Welcome Back Aristide!
By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. “The carrots are cooked!” we cheerfully say in Haiti, to announce when a stew is ready. Dr. Jean-Bertrand Aristide is due back home at 8:00 a.m. today.
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Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s Amazing Speech as he Returns Home, Defying U.S. Demands | Premier discours d’Aristide
By President Jean-Bertrand Aristide | Translated by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. “The problem of exclusion, its solution is the inclusion of all Hatians without favoritism, because tout moun se moun!” (English | French)
Continue reading →A Tragedy that Leaves Us All Without Words
By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Our Japanese brothers, sisters, and wildlife, you are in our hearts. If no more can be said, this is because this tragedy leaves us without words.
Continue reading →Why the U.S. Must Rape, Er, Help, Haiti
By Glenda Beckk, World News. “Did I say rape and pillage? What I meant was ‘profit from.'”
Continue reading →Mexico, Cradle of Corn, Finds Its Noble Grain Under Assault
By Tim Johnson, McClatchy. Mexico’s native varieties of corn are under peril from economics and genetic contamination, potentially depriving humans of a crucial resource.
Continue reading →Cholera Epidemic Devastates Haiti October Rice Harvest and Promises Yet More Damage | L’épidémie de choléra pourrait affecter la prochaine campagne agricole dans l’Artibonite, spécialement la production de riz
By Gotson Pierre, Francesca Theosmy and Ronald Colbert, AlterPresse | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Since the 1980s, Haiti’s production of its own food has dropped from over 80 Percent to less than 40 percent. The latest blow was the was the introduction of cholera into the Artibonite River during the rice harvest. (English | French)
Continue reading →The Haiti Situation: An Interview With Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Interview of Jean-Bertrand Aristide With Nicolas Rossier, Z Magazine. “The Haitian people who are moving from misery to poverty with dignity should continue to move straight towards that goal. If we lose our dignity we lose everything.” J.-B. Aristide
Continue reading →Should We Care About the Return of Haiti’s Idiot Son, Jean-Claude Duvalier?
By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Haiti got its idiot son Jean-Claude Duvalier in 1972. He was never elected president: not even by a fraudulent count. He was inaugurated “President for Life” one year after the death of his father François Duvalier. This event was feted by the international community with the return of aid to Haiti after a decade’s hiatus.
Continue reading →Dominican Republic Deports Haitians Back to the Cholera Epidemic
Editorial Comment Like the United States, the Dominican Republic is deporting Haitians back to the cholera epidemic. The DR has made out nicely as a venue for donors conferences since the earthquake. In addition, it has served as a conduit … Continue reading →
Looking South for Environmental Progress
By Jay Walljasper, On the Commons. The developing world doesn’t simply do less of what’s wrong, it has pioneered new approaches to protect the environment that are rooted in a sense of the commons.
Continue reading →Return Guantanamo to the Cuban people
By Dr. Cesar Helala, Gulf Times. Since 1959, the Cuban government has informed the U.S. government that it wants to terminate the lease on Guantanamo.
Continue reading →Haiti is Proof of the Failure of International Assistance | Haïti est la preuve de l’échec de l’aide internationale
Ricardo Seitenfus Interview With Arnaud Robert, Le Temps | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Departing Brazilian representative to the OAS, Ricardo Seitenfus, speaks his mind about the UN and NGO presence in Haiti. (English | French)
Continue reading →Cuban Internationalism as Engaged Empathy
By Gary Olson, ZNet. Cuban internationalism, initially more military and now medical, is the most compelling large-scale example we have of empathic solidarity.
Continue reading →Fidel’s Reflexions: The Fight Against Cholera
By Fidel Castro Ruz, Escambray. The U.N., at the instigation of the U.S., creator of poverty and chaos in the Republic of Haiti. The U.S. had decided to send into Haitian territory its occupation troops the MINUSTAH (U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti) which, in passing, introduced the cholera epidemic into that brother country.
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