Haiti: Gunshots Fired at Radio-Tele Ginen

RTG is popular with both rich and poor in Haiti. The broadcaster is
respected in poor neighborhoods because it often gave a voice to the
residents of Lavalas strongholds while the de facto government of
2004-2006 was in power.

Delmas Wilson Jeudy, the mayor of the community in which RTG is
located, visited the station after the attack. He denounced the
"bandits" responsible, but added that he did not believe the attack
was part of a campaign to muzzle the press. However, he added that an
investigation was being carried out to determine if anything broadcast
by RTG might have provoked violence.

The director of RTG, Jean Lucien Borges, stated that the attack was
typical of other attacks on journalists in Haiti. However, he could
not say what, if anything, broadcast by RTG had provoked the attack.

Asked what impact the attack would have on the morale of RTG employees
Borges replied by comparing RTG to a boat that takes to sea regardless
of the weather and "follows its compass" undaunted.

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