By Michel Carlin, Le Nouvelliste | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The Aristide Foundation University (UNIFA) at Tabarre is resuming and expanding its activities, including the start of a new Computer Science institute. (English | French)
Continue reading →By Jay Donahue Solitary Watch via San Francisco Bay View “This is the largest prisoner strike of any kind in recent U.S. history,” says Ron Ahnen of California Prison Focus. “The fact that so many prisoners are participating highlights the … Continue reading →
Editorial Comment Anwar al-Awlaki’s and Troy Davis’ murders are connected, and the connection is the November 2012 United States presidential elections. These elections will make little difference to the population, but they matter very much to the two political parties. … Continue reading →
By Staff Writers, Space Daily | NASRDA | Stephen Clark, Spaceflight Now. Last month Nigeria launched two satellites, Nigeriasat 2 and Nigeriasat X, used for forestry, mapping, disaster monitoring and security applications. In 2009 South Africa launched SumbandilaSat and last year formed its own space agency.
Continue reading →By Eduardo Galeano, Cuba Si. “It is worth repeating it once again, so that the deaf can hear: Haiti was the founding country of the independence of America and the first one that defeated slavery in the world. It deserves much more than the fame sprung from its misfortunes.” – Eduardo Galeano. (English | French | Portuguese | Spanish)
Continue reading →By Staff, National Geographic. While looking through Haiti’s forests, scientists rediscovered the critically endangered La Hotte glanded frog and half a dozen Haitian frog species that had not been seen for almost 20 years and occur nowhere else.
Continue reading →Staff, HPN | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The Haitian Senate unanimously approved a resolution that calls for MINUSTAH’s departure by October 2012, but this resolution was non binding on the executive. (English | French)
Continue reading →UPI via Terra Daily Editorial Comment. Finally there is a move afoot to reconsider the water agreements between Nile countries. The previous agreements for sharing the Nile waters had been unfair and involved the U.K. bullying upstream countries for the … Continue reading →
By Evan Rohar, Labor Notes. An attempt by a big grain exporter to operate a new state-of-the art facility without longshore union labor has met stiff resistance from the rank and file in the Pacific Northwest.
Continue reading →Staff, HPN | Laura Flynn, Aristide Foundation | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The Aristide Foundation University (UNIFA) School of Medicine at Tabarre has resumed its activities. (English | French)
Continue reading →By Raúl Zibechi, SURda | Translated by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. There is another Latin American attitude towards the plight of Haiti. A most impressive approach that deserves to be lauded is that of the Landless Peasant Movement (MST) in Brazil, which started initially with four members sent in 2008 by the Brigade Dessalines. (English | Spanish)
Continue reading →Eric Law, The Independent | GRITtv. Wangari Maathai died of cancer on Sunday, September 25, 2011. The organization she founded, the Green Belt Movement, planted millions of trees.
Continue reading →By Dan Coughlin, Haiti Liberté. The United Nations forces that occupy Haiti are poorly trained. They have spied on student groups, impaired elections, and recklessly shot, killed and wounded hundreds of civilians.
Continue reading →By Inés Acosta, IPS. Artificial single-species forests are expanding fast in countries of the developing South, fueled by low production costs and incentives from governments, and causing severe social and environmental impacts.
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