14295: Pina adds to: Op Ed in Miami Herald by Irwin Stotzky (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: kevin pina <kpinbox@hotmail.com>

Friends,

Professor Stotzky is to be commended for his courage in telling the truth
about the current situation in Haiti. The pretenders of representing true
democratic reform in Haiti, such as James Morrell and his new Haiti
Democracy Project, don’t hold an exclusive monopoly on credibility. Quite
the opposite if you explore their Website and the rogue’s gallery captured
in the photo section of their highly touted grand opening.

Here's a little more information on Professor Stotzky's book "Silencing the
Guns in Haiti: The Promise of Deliberative Democracy."  A brief biography
follows as well.




The New York Review of Books

History of the Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean: Haiti
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Category Introduction:  "While the U.S. government publicly professes its
full support for the creation of a deliberative democracy in Haiti, several
actions taken by U.S. government agencies seem to be working against that
professed goal. Unless the United States supports the Haitian government in
taking the steps needed to establish democracy, any vision of a deliberative
democracy in Haiti will remain an illusion.

The CIA used practices in Haiti that are simply unacceptable in the
intelligence service of a democratic society. It maintained foreign agents,
or assets, on the payroll even after CIA officials had credible information
that they were involved in assassination and torture. CIA officials hid
information from relevant U.S. government officials and Congress, and
directed a misinformation campaign against Aristide."--Irwin P. Stotzky,
Silencing the Guns in Haiti: The Promise of Deliberative Democracy


Biography

Professor Stotzky earned an A.B. from Wayne State University in 1969 and a
J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1974. He joined the Miami
faculty upon graduation, and directs its Legal Research and Writing program
as well as the University of Miami Center for the Study of Human Rights. In
1986-87, he was a visiting scholar at Yale University Law School, in
1991-92, he was a Fulbright Scholar in Argentina, and during Fall semester
1999 he will visit at Cornell University law school.

Professor Stotzky has represented Haitian refugees on constitutional and
human rights issues in many cases, including several in the U.S. Supreme
Court. He has served as an attorney and adviser to Haitian President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide and as an adviser to President RenePreval’s
administration. In this capacity, he organized and directed the
investigations into the massive human rights violations committed in Haiti
during the illegal military regime’s 1991-94 reign.

Professor Stotzky teaches in the areas of constitutional law and theory,
criminal procedure, and philosophy. He has published numerous articles and
books. His latest book—Silencing the Guns in Haiti: The Promise of
Deliberative Democracy—was published in December 1997.


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