Yearly Archives: 2012

Lolita in the Dominican Republic

avatarPosted on by December 14, 2018

By Staff, Diario Libre | Humberta, Diaspora Women | Editorial comment by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The Dominican Republic has the highest percentage of pregnant adolescents of all Latin American and Caribbean countries. According to the Statistical Yearbook of Public Health, there were 118,730 births in 2011, 60% of them to mothers under 18 years old. Moreover, 40% of these births were by Caesarian section. Instead of confronting these problems, Dominicans have focused on Haitian births.

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Withdraw UNASUR’s UN Troops from Haiti!

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Staff (sgl/emw/mgt/jrr) Prensa Latina | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. At a meeting of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Member countries discussed a timetable for South America’s withdrawal from MINUSTAH. But the plan so far looks more like one for a gradual replacement of Latin American troops with Asian and African troops.

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Corruption by ‘Peacekeeping’: The Lure of Foreign Exchange

avatarPosted on by December 20, 2018

By Staff, AsiaOne | Editorial comment by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Bangladeshi UN “peacekeepers” have sent home nearly $1.24 billion during the past three years. In 2010 Bangladesh sent its first female MINUSTAH contingent, a group of 110, to Haiti.

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U.S. Labor Law ‘a Scam’

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Josh Eidelson, In These Times | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. A turning point in the power of American labor was the passage of the National Labor Relations Act, and especially its 1945 Taft-Hartly Act provisions, which recognized the right to collective bargaining but banned mass picketing and secondary boycotts. The NLRA is examined in light of the growing disregard for unions by corporate bosses and the increasingly successful partnerships of labor with the Occupy movement.

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Massive Drop in Antarctic Cold Dense Water that Drives Global Ocean Currents

avatarPosted on by March 5, 2019

By Steve Rintoul, CSIRO | Staff, SPX via Terra Daily. Australian and US scientists have found a 60% reduction in the amount of Antarctic Bottom Water off the coast of Antarctica since 1970. This is worrying because the sinking of dense water around Antarctica is part of a global pattern of ocean currents that strongly influences climate.

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In Major Victory for Occupy, JP Morgan Chase Stampeded Out of Buffalo NY

avatarPosted on by March 5, 2019

By Eric W. Dolan, Raw Story | Occupy Buffalo. Buffalo, New York USA City Comptroller Mark J. F. Schroeder announced that the city will pull $45 million from an account with JPMorgan Chase, following concerns raised by members of the Occupy Buffalo movement.

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A Little Dictatorship to Make the Band March in Time | Une petite dictature pour améliorer la fanfare militaire

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Frantz Duval and Robenson Geffrard, Le Nouvelliste | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Satisfied with his achievements during his first year, but frustrated about red tape that has his palace band without instruments, Michel Martelly announced that his team has started to think about an emergency law. (English | French)

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Sandino: Beyond Borrowed Masks, True Identity | Sandino : el abandono del disfraz a favor de la identidad

avatarPosted on by June 14, 2019

By Toni Solo, Tortilla con Sal, Haiti Chery | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Imperialist collaborators take pride in the degree to which they can assume the posture and mask of the oppressor. The predecessors of Augusto Cesar Sandino and inheritors of his legacy make it possible to shed those masks. (English | Spanish)

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International Land Grabbers to Carve Up Haiti’s Rural Areas | Les accapareurs internationales de terre divisent les zones rurales d’Haïti

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

Report, Interamerican Development Bank via Relief Web | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti chery. Land tenure informality has been an obstacle to grabbing Haitian lands for use by big agricultural, mining, and power companies. Cambodia has undergone a process of mapping of land ownership similar to one proposed for Haiti. The land grabs and killings have begun in Cambodia. (English | French)

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Workers and Students Beat University-Funded Hotel-Flipping Firm

avatarPosted on by March 5, 2019

By David Moberg, In These Times. Overcoming the classic town-gown social divide, students at various ivy-league universities have formed labor-action movements to win major victories for hotel workers in their fight against appalling working conditions at university-financed hotels.

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Taking It to the Streets: Justice for Alan Blueford! Release Chris Moreland!

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Davey D, Davey D’s Hip Hop Corner Blog | twitter: @alyssa011968 | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. At a town hall meeting in Oakland about the shooting of 18-year old Alan Blueford, attendees turned their backs on what they perceived to be lies from the police chief. A bullhorn called “Justice!” and got the response “For Alan Blueford.” Chris Moreland, the man who spoke into the bullhorn, is in jail on trumped up charges.

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The Rush to Haiti’s North | La ruée vers le Nord

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Roberson Alphonse, Le Nouvelliste | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. According to Dieuseul Anglade, director of Haiti’s Office of Mines and Energy in Haiti, during the negotiations for mineral exploitation, the Haitian State will keep a close watch to ensure that Haitian citizens benefit from the country’s wealth. Meanwhile, the mayors have been dismissed, and land prices have skyrocketed. (English | French)

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No More Water: The Fire Next Time

avatarPosted on by March 5, 2019

Interview of Angus Wright with Robert Jensen, Common Dreams | By Chris Edgar and Burl Carraway, Texas Forest Service. Half a billion trees scattered across Texas USA have died from the unrelenting 2011 drought. Angus Wright comments: “I don’t see enough people having sufficient awareness, understanding, and determination to bring about the major changes we need.”

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Charlemagne Peralte: Haitian Hero, ‘Supreme Bandit’ of First US Occupation – Part III

avatarPosted on by July 28, 2022

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. “These Southerners have found Haiti to be the veritable promised land of ‘jobs for deserving democrats’…. In Port-au-Prince many of them live in fine villas. Many of them who could not keep a hired girl in the United States have a half-dozen servants. All of the civilian heads of departments have automobiles furnished at the expense of the Haitian Government… It is interesting to see with what disdain, as they ride around, they look down upon the people who pay for the cars.” – James Weldom Johnson

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