A Poem by Dady Chery: The Dance
By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The dance: a poem inspired by a conversation, the birds, and Bach’s little fugue in G minor.
Continue reading →Deadly Blow to Death Penalty Drugs
By Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch. A judge has banned U.S. imports of sodium thiopental: the first drug in a cocktail of three drugs administered to kill prisoners on death row.
Continue reading →Reggae from Tiken Jah Fakoly: On a Tout Compris – It’s All Very Clear
By Tiken Jah Fakoly | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Tiken Jah Fakoly originates from the Ivory Coast and describes as his mission, “to wake up the consciences.”
Continue reading →In PIH Oral Cholera Vaccine Trial, Rights of Haitians Should be Respected
By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. A medical trial in Haiti — presumably of the oral cholera vaccine Shanchol — on poor women and children is being presented as a vaccination campaign. To avoid possible abuse it is essential that the Declaration of Helsinki guidelines be followed.
Continue reading →Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects | Principes éthiques applicables à la recherche médicale impliquant des êtres humains
By the World Medical Association. Guidelines for all research on humans include a requirement to inform potential human subjects of their right to abstain or withdraw consent at any time. Potential subjects must be informed of the purpose, methods, funding sources, conflicts of interest and benefits of the research, as well as the risks of possible side effects. The guidelines also require researchers and their publishers to supply complete and accurate information on their findings, including negative results. (English | French)
Continue reading →Saramago’s ‘Lost and Found in Time’ 2nd Novel Claraboya Published | ‘Claraboya’, novela inédita de José Saramago, se publica en español
By Walfredo Angulo, Prensa Latina | Granma | Haiti Chery. Jose Saramago wrote Claraboya in the 1950’s but received no word from the publisher for 40 years. The dictatorial regime of Antonio de Oliveira Salazar in Portugal had probably censored the novel. It has just appeared in Portuguese and Spanish (English | Spanish).
Continue reading →Worker Co-ops Expand in U.S. Despite Rust-Belt Economy
By Susan Arterian Changs, YES! In the heart of inner Cleveland, Ohio, and abandoned by the global economy, the Evergreen Cooperative has emerged as one of the most promising models of locally based wealth-building in the U.S.
Continue reading →Industrial Fertilizer Responsible for Climate Changing Nitrous Oxide Levels
By Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley Press Release | CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research | Haiti Chery. Scientists from the U.S., Australia and New Zealand have discovered that a steep rise in atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) since the mid-1970’s is due to the increased use of industrial fertilizers. Nitrous oxide damages the UV-protective ozone layer in the stratosphere and contributes to climate change as a potent greenhouse gas that causes global warming.
Continue reading →Venezuela’s Minimum Wage to Rise 32.25% in 2012
By Ewan Robertson, Venezuelanalysis. On May 1, 2012, Venezuela’s minimum monthly salary will increase by 15 percent to 1,780 bolivars ($414); and on Sep 1, the minimum wage will increase by another 15 percent to 2,048 bolivars ($476).
Continue reading →New Haitian Transport Decree Will Damage Small Agricultural Vendors | Un nouveau décret de transport en Haïti endommagera les petits vendeurs agricoles
By Staff, AHP | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. When the foreign press considers a bad road accident in Haiti, which caused no harm to their nationals, to be newsworthy, something is afoot. Two fatal Haitian road accidents immediately resulted in a ban of transit vehicles from transporting passengers with their goods and livestock. (English | French)
Continue reading →Mother’s U.S. Citizenship Disqualifies Islamist Presidential Hopeful in Egypt
By Staff, Egypt Independent. Egypt’s Presidential Elections Commission has confirmed receiving documentation that Nawal Abdel Aziz Nour, the late mother of presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, obtained U.S. nationality in 2006. Ismail is a popular Islamic preacher who advocates for the establishment of an Islamist state that applies Sharia.
Continue reading →Haitian Senate Suspects Counterfeiting Operation for Executive Branch | L’exécutif aurait son propre réseau de faussaires, soupçonne une commission sénatoriale d’enquête
By Staff (rh gp), AlterPresse | Translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. According to one of Michel Martelly’s passports, the former singer traveled to 21 countries that did not affix any seal of entry. Another passport is dated 1981 to 1991, although a Haitian passport is valid for only 5 years. (English | French)
Continue reading →City Dwellers Flock to Raising Chickens | How to Raise Urban Chickens
By Ben Block, Worldwatch Institute | Andrew Kalinchuk, Green Home Authority | You Tube | Haiti Chery. Grassroots campaigns, often inspired by the expanding movement to buy locally produced food, are leading United States municipalities to allow limited numbers of hens within city limits.
Continue reading →Abuse of Antibiotics in Agroindustry Generates Deadly Drug-Resistant Bacteria | Antibióticos en la agroindustria generan bacterias resistentes
By Julio Godoy, IPS | You Tube | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Five prematurely born children died in Bremen, Germany, from infections acquired in a hospital. The infections involved highly antibiotic-resistant bacteria in poultry. (English | Spanish)
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