Aristide, Bush, Chávez, Kerry: An Investigation

Narco News today publishes the opening salvo of an especially urgent and important investigation...

Aristide, Bush, Chávez, Kerry: When Presidents Collide

U.S. Political Campaign Plays With Latin American Fire

By Al Giordano
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

Confronted with a mystery, the Authentic Journalist asks "who, what, when, where, why, and how?"

Often the answers lead to more questions.

The hunt for the whole truth begins: How did U.S. opposition presidential candidate John Kerry slide from a pro-democracy position on Haiti to an anti-democracy position on Venezuela in less than a month?

The rise and fall of John Kerry as a respected world leader was something akin to what Andy Warhol meant when he spoke of "fifteen minutes of fame." For two or three weeks, through his public statements on the Haiti coup, Kerry had earned positive attention South of the Border, the beginnings of moral leadership, and the corresponding good faith of the most important Latin American political leaders, of the ones who represent the wave of the future from Mexico to Brazil.

Then, with a single statement, filled with vile untruths, charged with negative consequences on both sides of the border, John Kerry pissed it all away.

Our investigation begins today...

Read the entire report on Narco News.