Editorial, Granma. In the war against Libya, Washington is simultaneously pursuing several objectives: taking control of oil, protecting the safety of Israel, preventing the liberation of the Arab world, hindering African unity, and setting up NATO as Africa’s watchdog.
Continue reading →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 →
By Suvendrini Kakuchi, Inter Press Service | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. In Japan, the convergence of interests for humans and the natural world make interesting food for thought.
Continue reading →By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Michel Martelly’s inauguration on May 14, 2011 should have brought into effect a new US-written constitution for Haiti, with amendments of over one third of all the Articles in the country’s 1987 Constitution.
Continue reading →David Cole, The Nation. Judge Baltasar Garzón has reliably insisted on accountability for human rights violations, invoking the principle of “universal jurisdiction” for especially egregious crimes. He faces several politically motivated criminal prosecutions for his decisions.
Continue reading →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.
Continue reading →By Fidel Castro Ruz, Granma. One can be in agreement or not with Gaddafi’s political ideas, but nobody has the right to question the existence of Libya as an independent state and a member of the United Nations.
Continue reading →By Bill Van Auken, WSWS. Michel Martelly, the ex-Kompa singer who cast himself as a political outsider and champion of “change,” was named Monday as the winner of the second round of Haiti’s presidential election with 67.57 percent of the votes cast and a turnout of about 25 percent.
Continue reading →Editorial Comment Last year this video was making the rounds of all the Haitian news sites, but a few months before Haiti’s November 2010 first-round presidential elections, the video was scrubbed from the internet. Luckily, it was copied by the … Continue reading →
By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. “American military will not be sent to Haiti in advance of the election results,” U.S. embassy speaker Jon Pietchowski answered last Friday when confronted with rumors that U.S. soldiers were en route to Haiti to enforce security on the announcement of the presidential and legislative election results.
Continue reading →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.”
Continue reading →By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. “The carrots are cooked!” we cheerfully say in Haiti, to announce when a stew is ready. Dr. Jean-Bertrand Aristide is due back home at 8:00 a.m. today.
Continue reading →By President Jean-Bertrand Aristide | Translated by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. “The problem of exclusion, its solution is the inclusion of all Hatians without favoritism, because tout moun se moun!” (English | French)
Continue reading →By Glenda Beckk, World News. “Did I say rape and pillage? What I meant was ‘profit from.'”
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