18811: Esser: Flashpoints on Haiti (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: D. E s s e r <torx@joimail.com>

Flashpoints
http://www.Flashpoints.net

Tues., Feb. 17, 2004


Today on Flashpoints:
The General Council for the government of Haiti in the United States
speaks out against US support of right-wing opposition in Haiti;
Robert Fisk discusses the ongoing violence in Iraq;
and Larry Everest talks about Empire and the US Global Agenda;

Listen to the show:

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5:01 PM PST
Undermining Democracy: Ira Kurzban, Council for the Govenment of
Haiti, is interviewed by Nora Barrows-Friedman, as he reveals the
methodical destabilization process perfected by the US over the last
15 years, and hints at the motivation behind eliminating popular
democracies in the Western Hemisphere. In the absence of an army to
control the populace, economic sanctions are imposed to sabotage
efforts to help the poor, leaving popular leaders unable to fulfill
promises of aid. Aristide, like Chavez in Venezuela, was elected by
the poor and in serving their interests represents a threat to the
elite, and to the exploitive free-trade agenda of more powerful
economies.

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