Category Archives: Haiti

Caracol Free-Trade Zone Jeopardizes Natural and Cultural Heritage | La zone franche de Caracol met en péril le patrimoine naturel et culturel du Nord-Est

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Rachelle Charlier Doucet, AlterPresse | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. A massive industrial park is scheduled to open in the Caracol Bay area of Haiti, although no plan is in place to mitigate the park’s impact on a region that has been proposed as a World Heritage Site for its ecological, historical, and archaeological importance. (English | French)

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Privatization of Water: Benign as Lucifer

avatarPosted on by December 27, 2018

By Richard Raznikov, The Rag Blog | Democracy Center | Haiti Chery. About 20 years ago, it dawned on the bankers and some major corporations that if oil was a lucrative commodity, water would be even more so…. The trick was how to take it away from the people and sell it back to them.

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Sabotage Leaves Haitian City of Gonaives Without Municipal Water | La ville des Gonaïves sevrée par l’Orepa: Trois mois sans eau courante

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Mergenat Exalus, AlterPresse | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The city of Gonaives, Haiti, has been without water since a sabotage of three water pumping stations three months ago. The forced dependence of the Haitian population on bottled water, not inspected by local health authorities, poses a grave danger. (English | French)

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Former President Aristide’s New Book: Philosophical Reflections for Mental Decolonization | Nouveau livre par l’ancien President Aristide: Poésies philosophiques pour la décolonisation mentale

avatarPosted on by December 21, 2018

By Staff, AHP | Translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Just out in Haitian bookstores: a new book by former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide titled “Pwezi filosofik pou dekolonizasyon mantal” (Publisher: Henri Deschamps, 2012). It is the Creole version of “Philosophical Reflections for Mental Decolonization” (Publisher: Paradigm Press, 2011). (English | French)

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Are Stealth Oral Cholera Vaccines in Haiti’s Recently ‘Expanded Program of Immunization’? | Les vaccins anticholériques oraux furtifs: sont-ils dans le ‘programme élargi de vaccination’?

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Aline Sainsoivil, Le Matin | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Haiti’s Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) presented a plan to strengthen its Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) at a meeting on Monday, March 12, 2012 with UN organizations UNICEF, PAHO, and WHO. Might this strengthened EPI involve the administration of oral cholera vaccines? (English | French)

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Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia to Boycott VI Summit of the Americas to Protest Cuba’s Exclusion

avatarPosted on by March 5, 2019

By Staff, MercoPress. Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia, all members of ALBA, will boycott the 6th Summit of the Americas on April 14/15, 2012 in Cartagena, Colombia, to protest the exclusion of Cuba from this and all 5 preceding summits.

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Constitution of the Republic of Haiti, 1987 | Constitution de la République d’Haïti, 1987

avatarPosted on by May 20, 2018

By National Constituent Assembly of Haiti, March 10, 1987. The Haitian people proclaim this constitution to ensure their inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, in conformity with the Act of Independence of 1804 and the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1948. (French | English)

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Amended Haitian Constitution Confirmed as Prefabricated ‘Fake’

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Staff, Defend Haiti | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. A presidential commission recommends withholding publication of the Haitian Constitution amended by the parliament in May 2011 and subsequently corrected. This document’s contents have been found to differ from the outcomes of the parliament’s votes.

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Akasan, Haitian Cornmeal Drink for Sunday Morning

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Marianne Cesar, in A Taste of Haiti, Caribbean Living | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Nearly every Latin America and Caribbean country boasts of a delicious cornmeal drink. Ours in Haiti is called Akasan. It is a legacy from our Taino ancestors.

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Student from School of Anthropology Wins Freedom From Haitian National Penitentiary By Hunger Strike | Grève de la faim d’un étudiant de la faculté d’éthnologie au pénitencier national

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Hilaire Yvince, Le Nouvelliste | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Psychology major Jaksy Fritzbert, from the School of Anthropology and a father of two, began a hunger strike on Mar 6, 2012 to protest his incarceration in Haiti’s National Penitentiary since February 24. The students say that this was a political arrest to intimidate them after they refused to allow Martelly and a group of armed men into an international symposium. (English | French)

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Haiti’s Secretaries of State Not Haitian, Including One Implicated In Dismissal of Mayors | Plusieurs secrétaires d’Etat ne sont pas Haïtiens, y compris celui accusé du licensement des maires

avatarPosted on by December 21, 2018

By staff (jep kft), AlterPresse | English translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Several secretaries in Michel Martelly’s cabinet have a foreign nationality. Secretary of State for the Interior Georges Racine was discovered to be a U.S. citizen; the Secretary of State for Culture and Heritage was discovered to be Spanish, and the Secretary of State for Higher Education was found to be Canadian. The citizenships of Michel Martelly himself and his latest PM designate Laurent Lamothe are also under investigation. (English | French)

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Common Caribbean Strategies Needed Against Climate Change | Besoin de stratégies communes des Caraïbes contre le changement climatique

avatarPosted on by December 14, 2018

Interview of Cuban climate expert Ramón Pichs by Patricia Grogg. Pichs warns that the environmental vulnerability of Caribbean countries is aggravated by the fragility of their economies. ALBA initiatives are underway to improve the response to climate change phenomena and take measures to protect areas such as agriculture and coastlines. These and national efforts will be complemented by inputs from organizations like Caricom and CELAC. (English | French)

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International Community Pushes for Permanent Electoral Council, New Haitian Elections

avatarPosted on by December 12, 2018

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Representatives of Haiti and the international community participated in a one-hour meeting in the National Palace on Thursday, March 1 on the urgent need to establish a Permanent Electoral Council and schedule new elections, as prescribed by the Haitian Constitution. In another meeting between the representatives of Haiti and Venezuela on March 2-3, Venezuela announced $369 million of projects including a gift of financial and technical support for a National Identification system.

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Three Poems By Rene Depestre | Trois poèmes de René Depestre

avatarPosted on by February 22, 2018

By Rene Depestre. The Poet, The Final Degree of Exile, Consciences in Bloom: three offerings from the poetry collection In a State of Poetry (En Etat de Poesie, Les Editeurs Francais Reunis, Paris, 1980). (French, with English | French bio)

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