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2004
DECEMBER
December 17, 2004
Exhuming the Past
In part two of a two-part series, Elizabeth Farnsworth reports on the indictment of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for kidnapping and murder.


December 14, 2004
Exhuming the Past
Elizabeth Farnsworth reports on the indictment of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on charges of human rights violations in part one of a two-part series.

NOVEMBER
November 19, 2004
Recovery Effort
Betty Ann Bowser looks at how Haiti is rebuilding after the devastating Hurricane Jeanne.

MAY
May 28, 2004
Caribbean Disaster
Two weeks of heavy rains triggered fatal flooding in the central region of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, made up of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Jeffrey Brown discusses the devastating floods with Marko Kokic of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.


May 13, 2004
Mayan High Life
Jeffrey Brown takes a look at "Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya," an exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., that reveals a world both refined and raucous.

APRIL
April 1, 2004
Search for Stability
A month after rebel fighters forced former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide from power, security and stability still largely elude that island nation. Gwen Ifill asks U.N. special adviser on Haiti Reginald Dumas about what role the United Nations will play in restoring order and democracy to Haiti.

MARCH
March 10, 2004
Handling Haiti
U.S. Marines, in Haiti to help bring peace to the strife-torn nation, came under attack twice last night in the capital Port-au-Prince. Gwen Ifill discusses the situation with two members of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, which is looking into the crisis: Chairman Norm Coleman, R-Minn., and ranking member Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.


March 8, 2004
Unrest in Haiti
The former chief justice of the Haitian Supreme Court was sworn in as the new president of Haiti. But Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who fled an armed rebellion more than a week ago, insisted that he is still president. Ray Suarez gets an update from New York Times correspondent Lydia Polgreen.


March 1, 2004
Upheaval in Haiti
Rebel forces, French soldiers and U.S. Marines began to take control of Port-au-Prince, after Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled his homeland under pressure Sunday. Gwen Ifill discusses Haiti's political future with Luigi Einaudi, assistant secretary general of the Organization of American States, and Robert Fatton, a professor of political science at the University of Virginia.


March 1, 2004
Upheaval in Haiti
Rebel forces, French soldiers and U.S. Marines began to take control of Port-au-Prince, after Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled his homeland under pressure Sunday. Ray Suarez discusses the search for stability in Haiti with Martin Kaste of National Public Radio in Port-au-Prince.

FEBRUARY
February 25, 2004
On the Brink
U.S. Marines and Canadian soldiers provided protection for their citizens in Port-au-Prince as looting and other acts of lawlessness spread across the capital. Margaret Warner discusses the latest internationally initiated diplomatic efforts in Haiti with Luigi Einaudi, assistant secretary general of the Organization of American States.

JANUARY
January 13, 2004
Summit of the Americas
President Bush combated increasing Latin American resistance to U.S. economic and foreign policy as the Summit of the Americas concluded in Monterrey, Mexico. Ray Suarez gets perspective on the summit from Mark Falcoff of the American Enterprise Institute, Moises Naim of Foreign Policy Magazine, and Robert Pastor of American University.

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