Face à l'Opinion: Daniel Whitman. Chargé de presse de l’ambassade américaine (1)
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- Title:
- Face à l'Opinion: Daniel Whitman. Chargé de presse de l’ambassade américaine (1)
- Alternative Title:
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- Face à l'Opinion: Daniel Whitman, sekretè laprès anbasad Etazini (1)
- Face à l'Opinion: Daniel Whitman, press officer of the US Embassy (1)
- Program Name:
- Face à l’Opinion
- Speaker:
- Date:
- February 8, 2000
- Description:
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Jean Dominique kesyone Daniel Whitman, sekretè laprès anbasad ameriken an Ayiti, sou ki enterè Etazini genyen an Ayiti, poukisa Etazini mele nan politik ayisyen, ak ki entèvansyon ameriken ap fè an Ayiti. Whitman di politisyen ak responsab politik ameriken ap rann Ayiti vizit paske se bon zanmi ak bon vwazen yo ye. Dominique mande poukisa USAID bay yon konpayi kanadyen kontra pou fè kat elektoral Ayiti yo. Li pale sou ayisyen ki sispèk Etazini ap òganize yon eleksyon “pre-fabrike” an Ayiti, epi y ap manipile eleksyon ayisyen avèk kat elektoral eletronik ak lòt mwayen. Yo pale tou sou Exercise Fairwinds, yon misyon imanitè solda ameriken. Whitman pwomèt ak tout gravite ke Etazini pa gen kandida prefere nan eleksyon ayisyen an, ke yo pa mele nan eleksyon ayisyen, e ke konfli ki egziste ant repibliken ak demokrat Ozetazini pa fè okenn èfè sou fonksyon anbasad ameriken an Ayiti. Whitman di "Se eleksyon ki sèl opsyon."
Jean Dominique asks Daniel Whitman, the press officer of the US Embassy in Haiti, about the United States' interest, involvement, and intervention in Haiti. Whitman claims that visits of US policymakers and politicians are in the interest of being good friends and good neighbors. Dominique asks why the USAID granted a contract to a private Canadian firm to make Haitian electoral cards, and the suspicion of Haitian people that the US was "pre-fabricating" and manipulating the Haitian elections through electronic voting and other means. They discuss the deployment to US troops as part of Exercise Fairwinds, a humanitiarian mission. Whitman solemnly swears that the US does not have a preferred candidate and they are not meddling in Haiti's elections, and denies that conflicts between Republicans and Democrats in the US play out at the US Embassy in Haiti. "There is no alternative to elections," concludes Whitman.
Jean Dominique questionne Daniel Whitman, le chargé de presse de l’ambassade américaine en Haïti, au sujet des intérêts, de l'implication et des interventions des États-Unis en Haïti. Selon Whitman, les politiciens et les législateurs américains s'intéressent à Haïti de manière amicale, parce que se sont des bons voisins. Dominique demande pourquoi l'USAID a signé un contrat avec une entreprise privée canadienne pour que cette dernière fabrique des cartes électorales haïtienne et explique que certains soupçonnent les États-Unis de monter des élections « pré-fabriquées » en Haïti et de les manipuler au travers des votes électroniques et d'autres biais. Ils parlent du déploiement de soldats américains dans le cadre de la mission humanitaire Exercise Fairwinds. Whitman promet avec gravité que les États-Unis n'ont pas de candidat préféré et qu'ils ne s'immiscent pas dans les élections haïtiennes. Il nie aussi que les conflits entre républicains et démocrates qui secouent le pays fassent également rage à l'ambassade. « Les élections sont la seule option », déclare-t-il.
- Program Type:
- Interview
- Subject:
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- Haiti--Foreign relations--United States
- Relasyon ant Ayiti ak Etazini
- Relations haïtiano-américaines
- Foreign intervention
- Entèvansyon etanje
- Intervention étrangère
- Haiti--Foreign relations
- Relasyon etranje, Ayiti
- Relations étrangères, Haïti
- Electoral crisis (2000)
- Kriz elektoral (2000)
- Crise électorale (2000)
- Elections
- Eleksyon
- Élections
- United States. Army
- Lame ameriken
- Armée américaine
- Elections--Corrupt practices
- Magouy elektoral
- Fraude électorale
- United States Information Service
- International Foundation for Electoral Systems
- United States. Agency for International Development
- Clinton, Bill, 1946-
- United States of America
- Cuba
- Location:
- Language:
- French
- Tape ID:
- RL10059CS0786
- Rights:
- Limited Re-UseCC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Rights Note:
- This recording may contain material that was not originally created by Radio Haiti and therefore not covered by the Creative Commons license indicated here. For more information see https://repository.duke.edu/dc/radiohaiti/about#copyright.
- Digital Collection:
- Radio Haiti Archive
- Source Collection:
- Radio Haiti audio recordings, 1957-2003
- Related Resources:
- See below
- Identifier:
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- 0a2d6dd31d81ad9bae6f8ee41e43e033
- radiohaiti
- duke:478987
- RL10059-CS-0786_01
- ark:/87924/r4s46kg7j
- 483609e8-5d99-4936-b10c-5b0ff0ba60da
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- https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4s46kg7j
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