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Video: The Haiti coup 10 years later: Interview with human rights lawyer Mario Joseph

By
Greg Macdougall
| March 1, 2014

Joseph describes the context and leadup to the foreign kidnapping (by U.S. military, with aid of Canadian and French forces) of Haitian President Aristide in 2004, and talks about the situation in Haiti since that time.

He was in Gatineau/Ottawa to accept the Canadian Apology to Haiti as part of a Canadian speaking tour to mark the 10-year anniversary of the events. Interview date: February 28, 2014.

Further info:
Institute for Justice and Democracy In Haiti, http://ijdh.org
Canada Haiti Action Network, http://CanadaHaitiAction.ca

Interview translator:
Jean Saint-Vil, Haitian-Canadian author and activist with AKASAN & Canada Haiti Action Network

Interviewer and video producer:
Greg Macdougall, http://EquitableEducation.ca

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This video can be found at YouTube
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Haiti coup Aristide Canada-Haiti relations canadian apology to haiti

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