By Eduardo Galeano, Cuba Si. “It is worth repeating it once again, so that the deaf can hear: Haiti was the founding country of the independence of America and the first one that defeated slavery in the world. It deserves much more than the fame sprung from its misfortunes.” – Eduardo Galeano. (English | French | Portuguese | Spanish)
Continue reading →By Raúl Zibechi, SURda | Translated by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. There is another Latin American attitude towards the plight of Haiti. A most impressive approach that deserves to be lauded is that of the Landless Peasant Movement (MST) in Brazil, which started initially with four members sent in 2008 by the Brigade Dessalines. (English | Spanish)
Continue reading →By Fernando Moyano, SURda | Translated by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Mujica fails to specify that this is an army of occupation soldiers. The proof that this is a military occupation is the fact that it violates the self-determination of people and promotes the moral degradation of the soldiery. (English | Spanish)
Continue reading →By Jacobo G. García, El Mundo – Spain | Translated by Camden Luxford, Watching America | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Now that money for legitimate science has dried up in the U.S., there are probably many more John Cutler(s). (English | Spanish)
Continue reading →By Whitney Phillips, Cronkite Borlerlands Initiative | Florida Center for Investigative Reporting | El Nuevo Herald. Vigorous enforcement of new laws in the Dominican Republic means that hundreds of thousands of people of Haitian descent are finding it increasingly difficult to get access to their birth certificates, which are required to get married, obtain a high school diploma, start a business, get a driver’s license or passport. or even sign up for a phone plan. (English | Spanish)
Continue reading →By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery | Spanish translation by Fernando Moyano | Portuguese translation by Murilo Otavio Rodrigues Paes Leme. This article was first published in Aug 2011 when newly sworn Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim said he wanted to conclude Brazil’s participation in the notorious United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). (English | French | Spanish | Portuguese)
Continue reading →By Milagros Salazar, IPS. The Andean titi monkey (Callicebus oenanthe) has found refuge in a tiny slice of forest in San Martín, Peru, preserved by one woman. (English | Spanish)
Continue reading →By Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, Cuban News Agency, Radio Cubana | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The so-called Mission for U.N. Stabilization of Haiti (MINUSTAH) wants to recast itself as a development mission. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez spoke up in defense of Haitian self determination and against this attempt to turn Haiti into a U.N. protectorate. (English | Spanish)
Continue reading →By Eduardo Galeano, Rebelion | Yes! Magazine. “Human rights and the rights of Nature are two names of the same dignity.” – Eduardo Galeano. (English | Spanish)
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