By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Instead of unveiling his new army on the anniversary of the Bataille de Vertieres, Martelly announced that would delay the mobilization of the Haitian army and establish a commission to study the idea. Pity… a militia system would be ideal for Haiti, if it could afford one.
Continue reading →By Dalia Acosta, IPS. Farmers and experts on agriculture from Haiti, Guadeloupe and Martinique toured fields in Cuba, along with local colleagues, to exchange experiences and promote ecological fruit cultivation on Caribbean islands. “Food security is a very important issue, and these technologies can be easily taught….” – Ricot Scutt, from Haiti. (English | Spanish)
Continue reading →By Martha Jean-Claude (lyrics, music) | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. In celebration of Dessalines, who led the decisive battle for Haiti’s Independence, the Bataille de Vertières on November 18, 1803, listen to “Mwen Gen Fòs!” by Martha Jean-Claude. (English | Spanish).
Continue reading →By staff, AHP | Staff, Le Nouvelliste | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Martelly finally visits Cuba six months after his inauguration. (English | French)
Continue reading →By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Half of Haiti’s medical NGOs have left and more plan to shut down their cholera-treatment programs by the year’s end. And guess what? Haiti will get healthier (English | French).
Continue reading →By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery (text) | Marcelo Sayao (photos). The attack on Brazil’s Rocinha slum illustrates a peacetime merger of military with police to make war on their country’s poor. If your country has contributed troops to UN (de)stabilization missions, sit up and take notice.
Continue reading →By Giovanni Dubon, Prospect Journal. In 2008, Brazil’s state of Rio de Janeiro alone experienced 1,137 police killings, compared to 371 in the whole United States.
Continue reading →By staff, Cuba News Agency. A literacy program by Cuba and Venezuela graduated 214 people in Leogane last week and has so far trained 51,163 Haitians to read and write.
Continue reading →By Humberto Márquez, IPS. The Venezuelan government has expropriated 25 ranches to distribute 15,800 hectares (39,042 acres) to communities of Yukpa Indians in the northwest of the country who have been protesting to be returned the lands from which they had been driven. (English | Spanish)
Continue reading →By Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports | By Helda Martínez, IPS | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Nationwide protests are planned by Colombian students, teachers, and labor unions against a law that would allow private businesses to invest in public institutions for higher education. (English | Spanish)
Continue reading →By Toni Solo, Tortilla con Sal | Martha Grevatt, Grevatt blog. This electoral landslide represents an enthusiastic vote of approval for the Sandinista Front for National Liberation (FSLN) and a huge blow to the Nicaraguan right.
Continue reading →By Jose Pavero and others, In: Source Book of Alternative Technologies for Freshwater Augmentation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Rainwater harvesting is not used in Haiti, but over half a million people in the Caribbean get at least some of their water by this method. Rain-catchment systems are easy to build and operate and cost little to run.
Continue reading →By Staff of Prensa Latina, Cadena Agramonte, and Juventud Rebelde. Cuban companies cannot sell over 30 products to small and medium companies in the U.S. because of anti-Cuban White House policies.
Continue reading →By Fidel Castro Ruz, CubaDebate via Granma. Those countries are attempting to monopolize technologies and markets by means of patents, banks, the most modern and costly forms of transportation, cybernetic domination of complex productive processes, and the control of communications and the mass media, in order to deceive the world.
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