This is a very short excerpt of an interview with producer/director Kevin Pina in late 2004. also: www.pej.org www.metamute.org www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com Kevin Pina began reporting from Haiti in 1991 for the KPFA News in the United States. He reported on human rights violations committed by the Haitian military in the poor neighborhood of Cite Soleil following the coup of September 30, 1991 that was led by Raoul Cedras and Michel François. He began producing his first documentary about Haiti, “Harvest of Hope,” in late 1990. Pina survived an assassination attempt in July 1993 while interviewing Haitian senator Thomas Eddy Dupiton. Gunmen fired at Pina from a passing car in front of the senator’s home in Canape Verte. Pina reportedly dove for cover as Dupiton stood behind him. The senator was shot in the forearm. www.webster.edu Pina was accused by Cedras and his ‘Canadian’ intelligence advisor, Lynn Garrison www.webster.edu of having set up Dupiton. Garrison, who has a long history of ties to the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense intelligence Agency, referred to Pina as a ‘Judas Goat’ asserting the journalist had participated in a plot by Aristide and Lavalas to assassinate Senator Dupiton. Pina released his first documentary on Haiti, “Haiti: Harvest of Hope” in 1997. After deciding to produce a sequel, Pina moved to Haiti in Jan. 1999 and began living and working there for the next seven years. During that time he worked as a consultant …

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