Haiti Must Invalidate Decree to Cede La Gonave

Editorial Comment Has Haiti’s 38-square-mile offshore island, Ile de La Gonâve been sold outright to foreign interests or transformed into a tax haven where Haiti maintains ownership only of the territory? Neither of these. Not if we fight. On January 7, 2016 Michel Martelly published a … Continue reading →

Yet More Brazilian Military Train to Take Command in Haiti | Militares treinam para exercer comando no Haiti

CCOPAB, Brazilian Ministry of Defense, Air Forces | Commentary and translation from the Portuguese by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Forty-two soldiers from the Brazilian Navy, Army, and Air Force concluded, on Friday, January 30, 2015, an Internship in the Preparation of Commanders and Staff for the 22nd Brazilian contingent for MINUSTAH. (English | Portuguese)

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Francois Duvalier Interview in English, 1968

By Alan Whicker and Frank Pocklington, BBC, ITV, Yorkshire Television | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Selected scenes of 1968 Haiti, plus a remarkably extensive and candid interview, in English, between a quite fearless British reporting team and Francois Duvalier.

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Haiti’s Human Rights Organizations Say No to Dictatorship | Les Organisations Haïtiennes de Défense des Droits Humains disent non à la gouvernance par décret

By Staff, AHP | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery for Haiti Chery. Thirteen human rights organizations have signed a memorandum to reject neo-dictatorship in Haiti after Michel Martelly declared that, if there could not be local elections in Haiti by January 12, 2015, he would rule by decree. (English | French)

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Jean Matulnes Lamy: Haiti’s ‘Peasants Built Ile a Vache!’ – Part II

Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery | Second part of the interview of Jean Matulnes Lamy and Louis Jean Gadi, both members of the Organization of Ile a Vache Farmers (Konbit Peyizan Ilavach, or KOPI), with Sonny Esteus of Radio VKI.

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Aaron Swartz’ s Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto

By Aaron Swartz | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. “The world’s entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations….” – Swartz

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A Poem by D. H. Lawrence: Snake

By D. H. Lawrence | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery | D. H. Lawrence is best known for his novels and the persecution he endured for them, but he also wrote some 800 equally subversive poems. His 1923 collection “Birds, Beasts and Flowers” is a contemplation of the natural world and man’s relation to it.

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Colonialism In a Poncho: Ecuador and Brazil Help Install New Haiti Military

By Joseph Guyler Delva, Buenos Aires Herald | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Brazil and Ecuador plan to help install a new army in Haiti that is meant to replace the UN “peacekeeping” force MINUSTAH.

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Tension in Port Margot | Port-Margot sous tension depuis une semaine

By Staff, AlterPresse | Staff, Organization for the Development of Port-Margot (ODEP) | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Residents of the northern beach town of Port-Margot, Haiti, are angry with the government for neglecting their major arteries to the east and west, and for appropriating their most important tourist attraction, Chouchou Bay, for a neighboring city. The town is 35 km (22 miles) from Cap Haitien and is coveted as a place to live by mining personnel moving into northern Haiti. (English | French)

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Government Postpones School Year One Month | Le pouvoir repousse la rentrée scolaire au 1er octobre

By Staff (spp), Radio Kiskeya | By Stephen Ralph Henry, AlterPresse. Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Haitian PM Laurent Lamothe said Friday, August 3, 2012, during a working session in the Parliament, that the new school year originally set to start on September 3 would be postponed until October 1 because of economic difficulties. Parents and teachers’ organizations say they were not consulted. (English | French)

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Typhoon Gener, Climate Change Wreak Havoc in Philippines

Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery | Elena L. Aben and Ellalyn B. De Vera, Manila Bulletin | By Staff, Sun Star. Large farming towns north of the capital Manila, as well as heavily populated coastal areas remain under waist-deep floods. Fierce winds and heavy rains from slow-moving Typhoon Gener (international codename Saola) have battered the country, killing at least 39 people and displacing about 200,000.

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Instant Gratification U.S.A.

Infographics created by Online Graduate Programs | Courtesy of Tony Shin | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. What kind of culture is compatible with instant gratification? Certainly not one that nurtures spirituality, because a spiritual life requires being still sometimes. Or one that promotes creativity, because prolonged focus and practice are needed for mastery over one’s talents.

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Haiti’s Puppet Masters By Another Name | Les marionnettistes d’Haïti par un autre nom

By Staff, Radio Metropole | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. With the reactivation of the defunct 2005 Council of Economic and Social Development (Conseil de Développement Economique et Social), Haiti establishes a permanent dictatorship with elections. The CESD replaces the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC). (English | French)

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