Democracy Now is mentioned in a US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks that cites our 2005 report on a deadly raid in the poor neighborhood of Cité Soleil by United Nations forces. "You accurately reported on what was going on and the embassy was alarmed by it," says our guest, longtime Haiti correspondent Dan Coughlin. "What they were upset about is there wasn't PR push back on Democracy Now! by the U.N." Another cable shows U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called embassies around the world to tell them to "get the narrative right" with editors and fight negative portrayals of U.S. deployment in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. To download the podcast, read the transcript, and for more Democracy Now! reports on WikiLeaks visithttp://www.democracynow.org/2011/6/24/leaked_wikileaks_cable_2005_democracy_now CommentsLeave a Reply |  Sign up with IJDH.org's Half Hour for Haiti for simple actions you can take to help Haiti.
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dominique_e_ mediahacker (Ansel Herz) HaitiAidWatch (CEPR.net) kimives (Haiti Liberte) Ezilidanto (marguerite Laurent) thezenhaitian ijdh (human rights org) alyssa011968 haitiinfoproj (Kevin Pina) sebwalker (AlJazeera)  Ex-FAd'H Camp near Port au Prince by jebsprague.blogspot.com, March 2011 "Michel Martelly pledged that if elected, he will make Duvalier one of his advisors."Michel Martelly, Stealth Duvalierist by Jeb Sprague, December 16, 2010 Lawyers Denounce Shortcomings in Conduct of Duvalier Prosecution, press release by BAI and IJDH.org, May 10, 2011 "They openly claim to be Duvalierists. A red and black flag of the Duvalier era hangs in their main HQ tent."-Jeb Sprague Ex-FAd'H Camp near Port-au-Prince, Jeb Sprague, jebsprague.blogspot.com, March 27, 2011 Wikileaks Cables Reveal "Secret History" of US Bullying in Haiti at Oil Companies' Behest video by Democracy Now, June 3, 2011 As Inauguration Nears: Martelly Prepares Duvalier Amnesty and Political Offensive by Kim Ives, haiti-liberte.com, April 22, 2011 His Victims Won't Forget: "Baby Doc" Duvalier by hrw.org, April 13, 2011 Haiti's Rendezvous with History: The Case of Jean-Claude Duvalier, hrw.org, April 14, 2011 Report on Disappearances under Jean-Claude Duvalier 1971-1986 Amnesty International Jean-Juste v. Duvalier, US Federal Court Decision, January 8, 1988 Haiti Information Project: Kevin Pina.
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