Perspectives on a Changing Haiti

Recorded April 15, 2004

Below is the original description of the event.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters has represented California’s 35th District, which includes a large part of South Central Los Angeles and the Westchester community, for seven terms. Formerly the Chair of the 39-member Congressional Black Caucus (1997-98), Rep. Waters was recently named Co-Chair of the House Democratic Steering Committee. Rep. Waters was a key figure in Congressional efforts to restore Haiti’s democratically-elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power in 1991. In early March, she testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the role of the U.S. government in the overthrow of President Aristide.