[RSF] haiti

Autor: pilar_castel@inwind.it
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Asunto: [RSF] haiti

che haiti sia una piccola prova generale( come se ne avessero bisogno ) p=
er entrare in Venezuela? E poi Cuba ( Castro non vivr=E0 in eterno)? In s=
intesi: da quando =E8 stato eletto Aristide haiti =E8 stata sottoposta a =
sanzioni da parte USA e Francia, i 'ribelli' sono stati finanziati da que=
st'utimi, Aristide =E8 stato rapito e deportato dopo che aveva dichiarato=
che avrebbe lasciato haiti solo da morto.Metre il mondo si prepara alla =
manifestazione contro la guerra e la sopraffazione....(paci, pilar) <=
BR> un messaggio dagli stati uniti forwarding a message fr=
om john Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:56:05 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From=
: "John Catalinotto" <JOHNOTTOCAT@???>Add to Address Book T=
o: 1502europe-coordination@??? Subject: [global ant=
i-war] U.S. kidnapped Aristide; Oppose Bush's Coup in Haiti F=
or your information, TWO ITEMS REGARDING THE COUP IN HAITI: 1. Aristi=
de says he was kidnapped. He did not resign. (from democracynow) =
2. Statement from ANSWER--will bring up Haiti at March 20 demonstrati=
on. JCatalinotto http://www.democracynow.org/ <BR=
>EXCLUSIVE BREAKING NEWS: PRESIDENT .... 'I WAS KIDNAPPED=
' 'TELL THE WORLD IT IS A COUP' Multiple sources that just spoke =
with Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide told Democracy Now! tha=
t Aristide says he was "kidnapped" and taken by force to the Cent=
ral African Republic. Congressmember Maxine Waters said she recei=
ved a call from Aristide at 9am EST. "He's surrounded by military. <B=
R>It's like he is in jail, he said. He says he was kidnapped," said W=
aters. She said he had been threatened by what he called US diplomats=
. According to Waters, the diplomats reportedly told the Haitian =
president that if he did not leave Haiti, paramilitary leader Guy=
Philippe would storm the palace and Aristide would be killed. Ac=
cording to Waters, Aristide was told by the US that they were wit=
hdrawing Aristide's US security. TransAfrica founder and close Aristi=
de family friend Randall Robinson also received a call from the H=
aitian president early this morning and confirmed Waters account.=
Robinson said that Aristide "emphatically" denied that he had re=
signed. "He did not resign," he said. "He was abducted by the United =
 States in the commission of a coup." Robinson says he spoke to Aristi=
de on a cell phone that was smuggled to the Haitian president. <B=
R> Developing... http://www.democracynow.org/ ----=
-Forwarded Message----- From: "A.N.S.W.E.R." <ANSWER@???>=
 Sent: Mar 1, 2004 12:34 AM To: ANSWER.general@??? <B=
R>Subject: [ANSWER] Oppose Bush's Coup in Haiti OPPOSE BUSH'S COU=
P IN HAITI The A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) <B=
R>Coalition condemns the U.S.-led coup carried out today against the =
elected president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, as well as the U.=
S. occupation of that country. U.S. marines have entered Haiti tonigh=
t (February 29). Whether President Aristide was actually kidnappe=
d by U.S. forces, as some sources have reported, or was just pres=
ented with 'an offer he couldn't refuse,' there is no question that W=
ashington played the decisive role in this regime change. The coup in=
Haiti is reminiscent of similar deadly CIA operations in Iran, Guate=
mala, the Congo, Chile and numerous other countries in the last half-=
century. The removal of President Aristide follows more than a <B=
R>century of U.S. intervention in Haiti, and years of destabilization=
designed to bring about the destruction of the Aristide government. =
This negation of Haiti's democracy and sovereignty by the U.S. comes =
as the country is marking its 200th anniversary of independence which=
 followed the heroic revolt against slavery and the creation of t=
he first free Black republic in the Western Hemisphere. Since=
the election of Aristide to a second term in late 2000 with 92% of t=
he vote, Washington has maintained economic sanctions against the poo=
rest country in the Western Hemisphere. Sanctions have had the intend=
ed effect of wearing down the people and popular support for the =
Aristide government by denying food, medicine and other necessities o=
f life to the population. Haiti's poverty today is a direct result of=
centuries of slavery and exploitation for the benefit of corporate i=
nterests in France and the U.S. In addition, the U.S. has ext=
ended financial and political support to the so-called "Democratic Co=
nvergence," the right-wing opposition. According to a story in today'=
s Miami Herald, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said t=
oday that the U.S. "facilitated" Aristide's departure. Ira Kurzban, a=
n Aristide spokesman in Miami, said he believed "U.S. intelligence ag=
encies were involved in the ouster. ... This was a major operation by=
the intelligence agencies of the U.S." Congressperson Charle=
s Rangel, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, said that the U=
.S. government is "just as much as part of this coup d'etat as the <B=
R>rebels, looters or anyone else." (ABC's "This Week," Feb. 29, 2004)=
 According to Reuters, U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson=
called Aristide's resignation an "American-assisted coup," and U.S. =
Rep. Maxine Waters, a California Democrat, demanded to know where the=
Haitian leader was being taken one day after he told her "he would <=
BR>rather die than leave." "When I last talked to him (Aristide) yest=
erday, he was not going to leave. He said he would rather die than le=
ave. And then I wake up this morning and I find out that my governmen=
t has landed at his home with Marines. How did they get him to leave?=
What did they do? And where is he?" Waters said in an interview =
with CNN. The Bush Administration has arrogantly and illegally <B=
R>embarked on a policy of "regime change" in Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti=
and elsewhere. On March 20, the first anniversary of the start of th=
e unprovoked war of aggression against Iraq, people around the world =
will take to the streets in massive numbers. We will demand: Bring <B=
R>the Troops Home Now and End Occupation from Iraq to Palestine and E=
verywhere. We will also be marching to oppose the criminal role of th=
e Bush administration in ousting the first democratically elected gov=
ernment in Haiti's history. * * * * * * * * * * PLANS=
ARE UNDERWAY FOR EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATIONS: *San Francisco - Monday, =
March 1, 5 pm, Powell & Market *New York City - Tuesday, March 2, 4:3=
0 to 6 pm, Times Square to the UN * * * * * * * * * * <BR=
>To read the background statement on Haiti issued by the A.N.S.W.E.R.=
Coalition on February 11, go to http://www.internationalanswer.org/n=
ews/update/021104haiti.html On Friday, February 27, a press confe=
rence on the U.S. role in the Haitian crisis was held in Washington D=
C. For a report, photographs and the UPI article, go to http://ww=
w.internationalanswer.org/news/update/022804haiti.html ----------=
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