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Brazil’s Military Dictatorship: Bolsonaro’s Godfather Is Home from Haiti to Roost

By Dady Chery Haiti Chery It is bittersweet to be right about my prediction that the occupation of Haiti by Brazil would destroy its democracy. The real power behind the far-right congressman and former army captain, Jair Bolsonaro, who will … Continue reading →

Dilma Rousseff, do Brasil: Não Golpe, e sim Reparação por causa de Corrupção Sistêmica

Por Dady Chery e Gilbert Mercier Haiti Chery Traduzido por Murilo Leme Em votação pública aberta, a câmara baixa do Brasil votou esmagadoramente em 17 de abril de 2016 pelo impeachment de Dilma Rousseff. Os votos, 367 favoráveis a impeachment, em contraste com 137 … Continue reading →

Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff: Not a Coup but Payback for Systemic Corruption

By Dady Chery and Gilbert Mercier Haiti Chery In a public open vote, Brazil’s lower house voted overwhelmingly on April 17, 2016 to impeach President Dilma Rousseff. The tally of 367 for impeachment, as opposed to 137 against and 7 … Continue reading →

Principal Exportação do Haiti: Novos Escravos do Brasil

Por Dady Chery Haiti Chery Traduzido por Murilo Leme É legado do colonialismo seus sistemas econômicos predatórios durarem mais do que as declarações de independência de suas vítimas. E assim hoje, paradoxalmente, a escravidão continua sendo a principal exportação do … Continue reading →

Haiti’s Lead Export: Brazil’s New Slaves

By Dady Chery Haiti Chery It is a heritage of colonialism that its predatory economic systems outlast its victims’ independence declarations. And so today, paradoxically, slavery remains the top export of Haiti, the country that first broke its shackles. The … Continue reading →

Copa Mundial 2014: Hermoso juego muestra fea desigualdad

Por Gilbert Mercier, Haiti Chery. Durante décadas, “joga bonito” era una manera inocente de la vida. Ahora bien, es un gran negocio en el que la corrupción, la codicia, la mentalidad de mercenario, y el comportamiento criminal, incluso francamente proliferan.

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Favela Rocinha Occupation by Haiti-Trained Troops, Photo Essay

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery (text) | Marcelo Sayao (photos). The attack on Brazil’s Rocinha slum illustrates a peacetime merger of military with police to make war on their country’s poor. If your country has contributed troops to UN (de)stabilization missions, sit up and take notice.

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Brazil and ‘Peacekeeping’: Policy, Not Altruism

By staff, The Economist. Haiti was significant not just because this was the first mission Brazil commanded, but also because it showed that the government was willing to stretch what until then had been an article of foreign-policy faith: non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs.

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