What’s to Blame for Wild Weather? ‘La Nada’
By Dauna Coulter, NASA Science News. The weather in the USA has been positively wild. NASA climatologist Bill Patzert blames this on a different suspect: La Nada.
Continue reading →Dady Chery
Dr. Dady Chery is a Haitian-born poet, playwright, journalist and scientist. She is the author of the book "We Have Dared to Be Free: Haiti's Struggle Against Occupation." Her broad interests encompass science, culture, and human rights. She writes extensively about Haiti and world issues such as climate change and social justice. Her many contributions to Haitian news include the first proposal that Haiti’s cholera had been imported by the UN, and the first story that described Haiti’s mineral wealth for a popular audience.
Iceland Declares Independence from International Banks
By Bill Wilson, Net Right Daily. Iceland is free. And it will remain so, so long as her people wish to remain autonomous of the foreign domination of her would-be masters – in this case, international bankers.
Continue reading →Miami Police Assassinate Character of Haitian Youth After Taking His Life
By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Twelve police officers pumped over 100 rounds on Monday May 30, 2011 into Raymond Hérissé, who had turned 22 on March 1. Raymond Hérissé was the son of a hardworking Haitian woman.
Continue reading →Siege By Boko Haram Due to Economic, Not Religious Frustration
By Toluwa Olusegun, IPS. Lagos, Nigeria – The sectarian crisis and recent violence by extremist groups, like the June 16, 2011 bomb blast on the Nigerian Police Headquarters, were borne out of anger at prevailing economic conditions rather than religious frustration.
Continue reading →In Miami, 12 Officers Shoot Haitian over 100 Times: Where Is International Press?
By Jean-Guy Allard, Argenpress | Translated by Natasha Mann, Watching America | Haiti Chery. Six youths from segregated neighborhoods in Miami have become victims of fatal police shootings within the last 10 months, without even one investigation report having been filed, or one police officer accused, even of criminal negligence.
Continue reading →Ex-Blackwater Guard Sentenced to 37 Months for Afghan’s Death
By Staff, Raw Story | Wayne Madsen, Russia Times. Two former Blackwater employees were sentenced to 30-37 months in prison for killing Romal Mohammad Naiem, an unarmed Afghan civilian.
Continue reading →U.S. Agency Sabotages Haiti Earthquake Aid
By Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report. After so many injuries to Haiti over so many years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) now insults the living and the dead with a report that questions how many people died in the quake, and how many remain in camps for the displaced.
Continue reading →Venezuela-Cuba Undersea Cable to Start Operating in July
By Staff, Dominican Today | Radio Rebelde | |Ian James, Valley News. A recently-instaled Venezuelan-Cuban undersea cable will begin operating in July. The cable connects Cuba to the Internet via both Venezuela and Jamaica. An extension is planned to reach Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Continue reading →Let Them Live on $3 a Day | Usines Levis et Hanes ont combattu, avec l’ambassade des É.-U., l’augmentation du salaire minimum en Haïti
By Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives, The Nation. Contractors for Fruit of the Loom, Hanes, and Levi’s worked in close concert with the US Embassy when they aggressively moved to block a minimum wage increase for Haitian assembly zone workers, the lowest-paid in the hemisphere, according to secret State Department cables. (English | French)
Continue reading →Press Release: Understanding Land Investment Deals in Africa
Press Release, Oakland Institute. “The same financial firms that drove us into a global recession by inflating the real estate bubble through risky financial maneuvers are now doing the same with the world’s food supply.”
Continue reading →Wildlife Doctor’s Reward Is Seeing Patients Fly Away
By Staff Writers Terra Daily Veterinarian Belinda Burwell, on one hand, counsels people about how to treat lost or hurt animals they find in the wild. On the other, she takes in orphaned animals as patients at her rural rehabilitation … Continue reading →
Targeting Cuba’s Health-Care System
By William Blum, Consortium News. The U.S. government’s half-century campaign to discredit and destroy Cuba’s experiment with socialism has had many ruthless aspects, but perhaps none more so than efforts to disparage and damage the Caribbean island’s widely admired health-care system.
Continue reading →Understanding the War in Libya
Editorial, Granma. In the war against Libya, Washington is simultaneously pursuing several objectives: taking control of oil, protecting the safety of Israel, preventing the liberation of the Arab world, hindering African unity, and setting up NATO as Africa’s watchdog.
Continue reading →WikiLeaks Haiti: The PetroCaribe Files
By Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives The Nation Préval’s dramatic inauguration day oil deal won high marks from many Haitians, who had demonstrated against high oil prices and the lack of electricity. But it ushered in a multiyear geopolitical battle … Continue reading →