Sabotage Leaves Haitian City of Gonaives Without Municipal Water | La ville des Gonaïves sevrée par l’Orepa: Trois mois sans eau courante

By Mergenat Exalus, AlterPresse | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The city of Gonaives, Haiti, has been without water since a sabotage of three water pumping stations three months ago. The forced dependence of the Haitian population on bottled water, not inspected by local health authorities, poses a grave danger. (English | French)

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Haiti’s Elected Mayors Dismissed, Illegally Replaced by Presidential Appointees | Prefeitos Eleitos do Haiti Demitidos, Substituídos Ilegalmente por Nomeados pelo Presidente

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Thirteen Haitian mayors were dismissed and replaced on February 18, 2012 by presidential decree. In a press conference, one mayor said that a new individual recently arrived claiming to be his municipality’s new mayor, and two days later he got a letter telling him to assist this person in taking inventory of the region’s heritage. Another mayor wrote in open letter on February 3 that his life is under threat. Secretary of the Interior Georges Racine is thought to be behind the wave of illegal dismissals. (English | Portuguese)

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Total Withdrawal of Brazilian UN Occupation Troops Most Wanted from Rousseff

By Staff, AlterPresse | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Brazilian President Dilma Roussef visited Haiti for a few hours on Feb 1, 2012. She failed to deliver what she could easily have given and what Haitians wanted most: the withdrawal of the Brazilian MINUSTAH occupation troops. (English | French)

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USGS: Haiti, Dominican Republic Might Be Entering Seismic Cycle | Haïti et la République Dominicaine face à un nouveau cycle sismique

By Staff (kft, rc), AlterPresse. A study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) suggests that Haiti’s January 12, 2010 earthquake might represent the start of a new seismic cycle for the Enriquillo fault system, and the island might suffer strong earthquakes in coming years (English | French).

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Venezuela-Cuba-Haiti Collaboration to Build Cap Haitien Airport | L’Aéroport International du Cap Haïtien sera prêt en février 2013

By Staff, Haiti Libre | Translated by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent Lamothe announced that the Cap Haitien International Airport will be ready in February 2013. Work on the airport will be done for $33 million, with assistance from Cuba and Venezuela.

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Wikileaked U.S. Cables Paint Portrait of Brutal, Ineffectual and Polluting U.N. Force in Haiti

By Dan Coughlin, Haiti Liberté. The United Nations forces that occupy Haiti are poorly trained. They have spied on student groups, impaired elections, and recklessly shot, killed and wounded hundreds of civilians.

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The Death of Gerard Jean-Gilles: How the UN Stonewalled Haitian Justice

By Ansel Herz Haiti Liberté Faced with growing outrage over an alleged sexual assault (in July 2011) by UN occupation soldiers on 18-year-old Johnny Jean in the southern town of Port Salut, the UN is pledging to investigate the incident … Continue reading →

Annul Haiti’s Second-Round Elections!

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Haiti, it seems, would hardly need a parliament, with the world community toasting the smooth elections, and Mr. Martelly on course to resolve his housing problems. The Haitians who stayed away from the polls beg to differ. A popular slogan is: “There was no first round, so there can be no second round.”

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Perlitz Gets 20 Years for Sex Abuse in Haiti, Fairfield University Sued

By Michael P. Mayko, CT Post | Edmund H. Mahony and Josh Kovner, Hartford Courant | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The surprise here is that Douglas Perlitz is having to do any time at all for raping nine Haitian boys and sadistically manipulating a host of others in his care.

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Genocide in Haiti: Carelessness or Malice?

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The United Nations and 42 non-governmental organizations (NGO) are asking to be paid about $600 for every Haitian to be contaminated with cholera. There is money in cholera.

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The People Rise Up in Haiti. Indict the U.N. and Government for Introducing and Distributing Cholera, and for Organizing Bogus Elections

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.

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UN Faces Heat Over Haiti Cholera

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.

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Bill Clinton’s Dictatorship in Haiti

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Things haven’t cooled down in Haiti. Quite the contrary. They’re just starting to simmer.

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