By Staff, Haitian Truth | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Three news bulletins on the Nov 18, 2010 anniversary of the Bataille de Vertieres and the popular uprisings when Haitians learned about MINUSTAH’s importation of cholera into the country.
Continue reading →By Staff, Al Jazeera. Locals in Haiti’s second city of Cap Haitien have clashed with U.N. peacekeepers for a second consecutive day, throwing stones at patrolling teams and calling for their removal from the country after the deaths of at least two people during a protest over an outbreak of cholera that has killed at least 1,000 people. Some Haitians blame Nepalese peacekeepers for the epidemic.
Continue reading →By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Hurricane Tomas swept through the Grande Anse region of Haiti last weekend, destroying over 1,000 homes and killing more than 30 people. I would challenge readers to find the words Grande Anse in any English-language news of Haiti.
Continue reading →By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. As of October 28, 2010, over 300 Haitians have died and over 4,000 have fallen ill of cholera. The press immediately blamed “poor sanitation in the camps” for the outbreak, although the outbreak began in the pristine small towns of St. Marc and Mirebalais that had not suffered any earthquake damage.
Continue reading →By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. It is high time to bid good riddance to MINUSTAH [Mission des Nations Unies pour la (de)Stabilisation en Haiti], a colonial occupation army that has terrorized Haiti for the last six years and overseen its sham presidential and legislative elections.
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