HAITI, Land of Freedom

Haiti After the Quake: Where the Relief Money Did and Did Not Go

2012-01-04T10:47:00.002-05:00

by BILL QUIGLEY and AMBER RAMANAUSKAS Counterpunch An occupying UN tank standing in front of the broken president office five moths after a 7.0 earthquake devastated the capital.Photo by Wadner Pierre Haiti, a close neighbor of the US with over nine million people, was devastated by earthquake on January 12, 2010. Hundreds of thousands were killed and many more wounded. The UN

Monthly Market on Freret Street

2011-12-28T08:46:00.000-05:00

Photo and video by Wadner Pierre People buying, interacting and eating, Dec 1, 2011. Four years ago Freret Business Owners Associations started a monthly market to get people back to the neighborhood. The market gives an opportunity to between 80 to 100 local vendors to sell their products, and attract hundreds of people every first Saturday of each month from 12:00 p.m. to 5:

Chomsky Post-Earthquake: Aid Should Go to Haitian Popular Organizations, Not to Contractors or NGOs

2011-11-27T13:41:00.000-05:00

By Keane Bhatt Photos by Wadner Pierre For decades, Noam Chomsky has been an analyst and activist working in support of the Haitian people. In addition to his revolutionary linguistics career at MIT, he has written, lectured and protested against injustice for 40 years. He is co-author, along with Paul Farmer and Amy Goodman of Getting Haiti Right This Time: The U.S. and the Coup. His

The Army in Haiti:A History of US-Sponsored Violence

2011-11-25T16:45:00.000-05:00

5 by NIA IMARA COUNTERPUNCH The United States has a long history of sowing violence in Haiti. Nearly one hundred years ago, the Marines invaded Haiti and occupied the country for nineteen years, over the course of which they killed thousands of Haitians who attempted to resist the repression. The pretext for the invasion was instability. But for the tens of

Impunity for Venezuela's big landowners - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

2011-11-14T14:46:00.001-05:00

Hundreds of Chavez supporters have been assassinated by wealthy landowners for implementing new land policies. Joe Emersberger and Jeb Sprague Aljazeera inShare13 Venezuela's Land Law was enacted to reduce dependence on food imports, however, wealthy

Gambit's 40 Under 40 Our annual look at some accomplished New Orleanians under 40

2011-11-02T11:09:00.000-05:00

©gambit New Orleans By Missy Wilkinson Gambit Wadner Pierre, 28 Photojournalist/Author/Advocate for Haiti Like many other journalism students at Loyola University, Wadner Pierre writes for the student newspaper The Maroon, does volunteer work, maintains a blog (www.wadnerpierre.blogspot.com) and hangs out with neighbors in his adopted hometown of New Orleans, where he's

71 Deputies Resolve to Remove the Authority of 4 Government Heads

2011-10-29T01:42:00.000-05:00

Photo from defendHaiti.ht PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - With an affirmative vote from 71 members of the Lower House, a resolution on Friday calls for the immediate resignation of Ministers of Justice and Interior, Joshua Pierre-Louis and Thierry Mayard Paul, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Michel Brunache and the Attorney General in Port-au-Prince, Félix Léger, who are

Haitian Lawmaker Released from Prison

2011-10-28T17:00:00.004-05:00

by Wadner Pierre 41-year-old Haitian Lawmaker, Arnel Belizaire arrested at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport Port-Au-Prince on Nov. 27, 2011 upon his return from participating at an even in France where he presented other members of the Haitian Chamber of Deputies. Belizaire accused of escaping prison. Belizaire's colleagues accused President Michel J. Martelly of being

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti: Students Praise Education and Voice It for All

2011-10-15T09:44:00.001-05:00

By Wadner Pierre Part I Left Dorgilles Wichmie, Melissa Jeonnat, and right Nathalie Jonnat and Jean Michelda. Reverend Gerard Jean-Juste. Rev. Jean-Juste died two years ago from Leukemia because he was jailed for his political views and was not allowed by the 2004-2006 U.S deposed Gerard Latortue to travel to US to receive early treatment. Jean-Juste's legacy endures amongst the

Editorial:Nobel Prize Winners from Latin America Demand Withdrawl of all UN Troops in Haiti

2011-10-09T23:25:00.000-05:00

UN Brazilian troops patrol the streets of Port-Au-Prince.Photo by Wadner Pierre By Wadner Pierre As calls mount in Haiti to demand that UN troops to leave the country, other prominent Latin Americans have raised their voices in sign of solidarity with Haitian people. Nobel Peace Prize laureates Argentinean Adolfo Perez Esquivel and Irish Betty Williams, Uruguayan writer Eduardo

Haiti, a Nation in Fragments, Faces the Future

2011-09-19T00:35:00.000-05:00

joy to the world: Children in the Cite Soleil slum, a bastion of support for former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. PHOTO: Isabeau Doucet By Isabeau Doucet- The Indypendent PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — This tormented nation is about to anoint a new president, but the political leadership is as fragmented as the buildings that collapsed last January and still lie strewn over

The Truth About Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic: Interview of Dr. Renaud Piarroux by Dady Chery

2011-09-18T21:10:00.005-05:00

By Dady Chery Axisoflogic In mid-October 2010, a cholera epidemic flared up in Haiti. The epidemic continues, and over 6,000 Haitians have died of the cholera. Until Fall 2010 there had been no record of cholera on the island of Hispaniola. A United Nations (U.N., MINUSTAH) base was discovered to be dumping raw sewage, and it was immediately suspected of being the source of the cholera.

Former Haiti's Pres. Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Speak Next Month About Education-But No Seeting Date

2011-09-14T00:43:00.003-05:00

by Wadner Pierre Haiti's first-twice democratically elected President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide will be speaking about Education next month according to former Sen. Dr. Louis Gerald Gilles. The Senator told Associated Press that the former Head of State's speech will be focusing on Education. The event seems most likely to be taking place at the University Aristide Foundation for

MNUSTAH’s New Chief: Herve Ladsous Haiti’s 21st Century Gen. Rochambeau

2011-09-06T11:01:00.003-05:00

By Wadner Pierre The monument of Vertieres in the entrance of the City of Cap-Haitien.Photo Wadner Pierre This year Haiti will celebrate its two-hundred-seventh anniversary of Battaille de Vertieres Battle of Vertieres) in which the former slaves and colored people proudly defeated the French army and broke the slavery chain. Battaille of Vertieres was the last battle after which

Garry Conille’s Nomination as Prime Minister:Washington puts its foot down!

2011-09-05T09:28:00.000-05:00

Garry Conille: The Neo-Liberal Pedigree of Haiti’s Latest Prime Minister Nominee At Washington’s behest, a liberal technocrat appears poised to take over Haiti’s most powerful executive post by Kim Ives--- Haitiliberte It is a common misconception, both in Haiti and abroad, that the country’s president holds executive power. In fact, his

Garry Conille’s Nomination as Prime Minister: Washington puts its foot down!

2011-09-04T12:07:00.000-05:00

By Yves Pierre-Louis Haitiliberte After Parliament’s rejection of two prime ministers nominated by President Joseph Michel Martelly, various sectors in Haiti and the so-called "friends of Haiti" began to express their concern about the president’s inability to appoint a successor to the currently resigned Prime Minister, Jean Max

UN Denied Sex Abuse Before Video Came Out in Haiti, Where New DPKO Chief Ladsous Defended Ouster of Aristide

2011-09-04T09:46:00.002-05:00

By Matthew Russell Lee Source Inner City Press UNITED NATIONS, September 3 -- Video depicting UN

Sept. 2, 2011 —U.N. Peacekeepers Accused of Sexually Assaulting Haitian Teen

2011-09-03T02:30:00.000-05:00

By ANSEL HERZ, MATTHEW MOSK and RYM MOMTAZ Alleged Assault Caught on Video, Shows Victim Held Down By Uniformed Men: Exclusive Video: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/video/peacekeepers-accused-sex-assault-teen-14437179 Haitians in this remote seaside town are demanding an investigation into allegations that United Nations peacekeeping troops pinned down an 18-year-old Haitian

Wave of Illegal, Violent Evictions Swells in Port au Prince

2011-08-27T11:31:00.000-05:00

Two smiling children in Champs de Mars campin the neighboring of Natitional Palace, Feb.2010. Photo by Wadner Pierre By Bill Quigley First published on HuffingtongPost Mathias O is 34 years old. He is one of about 600,000 people still homeless from the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. He lives with his wife and her 2 year old under a homemade shelter made out of several tarps. They

Martelly Still Unable to Appoint New PM

2011-08-22T19:43:00.001-05:00

By Wadner Pierre Published by IPS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 22, 2011 (IPS) - Almost three months since he was sworn in as the country’s president, Michel J. Martelly has already attempted to appoint two prime ministers to guide his government. Bernard Gousse, a minister of justice under the Gérard Latortue dictatorship (2004-2006) and businessman Daniel Rouzier, were both rejected by

Bye-Bye MINUSTAH!

2011-08-21T09:12:00.000-05:00

By Dady Chery. Published first on Axis of Logic Monday, Aug 15, 2011 Photograph: Ben Depp As one of his first measures in office, Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim plans to conclude Brazil’s participation in the notorious United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Various

Haiti: Interview with Ambassador of Venezuela to Haiti, Mr. Pedro Gonzalez Canino

2011-08-20T19:10:00.002-05:00

Print This ShareThis By Lionel Lafortune & Ambassador Canino. Translated for Axis of Logic by Dady Chery Haiti Progrès. Axis of Logic (Translation) Wednesday, Jul 20, 2011 Translated from Haiti Progrès for Axis of Logic by Dady Chery* July 19, 2011 This interview was conducted on the 200th anniversary of the independence of Venezuela. In recent years Venezuela has

Is Haiti's Church Hierarchy Failing in its Mission? Bishop Louis Kébreau’s Immoral Advice to Martelly

2011-08-16T14:14:00.003-05:00

era By Wadner Pierre Did Catholic Bishop Louis Kébreau, President of the Haitian Episcopal Conference, call on Haitian President Michel Martelly to be ruthless and dictatorial? That is what many Haitians believe after Kébreau, the only bishop to attend Martelly’s inauguration, urged the president to “put his Sweet Micky pants on” in order to “put Haiti back on track,” in a recent

Brazil Needs to Quit Haiti

2011-08-11T10:05:00.000-05:00

Brazilian occupying troops, march 28, 2011 by Wadner Pierre Mark Weisbrot (CEPR.net) U.S. diplomatic cables now released from Wikileaks make it clearer than ever before that foreign troops occupying Haiti for more than seven years have no legitimate reason to be there; that this is a U.S. occupation, as much as in Iraq or Afghanistan; that it is part of a decades-long U.S.

Pourquoi, Bernard Gousse ne devrait pas être le prochain Premier Ministre d’Haïti

2011-07-18T13:37:00.000-05:00

Par: Wadner Pierre Bernard Gousse, photo Wadner Pierre 2009 En 2004, j'étais en Haïti vivant l'injustice que Bernard Gousse infligeait à son propre peuple pendant qu’il servait l'élite haïtienne et la «Communauté Internationale». Comme beaucoup de victimes de Gousse, j'étais oblige d’aller vivre dans le marronnage –dans mon cas, il venait après l'arrestation du regretté Père Gérard