New Aristide Interview
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! interviewed exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide by cell phone in the Central African Republic. The program says his comments represent the most extensive English-language interview Aristide has given since he was removed from office and his country. You can read the transcript here or listen to the 30 minute interview here.
It begins with Aristide saying:
First of all, I didn't leave Haiti because I wanted to leave Haiti. They forced me to leave Haiti. It was a kidnapping, which they call coup d'etat or [inaudible] ...forced resignation for me. It wasn't a resignation. It was a kidnapping and under the cover of coup d'etat.
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