23 March 2011 — Ezili Danto
Haiti: The media blackout on Aristide’s historic and triumphant return to a celebrity welcome
In this essay, I post six videos from the alternative news media – four from Democracy Now!, one from Aljazeera dealing with the huge and celebrity welcome for Aristide. The last video is by a young Haitian on the March 20th fantasy the US is calling an “election” in Haiti. (See, Haiti Abstains).
The purpose of this post, complete with Ezili HLLN’s on-the-ground-report of Aristide’s historic return to a celebrity welcome, is to tell our stories and honest vignettes of the historic return. Stories the mainstream media will not deign to record… (Go to, http://bit.ly/gP20mI)
Other recommended HLLN Links:
– Wyclef Jean’s Trouble With The Truth: A Recent History
By Zara Golden, Mar. 22 2011
http://bit.ly/dKdH43
– Haiti’s Cholera Outbreak Worse than Expected, New Report Finds
By Julia Edwards and Althea Fung
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The threat from cholera in post-quake Haiti is much higher than UN agencies projected, and the epidemic is likely to sicken close to 800,000 people and kill 11,000 of them, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
http://bit.ly/goMtA7
– Former First Lady Mildred Aristide on Her Historic Return to #Haiti: Democracy Now! Exclusive Report
http://bit.ly/eS1CSl
– Democracy Now! Exclusive Interview with Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Plane Returning to #Haiti. 1 of 3
http://bit.ly/evR4ze
– Haiti Abstains – low voter turnout in elections
http://bit.ly/f8r0P8
-The Aftenposten 13: New Wikileaks Cables Show Extent of US Opposition to Aristide
http://bit.ly/eleCdr
Forwarded by Ezili’s Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network
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