"HIDING HAITI"

HIDING HAITI
What was left unsaid is that these gangs are engaged in a fight for survival with anti-Lavalas police. Later, Puddicombe transitioned from scenes of anarchy to images of General Ravix and his army guaranteeing they will bring order—with the implication that the army, which has been disbanded, should be reassembled. The story failed to mention that this was the same army whose members were involved in last year’s coup, as well as the 1991 one. Nor did the piece acknowledge, as a recent University of Miami human-rights investigation suggests, that the army is protecting Haiti’s rich and often helping police carry out anti-Lavalas operations in the ghettos.

War Surgery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
The violence is concentrated in Port-au-Prince, a city of 2 million people, many living in extreme poverty, and it particularly affects civilians who are trapped by fights between armed gangs - both pro- and anti-Aristide - and the police When clashes erupt, all the residents of these neighborhoods are at risk. We treated many women and children who had been shot in the back. These were not stray bullets, or accidents. They had been shot at deliberately as they fled trying to find shelter.

'Yanqui go home,' with M.D.
Media accounts generally reflect the views of Washington politicians and Miami expatriates, who have far less problem with far greater dictatorships than Fidel Castro's. Turn to such sources as the World Health Organization and the New England Journal of Medicine and you learn that Cuba's free medical training and free universal health care have added up to higher doctor-patient ratios and lower infant mortality and AIDS rates than nearly anywhere -- including the United States. Cuban physicians, paupers by for-profit standards, are honored all over the world -- "giants," Indiana's Jones says.

Bush's budget axe to fall on poor
President Bush is proposing to reduce spending on public health and social welfare in the US to help pay for tax cuts and the war in Iraq, according to early reports of today's White House budget.

A Year Since Aristide, Haiti Impoverished
Haiti's normally raucous carnival became an afterthought this time last year as gangsters joined by ex-soldiers sparked a deadly march that led to the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Mexico Party Winning Guerrero Election
Mexico's largest left-wing party won an important victory Sunday in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, according to initial results, in one of three gubernatorial elections that could preview next year's national presidential campaign.

Longest-ruling leader in Africa dead at 69
The president of Togo, Africa's longest-ruling leader, died Saturday as he was being rushed to Europe for treatment of a heart attack, officials said. His son was named the new leader.

Seizing of Power by Togo Military Is Condemned
A day after the death of President Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo, world leaders condemned the military's installation of his son as leader, and the country's Parliament moved swiftly on Sunday to clear the way for the move by changing the Constitution.

CIA to meet on release of Nazi papers
CIA officials will meet Monday with a government working group in an attempt to resolve whether more records detailing ties between former Nazis and U.S. intelligence should be made public.

The African Union moves a quiet revolution
With the world focus on terrorism, the war in Iraq, and now the tsunami, there is some hidden good news, surprisingly in Africa.

Artists 'Jammin' in Ethiopia for Bob Marley Tribute
Dreadlocked Rastafarians from around the globe danced alongside tens of thousands of Ethiopians on Sunday at a concert marking the 60th anniversary of reggae legend Bob Marley's birth.