By Bill Van Auken, WSWS. Michel Martelly, the ex-Kompa singer who cast himself as a political outsider and champion of “change,” was named Monday as the winner of the second round of Haiti’s presidential election with 67.57 percent of the votes cast and a turnout of about 25 percent.
Continue reading →Editorial Comment Last year this video was making the rounds of all the Haitian news sites, but a few months before Haiti’s November 2010 first-round presidential elections, the video was scrubbed from the internet. Luckily, it was copied by the … Continue reading →
By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. “American military will not be sent to Haiti in advance of the election results,” U.S. embassy speaker Jon Pietchowski answered last Friday when confronted with rumors that U.S. soldiers were en route to Haiti to enforce security on the announcement of the presidential and legislative election results.
Continue reading →By Fidel Castro Ruz, Granma. Never before was a large or small country the victim of such a brutal attack by the air force of a military organization which has at its disposal thousands of fighter planes, more than 100 submarines, nuclear aircraft carriers and sufficient arsenal to destroy the planet countless times over.
Continue reading →By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Haiti, it seems, would hardly need a parliament, with the world community toasting the smooth elections, and Mr. Martelly on course to resolve his housing problems. The Haitians who stayed away from the polls beg to differ. A popular slogan is: “There was no first round, so there can be no second round.”
Continue reading →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.
Continue reading →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 →By Glenda Beckk, World News. “Did I say rape and pillage? What I meant was ‘profit from.'”
Continue reading →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 →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 →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 →Film by Clifford Pierre, Ray Sykes, Charlie Steiner on the Haitian Revolution: the world’s only successful slave revolt.
Continue reading →Renewal 4 Haiti recipe | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Throughout their reign of terror, the French forbade Haitians from drinking pumpkin soup (soup joumou), then considered to be a delicacy too sophisticated for a slave’s palate. As a symbol of freedom, Haitians everywhere have cooked a bottomless pot of pumpkin soup and celebrated our Independence Day by sharing this soup every January 1st since 1804. Happy Independence Day!
Continue reading →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 →
