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  • Quitting America: The Departure of a Black Man from His Native Land

    Longtime human rights activist and TransAfrica founder Randall Robinson joins us in our firehouse studios to talk about U.S. foreign policy in Africa and the Caribbean, why he refused an honorary degree...

    February 03, 2004 | Story

  • Pro- and Anti-Aristide Demonstrate in Haiti

    In Haiti, at least 20,000 people marched Wednesday in Port-Au-Prince to show support for President Jean Bertrand Aristide. Meanwhile for the second time in three days police fired tear gas at opponents...

    January 22, 2004 | Headline

  • Aristide Opponents Call For General Strike in Haiti

    In Haiti, opponents to President Jean-Betrand Aristide have launched a two-day general strike that has shut down most businesses in Port-au-Prince. Striking workers are calling for Aristide to resign....

    January 09, 2004 | Headline

  • Haiti 1804-2004: Tens of Thousands Mark Bicentennial of Haitian Revolution

    Born out of a slave revolt, Haiti became an independent nation on Jan. 1, 1804. Yesterday thousands celebrated the anniversary but the nation remains deeply divided over the future of the country and...

    January 02, 2004 | Story

  • Students Protest Gov’t In Haiti

    In Haiti thousands of students took to the streets Thursday demanding the resignation of President Jean Bertrand Aristide. Police fired tear gas and warning shots. One bystander was shot dead in Port-Au-Prince....

    December 12, 2003 | Headline

  • A Coup Attempt in Haiti Leaves Seven Dead and Scores Wounded

    In the early hours of Monday morning, as most of the nation slept, a pack of armed commandos stormed Haiti’s NationalPalace in a coup attempt that left seven dead and scores wounded. The violence...

    December 18, 2001 | Story

  • Aristide Declared Winner in Haiti Elections

    Now we go from elections in the U.S. to elections in Haiti. Former president Jean Bertrand Aristide won an overwhelming mandate to return to lead Haiti in a virtually uncontested presidential election,...

    December 01, 2000 | Story

  • Jean Dominique, Director of Radio Haiti, Killed

    Haiti’s democratic movement remained in shock today, just 24 hours after pioneering radio broadcaster and leading activist Jean Dominique was gunned down in the courtyard of his radio station....

    April 04, 2000 | Story

  • Jean Dominique, Director of Radio Haiti, Killed

    We have this late-breaking news. Two gunmen shot and killed Haiti’s most prominent radio journalist as he pulled into the courtyard of his radio station for a Monday morning newscast. Jean Dominique,...

    April 03, 2000 | Story

  • US Journalist Allan Nairn Freed

    After the Indonesian regime released him several weeks ago, pro-independence leader Xanana Gusmao sought refuge in Indonesia. Authorities have "sequestered" him since his arrival in Darwin...

    September 20, 1999 | Story

  • East Timor

    East Timorese resistance leader Jose Ramos-Horta said after meeting US President Bill Clinton in Auckland, New Zealand today that he hoped emergency relief airdrops would begin within twenty-four hours...

    September 13, 1999 | Story

  • Conversation with Former Haitian President Aristide

    Ever since more than 20,000 US troops swept into Haiti in September 1994, removing Haiti’s military dictatorship and restoring priest turned president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the question of...

    March 04, 1998 | Story

  • School of the Americas Update

    Last November, approximately 600 protesters were arrested at Fort Benning, Georgia, the site of the US Army’s notorious training school for Latin American soldiers.

    March 03, 1998 | Story

  • HAITI

    The US Ambassador to the United Nations, Bill Richardson, is expected to fly to Port Au Prince, Haiti today, amid rising protests against World Bank and IMF imposed austerity measures and the continued...

    July 14, 1997 | Story

  • U.S. HAITI POLICY

    Senator Dole and Senate Jesse Helms together have been holding up millions of dollars in aid that the U.S. promised to the government of Haiti to boost their economy and assist in a peaceful transition...

    May 01, 1996 | Story