Articles by Ansel Herz

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WikiLeaks Haiti: The Aristide Files
Kim Ives and Ansel Herz – The Nation, 15 Aug 2011

US officials led a far-reaching international campaign aimed at keeping former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide exiled in South Africa, rendering him a virtual prisoner there for the last seven years, according to secret US State Department cables. The cables show that high-level US and UN officials even discussed a politically motivated prosecution of Aristide to prevent him from “gaining more traction with the Haitian population and returning to Haiti.”

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TELL CNN TO STOP HYPING FEARS OF VIOLENCE IN HAITI. FOR SHAME.
Ansel Herz – mediahacker, 21 Jan 2010

19 Jan 2010 I just checked the front page of CNN. The lead reads: In the shadow of Haiti’s wrecked presidential palace lie the new homes of the capital’s 500,000 displaced residents. But with 4,000 convicted criminals on the loose, nothing and no one is safe.They started pushing the violence meme the day after the […]

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