Nobel Prize Laureates and Prominent Latin Americans Demand UN Mission Withdrawal from Haiti

Editorial Comment Nobel Peace Prize laureates Argentinean Adolfo Perez Esquivel and Irish Betty Williams, Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, and Brazilian theologians Leonardo Boff and Frei Betto are among those who wrote a letter that calls for the withdrawal of the … Continue reading →

Aristide Foundation University (UNIFA) Gradually Restarts | L’Université de la Fondation Aristide se Reprend Peu à Peu

By Michel Carlin, Le Nouvelliste | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The Aristide Foundation University (UNIFA) at Tabarre is resuming and expanding its activities, including the start of a new Computer Science institute. (English | French)

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Aristide Foundation University (UNIFA) Reopens Tabarre Medical School | Ouverture Mardi de l’Université de la ‘Fondation Docteur Aristide’ à Tabarre

Staff, HPN | Laura Flynn, Aristide Foundation | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The Aristide Foundation University (UNIFA) School of Medicine at Tabarre has resumed its activities. (English | French)

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Bye-Bye MINUSTAH! | Bye-Bye MINUSTAH! | Bye-Bye MINUSTAH! | Adeus MINUSTAH!

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)

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Will The Real Terrorist Please Stand Up: Uprising Interviews Saul Landau About Cuban 5

By Saul Landau, Institute for Policy Studies. Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. This documentary explains what the Cuban Five actually did and why they should be freed.

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Ancient Rock Under Haiti Came from 1,000+ Miles Away

By Staff Writers, SPX via Terra Daily. A team of geologists found lavas on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola – home to Haiti and the Dominican Republic – that suggest the area is underlain by rocks almost a billion years older than previously believed.

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U.S. Agency Sabotages Haiti Earthquake Aid

By Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report. After so many injuries to Haiti over so many years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) now insults the living and the dead with a report that questions how many people died in the quake, and how many remain in camps for the displaced.

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Venezuela-Cuba Undersea Cable to Start Operating in July

By Staff, Dominican Today | Radio Rebelde | |Ian James, Valley News. A recently-instaled Venezuelan-Cuban undersea cable will begin operating in July. The cable connects Cuba to the Internet via both Venezuela and Jamaica. An extension is planned to reach Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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Targeting Cuba’s Health-Care System

By William Blum, Consortium News. The U.S. government’s half-century campaign to discredit and destroy Cuba’s experiment with socialism has had many ruthless aspects, but perhaps none more so than efforts to disparage and damage the Caribbean island’s widely admired health-care system.

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WikiLeaks Haiti: The PetroCaribe Files

By Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives The Nation Préval’s dramatic inauguration day oil deal won high marks from many Haitians, who had demonstrated against high oil prices and the lack of electricity. But it ushered in a multiyear geopolitical battle … Continue reading →

Cuba Condemns Killing of Gaddafi Relatives

By mh, rab, ycf, msl, Prensa Latina. In a statement published in the Monday edition of Granma newspaper, the Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the muders of Moammar Gaddafi’s son and grandchildren. Seif al Arab Kadafi, 29, and the three children were killed by NATO in an airstrike.

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