Yearly Archives: 2012

Haitian CELAC Participants Warned to Avoid Conflict as Haiti Assumes ‘Zombie Presidency’ of OAS | Dirigeants haïtiens qui ont participé au sommet de la CELAC appelés ‘à éviter toute situation de conflit’ dans L’OEA

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Staff, AHP | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Haitians leaders who participated in the CELAC summit in December 2011 have been warned by Haiti’s Foreign Ministry to behave themselves in the Organization of American States (OAS). (English | French)

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Energy Return on Investment (EROI) Nears Limit for Oil and Gas Discovery, Production

avatarPosted on by February 26, 2019

By Jay Kimball, 8020 Vision. Producing a barrel of oil consumes more and more energy. As we approach an EROI of 1:1 (in other words, consuming 1 barrel of oil to produce 1 barrel of oil) it’s game over.

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Bigger Greenhouse Gas Footprint from Fracking

avatarPosted on by February 26, 2019

By Lynn Herrmann, Digital Journal. According to a study by scientists at Cornell University, compared to conventional oil, gas, or coal, the shale gas from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has a greater impact on climate change because of a bigger greenhouse effect due to release of high levels of methane.

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Fracking for Shale Gas Pollutes Water, Leads to Earthquakes

avatarPosted on by December 20, 2018

Staff, British Columbia Women’s Institute Josh Fox, You Tube. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is looking increasingly like a technology that will have to be left alone, not only because it pollutes the atmosphere and water, but also because the high-pressure injection of waste water from this process is thought to allow ancient faults to slip, leading to earthquakes.

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Gerard Fortune: Art Imbued With a Passion for Life, Nature, and the Gods

avatarPosted on by February 26, 2019

Gérard Fortune is one of Haiti’s most imaginative self-taught painters. He was born in 1925 in Petionville, Haiti. He was originally a houngan (Vodou priest) and pastry chef and did not start to paint until around 1980. His work has been exhibited the world over and is described in most books on Haitian art.

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Aid as a Trojan Horse: On the Anniversary of the Haitian Earthquake

avatarPosted on by January 30, 2021

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Long before the word sustainable became fashionable, before Henry David Thoreau noted that “A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone,” there was Haiti.

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Hunger in the U.S.

avatarPosted on by February 26, 2019

By Staff, Minority News | Black Radio Network. A USDA report shows that “food insecurity” (hunger) is high for households near or below the poverty line ($22,350 for a family of four) — typically households with children headed by a single woman or man, and black and Hispanic households.

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Haitians Emigrating to Brazil Undocumented

avatarPosted on by December 27, 2018

iBy Staff, Listín Diario | By Najla Passos, Carta Maior | Translated from Spanish and Portuguese by David Holmes Morris for lo-de-alla. Some 500 undocumented Haitian immigrants entered the Brazilian city of Brasileia, in the last three days of 2011. The illegal entry might have been dangerous and mediated by human traffickers. On Feb 2, 2012, during a visit to Haiti, Brazilian President Dilma Rousef said her country would grant Haitians 1,200 visas per year for the next five years. (English | Spanish | Portuguese)

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No Time Left to Adapt to Melting Glaciers | Noroeste de Perú sin tiempo para adaptarse al deshielo glaciar

avatarPosted on by February 24, 2018

By Stephen Leahy, IPS | Tierramerica. Glacier water from the Cordillera Blanca, vital to northwest Peru, is decreasing 20 years sooner than expected. “The decline is permanent. There is no going back.” – Glaciologist Michel Baraer. (English | Spanish)

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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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