Category Archives: World news and analysis

Caracol Haiti Industrial Park With Projected Adverse Environmental Impact | Caracol, un parc industriel d’Haïti Parc qui aurait un impact environnemental négatif

avatarPosted on by March 1, 2018

By Staff, Haiti Grassroots Watch. Part 6 of 7. The same week over 300 agricultural plots in Caracol, Haiti, were unexpectedly destroyed, the Haitian government signed an agreement with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, IDB, and Korean textile giant Sae-A Trading to convert the lands into an industrial park. This park will dump its wastes into a bay with extensive coraf reefs and one of the country’s last mangrove forests. (English | French)

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Harvesting Water to Save Crops and Lives | Recolección de agua para salvar cultivos y vidas

avatarPosted on by December 21, 2018

By Isaiah Esipisu, IPS. If, in Africa and Asia, immediate action were taken to increase investment in diverse methods of water storage, then an estimated 500 million people would benefit from improved agricultural water management. (English | Spanish)

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Eight U.S. States Raise Minimum Wage

avatarPosted on by February 26, 2019

By Dick Meister, Truthout | Brock Haussamen blog | US Dept of Labor. When the minimum wage is adjusted for inflation, one can see that its real value has dropped since 1978. So these increases in the minimum wage are overdue. Unlike the rich, minimum-wage workers spend virtually all that they earn on necessities. So when the minimum wage is increased, this raises the demand for goods and services and leads to job creation.

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Presidency Appears Reluctant to Set Deadline for Reconstitution of Haitian Army | La présidence hésite à fixer d’échéance pour la reconstitution de l’armée

avatarPosted on by December 21, 2018

By Staff (rc), AlterPresse | Editorial comment and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. While Martelly talks politely about puting the idea of a new Haitian Armed Forces to various reviews, groups of bandits calling themselves Former Soldiers Demobilized are doing military training exercises throughout the country. (English | French)

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Argentina Invokes Universal Jurisdiction for Crimes Against Humanity | Argentina invoca la jurisdicción universal para crímenes contra la humanidad

avatarPosted on by December 21, 2018

By Marcela Valente, IPS, Periodistas En Español | Princeton Principles of Universal Jurisdiction, Univ. Minnesota Human Rights Library. A judge in Argentina has begun to investigate human rights crimes committed during Spain’s civil war and the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco (between 1936 and 1975). The case is invoking the principle of universal jurisdiction for crimes against humanity and has landed in Argentina because Spain’s justice system is not effectively taking action. (English | Spanish)

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Pan-European Backing for Hungarian Journalists on 3rd Week of Hunger Strike | Démonstration pan-européenne pour sauvegarder la liberté de la presse en Hongrie

avatarPosted on by December 20, 2018

PRESS RELEASE, European Federation of Journalists | Contrary Hungarian blog | Christine Dupre, La Libre | Translations by Haiti Chery. The EFJ, which represents over 260,000 journalists in over 30 countries, backs the Hungarian journalists and union workers on a hunger strike since December 10 to protest repression and manipulation of the news.

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Rwandans Contributing to UN (De)stabilization of Haiti

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Staff, Defend Haiti | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. One hundred and sixty Rwandans left their country on Monday, December 26, 2011, to replace the first group of Rwandan MINUSTAH police officers, of the same number, deployed nine months before in Jeremie, a Haitian town that was not damaged by the earthquake and needs no stabilization.

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Journalists on Hunger Strike Subjected to Dismissal, Loud Music, Spotlights

avatarPosted on by February 25, 2019

By Jake Blumgart, Dissent Magazine. Phone interview of Jake Blumgart with Balázs Nagy-Navarro: the vice-president of Hungary Television and Filmmakers’ Union and one of several journalists and union members who, on Dec 10, 2011, started a hunger strike to protest media repression.

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At Least 38 Haitian Migrants Drown Near Cuba, 87 Others Rescued | Au moins 38 migrants haïtiens périssent au large de Cuba, 87 autres secourus

avatarPosted on by December 22, 2018

By Staff, AlterPresse | Translated by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. After their boat sank off the coast of Cuba, 45 Haitian migrants drowned; 87 were rescued on Saturday, December 24, 2011 by the Cuban Coast Guard. The small boat is estimated to have carried over 160 passengers. (English | French)

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Cuba Announces Massive Prisoner Release, Gradual Ease of Travel Restrictions

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Staff, Xinhua | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The release of 2,000 Cuban prisoners on the anniversary of the release of the Bay of Pigs invaders by Cuba is hardly coincidental. It is now the United State’ turn to free the Cuban 5.

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Election of One Third of Haitian Senate at an Impasse | Le renouvellement du tiers du Sénat dans l’impasse

avatarPosted on by December 12, 2018

By Staff (jep kft gp apr), AlterPresse. Ten Haitian senators will see their terms expire on the second Monday of January 2012, without elections being held to decide their replacements. (English | French)

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