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For Immediate Release
November 15, 2004
PRESS RELEASE
RIOTING HAITIANS CLAIM ARISTIDE VICTIM OF A Coup D 'état-
Expert and Author Dr. Briton Minshall Tells All.
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 "Thousands of innocent people are dead and homeless in the poorest country in the hemisphere and the U. S. Government is 100% responsible," says Dr. Britt Minshall. "The Internationally popular and Haiti's first constitutionally elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was ousted Feb. 29, 2004 by U. S. Forces under direct orders from the White House. Haiti's first freely elected president in 200 years of independence, winning 62% of the vote, had been embattled by the current administration for the two years of his Presidency as U. S. Aid to the poor people of Haiti was diverted through Bush supported NGOs to undermine Aristide's efforts to bring democracy and a decent living standard to the nations hundreds of thousands of starving poor." The lower class of Haiti (80% of the population) accuses the U.S. of joining with the small upper class in staging a coup d'état lead by the CIA. Minshall backs up those charges having witnessed representatives of the rich negotiating with U.S. Officials in the back offices of the State Department just weeks before Aristide's ouster in which he and his wife were blindfolded and put aboard a U.S. chartered plane heading to Africa.

With no government and gangs of thugs in control, in the months following Aristide's banishment, Haiti has been ravaged by storms and engulfed in violence; over 3,000 Haitians perished. But neither the devastating hurricanes nor the hundreds of protesters that have been shot and killed will deter the Haitian people's resolve to rid the thugs killers and drug dealers now controlling their home. They demand the return of their beloved president Jean-Bertrand Aristide to their democratic government.

"Aristide, a former Priest in the "Parrish of the Poor," found his popularity with people at odds with the agenda of the rich and their cohorts in Washington," states Britt, who, as a regular visitor the Haiti, is only too familiar with the motivations behind foreign governments' policies towards Haiti and its popular president. With each trip Britt found himself drawn closer to the Haitian people and growing more committed to helping the impoverished country overcome its plight. Over the years Britt has attempted to facilitate a plan that has gone to Cabinet level, which would help the rich and poor to work together on economic reform.

During one missionary trip to visit his 300 orphans, Britt witnessed a foiled assignation attempt on Aristide's life by Columbian drug lords collaborating with U. S. agents. Minshall tells the whole story and much more in his fascinating new book Ring of Angels. The author truncates a four-month trip to Haiti into five days of non-stop action, adventure, sex and drama. Ring of Angels is a true accounting of Britt's experiences.

Britt's first career was in Law Enforcement, serving as an advisor to the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration during the Carter years. Britt is the father of four grown children, three grand children and a great-grand child. He resides in Baltimore Maryland.

In his early thirties Dr. Minshall began pursuing his second and current career. He earned an Associate of Divinity Degree from Southeastern Baptist Seminary, a Bachelor of Arts followed from the University of North Florida, a Master's in Counseling Psychology from Emory University and a Doctorate in Socio-Psychology was from Boston University. Currently Dr. Minshall is the Senior Pastor of the Cathedral Church of Saint Matthew and a speaker at several National Church events.
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