national edition of Flashpoints, we spend the whole hour on the expanding crisis in Haiti. We’ll feature a live report from our special correspondent Kevin Pina, live in Port-au-Prince, we’ll speak with Representative Barbara Lee of California, co-chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, we’ll speak with Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, … Continued
An update on the US-supported violence in Haiti; Israeli forces continue their ethnic slaughter by the apartheid wall as they take millions from Palestinian bank accounts; Dolores Huerta and immigrant activists take on Pacific Lumber; we focus on women behind bars; The Knight Report.
US-supported death squads continue their march towards Port-au-Prince while the poorest people in the city prepare to resist the overthrow of democracy at all costs. Is the US trying to make Venezuela the next Haiti? British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun walks away from charges. The Knight Report.
Haiti’s US-supported coup leaders continue their rampage against democracy and the people’s will; we’ll continue our reports from Haiti and also get background from Washington on the Bush connection to the Haitian killing fields. Also, 25% of the Palestinian population of East Jerusalem are slashed away from their land by the apartheid wall even as … Continued
