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Pour un plan coordonné de réduction des résidus plastiques

2010-01-11T09:04:00.000-08:00

Pour un plan coordonné de réduction des résidus plastiques

Contrairement aux détritus flottants, le plastique ne se dégrade pas. Il ne fait que se diviser de plus en plus en particules, et ses conséquences sont assez souvent mortelles pour les animaux aquatiques, selon les experts en la matière.
Du plastique, il y en a partout », a fait remarquer un travailleur de santé, l'air inquiet pour l'avenir de notre planète polluée par le plastique. Rien qu'autour de sa baignoire, il a compté deux bouteilles de shampoing, deux bouteilles de conditionneur, une de savon liquide pour le corps, et un tube de gel nettoyant pour le visage. Sans tenir compte de bien d'autres contenants en plastique, qu'il a également constatés sur l'étagère de sa salle de bain.

Quant aux biologistes de la vie aquatique, les particules de plastiques sont en surnombre dans le milieu sous-marin : « Nous sommes habitués aux images de tortues mangeant des sacs en plastique, d'oiseaux étranglés par les lignes de cannes à pêche en plastique ou en nylon. Mais les plus petits de tous les animaux mangent des microparticules de plastique, dont les conséquences sont souvent mortelles », on expliqué les experts, signalant par ailleurs que l'appareil qu'ils utilisaient pendant ces expérimentations scientifiques devait être placé à environ 10 mètres sous la surface de la mer.

A part ces experts, d'autres notables ont aussi souligné qu'ils ont parfois été témoins de scènes de désespoir humain, mais que les scènes entraînant des effets néfastes sur la santé de l'homme et son environnement, sont de plus en plus fréquentes et visibles aux yeux de tous. Le pire, selon eux, c'est que la grande majorité de la population haïtienne est réellement sous-informée au sujet de la problématique des résidus plastiques. De plus, ont-ils soutenu, c'est que même les instances concernées sont inactives dans les prises de décision, les actions concrètes et authentiques.

D'autre part, ils ont ainsi rappelé que les débris plastiques ont pour origine principale les activités humaines, entre autres, les consommateurs ambulants qui, chaque jour, préfèrent la commodité d'une bouteille de boisson gazeuse, ou encore d'une bouteille d'eau ou d'un sachet - qu'ils jetteront ensuite - utilisent des contenants en plastique. Ce, au détriment de notre environnement qui est d'ailleurs en péril depuis des décennies.
Par ailleurs, ces notables ajoutent que les fatras sont en grande majorité des matières plastiques, en mettant l'emphase sur les assiettes polystyrènes, les tonnes de sachets d'eau et plusieurs bouteilles de boissons gazeuses et alcoolisées, - qu'ils ont l'habitude de constater sur la chaussée comme dans les poubelles.

En termes de développement durable, ils ont opté pour le recyclage des matières plastiques, afin de préserver l'écosystème aquatique et d'améliorer l'hygiène de l'environnement pour tous. Alors que dans le cadre d'un programme de sensibilisation nationale, ils précisent que les instances concernées doivent se responsabiliser davantage, en vue de la réalisation d'un tel programme le plus tôt possible. Car, les problèmes de pollution planétaire et d'écosystème seraient réduits inexorablement si seulement les entités concernées étaient beaucoup plus prévoyantes, efficaces et efficientes dans leurs manières de diriger le gouvernail écologique.

Le recyclage du plastique ou le pire ?

« Avec une population qui se développe toujours plus et une prolifération industrielle galopante, la destruction du globe terrestre me semble tout à fait possible - vraisemblable même », a prévenu un expert chrétien qui faisait remarquer que le vieillissement de la terre est comme un vêtement usagé. De plus, c'est nous qui l'usons, a-t-il précisé.

D'un autre côté, il a mentionné que notre planète est emballée dans un film plastique, et que toute la vie est compressée et déformée. « Notre monde devient de plus en plus comme un amas d'ordures et de pollution. Dieu doit considérer ces choses avec horreur; car, il nous a placé comme des gérants de la terre », a-t-il renchéri. Cependant, il a ajouté que nous sommes désespérément engagés dans son « traitement », parce que nous avons dédaigné la prévention.

Si nous trouvons inconcevable de vivre sans plastique, il nous faut au moins nous impliquer dans son recyclage. Nos taxes par exemple devraient favoriser les produits recyclés. Ou du moins, il nous faut apprendre à consommer moins, à conserver davantage, et à prendre mieux soin de notre planète terre.

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Manifeste » ou « Profession de Foi

2010-01-11T09:03:00.000-08:00

Note d'accompagnement de l'envoi:
Il était de tradition que la fin de l'année ramène l'émission du « Message à la Nation » auquel j'avais habitué mes auditeurs et lecteurs, soit pour la Noel, soit le plus souvent au 2 janvier. Cette année, ayant décidé de respecter le fait que mon rôle et mes attributions ont naturellement changé pour être transposés avec plaisir à qui cela incombe de droit, mon message sur « l'Etat de l'Union » en quelque sorte, se verra substituer par un « Manifeste » ou « Profession de Foi » d'un historien-politologue posant un diagnostic sur les leçons à tirer des constantes et des variantes qui sont les paramètres du passé-présent et du « que faire ? » haïtiens au point d'aboutissement de la tragi-comédie sans fin prévisible de la déchéance nationale, sauf un sursaut inscrit mais pas encore réalisé dans notre agenda pour le moment à la page où je lis cette sentence mienne : « une révolution est nécessaire mais impossible dans ce pays dans son état», après avoir dessiné le profil historique des deux cent vingt ans d'existence de l'Etat haïtien. Que faire ? Devient alors comment faire ?
La tentation d'aller aux élections est forte pour les partis et leurs candidats. Elle est déraisonnable vu que ces comices sont piégées et que tout a été arrangé pour y assurer la victoire programmée du pouvoir, sauf s'il en sortait une majorité cohérente d'opposants, avec une nouvelle loi électorale, un nouveau CEP et un appareil électoral nouveau garanti d'être indépendant, pour avoir la chance de pouvoir constituer l'équipe de l'alternative capable de nettoyer les écuries d'Osias, changer le personnel politique et gérer la gouvernance en vertu de la compétence, de l'intégrité, de la priorité aux démunis, mettre sous les verrous les promoteurs de la corruption pour être jugés, et donner la priorité á la solution progressivement réalisable des besoins fondamentaux primaires, secondaires et tertiaires de notre peuple souffrant, sans que l'international ne s'y oppose en faveur du statu quo, comme la dernière fois avec l'élection « fo mamite » de la piscine de Montana et des bulletins blancs qui ont, non seulement frauduleusement mais illégalement « prévalu »et comme à l'accoutumée. Mais y a-t-il une majorité pour un tel programme ? Il faudrait la forger avant les élections ! L'alternative, c'est nous, comme le disait notre slogan ? Il faudrait l'initiative de dé-piéger la machine toute huilée en place et en fonctionnement, ou alors faire intervenir un « grain de sable » dont je rappelle à satiété la théorie à dessein en histoire, car elle s'associe avec l'intervention humaine délibérée pour réussir l'exploitation d'un fait ou d'une situation non provoquée a cette fin, mais rendue stratégiquement efficace par des opérateurs, à la différence des théories sur le hasard de Cournot qui calculent mathématiquement certes, mais en spéculant sur une contingence fortuite prévisible attendue qui pourrait ne jamais se produire. Le grain de sable c'est le petit rien qui, bien mis a profit, vient tout perturber. Il y faut le sceau de l'intelligence sagace du déclenchement approprié, en connaissance de l'apport de l'expérience charriée par le passé.
Ceci peut aider à comprendre le « divertissement intellectuel » ( toujours dans le sens pascalien sous ma plume) qui suit, dans sa toute dernière version finale présente d'un retraité de l'engagement politique actif et responsable, mais qui a beaucoup réfléchi et écrit sur la nature de la société haïtienne et sur la réforme indispensable de ses structures et de ses lignes d'orientation au milieu de la crise de dépérissement de la société traditionnelle dans laquelle elle est en train de sombrer. Oui, que faire ? Faire la politique autrement, restructurer l'économie, moderniser les mentalités, refaçonner la société, dynamiser les capacités d'initiatives privées et publiques, moraliser les conduites collectives en assainissant les moeurs et jouer sur l'échiquier de la diplomatie et des relations internationales. J'y reviendrai tout a l'heure. J'ai passé le plus clair de ma vie à préconiser le culte de ces sept vierges.
Un nouveau testament politique ? Pourquoi pas à mes âges « crépusculaires » ? J'ai eu envie de redire et dire mieux ce que j'avais sur le coeur à propos d'un pays, le mien, qu'on a fourvoyé et qui s'est fourvoyé, et qui, pour renverser la vapeur, doit réussir à construire un contre-courant devant la dérive catastrophique du passé-présent.
Le projet d'une édition de poche, en 15 volumes, de mon Eventail d'Histoire Vivante revue, corrigée, augmentée et surtout totalement refondue est né de ce besoin d'histoire qu'éprouvent la collectivité, et surtout sa jeunesse, dans ce combat incessant pour les nouvelles vérités en marche.

Les neuf (9) premiers volumes, de I à IX, de l'édition de poche de l'EVHIVIHA refondue (en attendant les six autres, de l'édition de poche également, de l'Histoire de la Diplomatie et des Relations Internationales d'Haiti de Toussaint Louverture à nos jours, volumes X à XV).

Volume I
De l'édition de poche de l'EVHIVIHA revue, corrigée, augmentée et totalement refondue en 15 volumes, 510 pages du volume I.
« Une Histoire Nouvelle du Peuple Haitien, la « nouvelle histoire » en Haiti. Coup d'oeil sur la société coloniale de Saint Domingue - Haiti à la veille de la tourmente révolutionnaire de 1788-1791 ».
Volume II
De l'édition de poche de l'EVHIVIHA revue, corrigée, augmentée et totalement refondue en 15 volumes, 484 pages du volume II.
« La Révolution Haitienne d'indépendance » (1791-1806), ce séisme de libération nationale anti-esclavagiste victorieuse, restée unique dans les annales de l'histoire universelle ».
Volume III
De l'édition de poche de l'EVHIVIHA revue, corrigée, augmentée et totalement refondue en 15 volumes, 641 pages du volume III.
« La Naissance d'Haiti à la Vie Nationale et Internationale » (1804-1838) »
Volume IV
De l'édition de poche de l'EVHIVIHA revue, corrigée, augmentée et totalement refondue en 15 volumes de 400 à 500 pages en moyenne chacun.
« Diplomatie Haitienne d'antan et Affaires internes du pays dans la consolidation et l'épanouissement de la Société créole. Temps de crise des révolutions de 1843 (longue conjoncture de la chute de Boyer 1832-1846) et d'évolution d'un autoritarisme aux prises avec le changement (1846-1870) à travers la première phase de la lutte des partis national et libéral ».
Volume V
De l'édition de poche de l'EVHIVIHA revue, corrigée, augmentée et totalement refondue en 15 volumes de 400 à 500 pages en moyenne chacun.
« L'ère du caudillisme autoritariste et progressiste (1870-1890), à travers la deuxième phase de la lutte des partis national et libéral. Salomon, avec sa personnalité charismatique, avec l'équipe de valeur de ses proches collaborateurs, et avec l'actif de son oeuvre gouvernementale, se détache comme la grande figure, politiquement contestée, de « contemporain capital » du second 19ème siècle haïtien à l'époque de la Société des bayonettes et des épaulettes ».
Volume VI
De l'édition de poche de l'EVHIVIHA revue, corrigée, augmentée et totalement refondue en 15 volumes de 400 à 500 pages en moyenne chacun.
« L'impérialisme colonial et néocolonial, un grand tournant mondial. Diplomatie de la canonnière vis-à-vis d'Haiti, la crise des structures de la société traditionnelle haïtienne à partir de la débâcle de 1896 et l'ère de l'impérialisme américain en Haiti par la substitution de l'hégémonie de celui-ci à la prépondérance française traditionnelle (1890-1915) ».
Volume VII
De l'édition de poche de l'EVHIVIHA revue, corrigée, augmentée, et totalement refondue en 15 volumes de 400 à 500 pages en moyenne chacun.
« Haiti sous contrôle américain : les régimes sous tutelle administrative durant l'occupation militaire d'Haiti par les « marines » (fusiliers marins) (1915-1934) et l'échec de la seconde indépendance (1934-1945) ».
Volume VIII
De l'édition de poche de l'EVHIVIHA revue, corrigée, augmentée et totalement refondue en 15 volumes de 400 à 500 pages en moyenne chacun.
« Le « pouvoir noir » restauré mais mis en question. La révolution de 1946, le civilisme progressiste d'Estime et la réaction militariste du caudillisme conservateur de Magloire à l'heure de la confrontation entre le noirisme et le socialisme (1946-1963) ».
Volume IX
De l'édition de poche de l'EVHIVIHA revue, corrigée, augmentée et totalement refondue en 15 volumes de 400 à 500 pages en moyenne chacun.
« Les deux faces du populisme en réaction contre la crise de dépérissement de la société traditionnelle et en quête vaine d'un remède salvateur : le populisme fascistoide de Duvalier dans son raidissement nationaliste et l'anarcho-populisme d'Aristide dans sa perméabilité lavalassienne contrainte à accepter voire solliciter l'occupation étrangère (1963-2006) ».
Conclusion
Le « mot de la fin » ? Et s'il n'y a pas de « mot de la fin » au terme de cette évolution historique ? Saisir le sens secret du « Manifeste historico-politique » et « Profession de foi d'un historien-politologue professionnel » que vous allez lire, est d'autant plus approprié que le message qu'il véhicule est pertinent Les incertitudes de l'avenir sur la matérialisation du 'que faire' ? obscurcissent encore un passé-présent de confusion et de désarroi, sauf si, entre-temps, se concrétise ce sursaut collectif souhaitable et attendu !
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Manifeste historico-politique et Profession de foi d'un historien-politologue professionnel

Message à l'occasion de l' Annonce intellectuelle du lancement de la série des trois premiers volumes de l'édition de poche à paraître à partir du début de l'année nouvelle 2010 et sur deux ou trois années à venir encore, (si Dieu nous prête vie), en quinze (15) volumes, de l' « Eventail d'Histoire Vivante d'Haiti ».

Au service de nos élèves et chercheurs de la jeunesse étudiante et du grand public lettré

« Manifeste historico-politique» ou profession de foi d'un historien professionnel, en guise de Préface » à l'édition de poche en 15 volumes, revue, corrigée, augmentée et surtout totalement refondue, de l ' « Eventail d'Histoire Vivante d'Haiti » incorporant une documentation prospectée en ratissant large l'espace de terrain disponible pour les recherches historiques, notamment de nouvelles sources microfilmées d'archives et une mise à jour bibliographique résultant d'un recyclage permanent nécessaire.

La présente édition de poche en 15 volumes totalement refondue, de notre « Eventail d'Histoire Vivante d'Haiti » a été préparée en pensant aux étudiants de nos Facultés et Ecoles Supérieures et au grand public lettré, tout en étant accessible aux meilleurs candidats au baccalauréat. C'est à ce niveau que l'analyse explicative de l'histoire peut se déployer en ampleur d'interprétation pour la satisfaction de l'historien soucieux de dégager l'intelligibilité d'une « étude scientifiquement conduite » à travers le passé, le présent et les projections d'avenir du vécu du peuple haïtien. L'auteur a voulu que, dans cette entreprise d'histoire totale, tout soit là pour aiguiser la curiosité et alimenter le « besoin d'histoire » de nos générations successives.

On pense aux oeuvres de longue haleine étalées sur la longue durée, par exemple au Michelet de l'Histoire de France en 19 tomes (l'édition dite définitive), ou au T. Madiou en huit tomes de l'Histoire d'Haiti ou encore au B. Ardouin en 11volumes des « Etudes sur l'Histoire d'Haiti ».
Manifeste ou Profession de Foi, ce message pose un diagnostic sur les leçons à tirer des constantes et variantes qui sont les paramètres du passé-présent et du « que faire ?» haïtiens dans la conjoncture actuelle. On sait que j'ai beaucoup réfléchi et écrit sur la nature de la société haïtienne et sur la réforme indispensable de ses structures et de ses lignes d'orientation au milieu de la crise de dépérissement de la société traditionnelle dans laquelle elle est en train de sombrer.

Oui, que faire ? 1) Faire la politique autrement, en utilisant le pouvoir pour baliser les voies de sortie de la crise en privilégiant l'attaque frontale des problèmes fondamentaux de la satisfaction des besoins sociaux de l'individu ( nourriture, santé, logement, éducation, épanouissement familial) et de structure sociale (classes, couches et catégories sociales, inégalités des situations, lutte contre l'exclusion, et aspiration à l'égalité des chances) ; 2) restructurer l'économie pour stimuler les forces productives à la croissance rapide, à la circulation aisée, à la distribution équitable et à la consommation des richesses dans la vision d'un développement durable) ; 3) moderniser les mentalités restées traditionnelles en rénovant l'outillage mental et en dé- archaïsant les psychologies collectives ; 4) refaçonner la société, dans sa structure et dans les comportements groupaux ; 5) dynamiser les capacités d'initiative privées et publiques ; 6) moraliser les conduites communes en assainissant les moeurs et 7) faire face aux exigences de la diplomatie à mener pour un petit pays pauvre et structurellement dépendant dans le contexte des compétitions de relations internationales sous pression d'une mondialisation sauvage à apprivoiser dans un sens humaniste . J'ai passé, en effet, le plus clair de ma vie à préconiser le culte de ces sept vierges.

De Toussaint Louverture à nos jours, dans les conjonctures marquantes comme dans les faits événementiels de l'histoire quotidienne, dans la longue durée des structures comme dans les instantanés de l'histoire au présent, dans la sphère des réalités socio-économiques comme dans les contraintes ethnoculturelles, des pratiques coutumières idiosyncrasiques comme dans les volitions psychologico-spirituelles de notre peuple, l'auteur a voulu qu'aucune composante des déterminants historiques de notre collectivité soit absente de la dynamique évolutive qui a présidé à notre naissance, à notre existence, à notre vouloir-vivre, à notre savoir-faire et à nos accomplissements, quelque délicate ou brûlante que telle ou telle composante ait été, car pour l'historien professionnel responsable, il n'y a pas de sujet tabou, ni d'ailleurs de question à valeur de clef d'or, qui serait capable de tout résoudre à elle seule. Chaque une a besoin des autres pour avoir un sens et tout est dans tout.

Et cette histoire, c'est toute une vie passée à l'écrire, de 17 ans à plus de 77 ans, en cliquant sur le clavier des faits humains du passé et en taquinant tout le registre des passions humaines pour une analyse devenue plus sereine avec l'âge. Géographie, histoire, politique, économie, culture, religion, sociétés et civilisations, tout y passe dans ce complexe relationnel dans le prisme duquel j'essaie d'écrire le déroulement de la dynamique évolutive de notre humanité haïtienne que Jean Metellus qualifie de « nation pathétique », René Depestre du pays pour lequel il y a toujours eu et il y a encore « une mer à traverser », Frank Etienne de la terre qui a connu toutes les « affres des défis » multiformes et Dany Laferrière fils de la migration, de sa bibliothèque comme patrie plutôt que la terre natale à laquelle il a dit adieu avec cependant un re-bonjour répétitif, objet de la pulsion vers des retours occasionnels. Faut-il être un poète pour mieux dire l'énigmatique Haiti ? « Challenge » pour un historien qui sait qu'il faut une dose de fiction pour dépister la vérité, mais sans s'égarer dans un excès porteur de confusion entre l'une et l'autre. La caution d'un Garcia Marquez soutenant que la fiction est plus vraie dans nos pays que la réalité, a besoin d'un antidote dans l'histoire vivante obsédée de l'exigence d'exactitude, science des sociétés humaines comme enquête, avec sa méthode critique de calcul de probabilité rétrospective, vers la plus haute plausibilité humainement existante d'atteindre le vrai avec le souci du beau par le moyen de la critique exigeante du vraisemblable car « le vrai peut parfois ne pas être vraisemblable ».

Aucun dogmatisme. Ni exclusivisme. Ni favoritisme de principe. Ni parti pris conscient d'ordre idéologique, social ou intellectuel. Seulement l'exigence de l'intégrité intellectuelle et du souci de l'histoire totale qui n'a rien à cacher. Comme le répétait Lucien Febvre, peut être même trop relativiste sur ce point, des nécessités nulle part, des possibilités partout. Nos révolutions véritables (je n'en ai recensé que deux dans notre histoire), nos tournants au virage décisif (ils ne dépassent pas les cinq doigts de la main), les changements d'étapes (presque à chaque génération), nos coups d'état (au rythme fréquent triennal en moyenne générale, sauf les 6 régimes à vie) et nos constitutions (pas encore le quart de la centaine) sont là pour témoigner que, derrière les secousses sismiques de notre histoire dont on a fait la théorie abondante, ce pays est resté immuable et pourtant changeant, un pays plus fertile en stabilité ou plutôt, à vrai dire, en stagnation (sinon en « dynamique de recul » ) qu'en progrès et sauts dans l'inconnu de l'anarchie ou de l'improvisation stérile. Et pourtant, elle tourne, elle court, elle souffre, elle chante et elle danse, la planète haïtienne.

La caméra de l'histoire vivante enregistre les rétrospectives, scoops et zooms de l'actualité en mouvement et le style, don du ciel, nous fait revivre les scènes palpitantes de vie ou les arrêts du coeur, par exemple aussi bien les coups de force successifs de Toussaint Louverture (j'en ai étudié neuf) pour escalader le pouvoir, que le constitutionnalisme dessalinien (j'en ai analysé les sept versets comme d'une bible, et la table des douze prescrits de la charte impériale de 1805, comme Moise dans son buisson ardent). Ces pages sont des tranches du passé de notre vécu d'histoire vivante. La mort de Dessalines est filmée dans un « Silence, on tourne !) impressionnant, comme un micro baladeur permet d'enregistrer au ras du sol, les doigts de l'empereur ensanglantés coupés pour en dégager les bijoux, le cadavre criblé de balles et déchiqueté avant d'être laissé à l'abandon de la pitié vagabonde passée pour folle ou pour projeter l'embrassade fraternelle fatale d'un Charlotin Marcadieu suivant loyalement et fidèlement son chef dans la mort. On comprend pourquoi l'étude de Dessalines est fascinante, non pour le louer ou le censurer, encore moins pour le déifier ou le diaboliser, mais comme le démiurge campé au carrefour le plus décisif de notre histoire de peuple. Le panthéon vodou l'a placé sur ses autels.

C'est à la suite de cela que, l'empereur assassiné, le dessein de ses meurtriers se dévoile dans un « justificatif » du régicide intitulé « Résistance à l'oppression », signé et publié par les conjurés du 17 octobre à la tête desquels figuraient nommément désignés Pétion, Gérin, Bonnet et Bazelais, (les deux premiers ayant conçu et fait exécuter l'assassinat d'un Dessalines naif sur le cas de Pétion qu'il croyait de son côté et invoquait même au Pont Rouge alors que son « compère Pétion avait déjà mis au point le guet-apens homicide).

La « Résistance à l'oppression », est un document d'importance capitale dans lequel les assassins de l'empereur ont, par la même occasion, défini le modèle social de leurs intérêts, de leurs aspirations et de leurs rêves, la société créole antithèse des positions pour la représentation desquelles le fondateur avait perdu la vie : retour à la domination des grands propriétaires fonciers et des négociants de l'import-export, monopole de l'instruction grâce à quoi la gestion administrative et le traitement des affaires publiques au plus haut niveau sont assurés à la nouvelle oligarchie, possession des moyens et sources de production dès l'époque coloniale, prééminence sociale dans un système de clientèle, extension calculée à la partie de l'Est d'un esprit de secte partagé solidairement par les nantis des deux côtés de l'île après une partition pleine d'arrière-pensées avouées (voir les révélations du plan Levasseur), haut commandement de l'armée avec les brevets, insignes et épaulettes des divisionnaires et brigadiers, avec « l'indicatif » que le pouvoir est entre les mains d'un général victorieux, et on me permettra d'ajouter pour être complet, à la suite de Paul Verna, un élément inclusif, (souvent tabou comme « silent factor »), cette suprématie de la couleur favorisant la clarté de l'épiderme, la « qualité » des cheveux non crépus et autres traits négroides, dans un régime pigmentocratique logiquement absurde mais opérationnel dans la société d'alors, défini comme « le préjugé de couleur », au sortir d'une indépendance heureusement fondée sur l'union solidaire et indissoluble du noir et du mulâtre.

Puisque c'est vrai, il faut en parler aussi, comme Madiou a eu la simplicité audacieuse et l'aveu courageux bien souvent, d'en faire état, tout naturellement, comme historien témoin-acteur important et qui doit dire la vérité à ses lecteurs malgré les préjugés ambiants nourris par les siens et jusque dans son entourage. Je l'ai appelé quelque part « la quadrangulaire de la race, de la propriété, de la classe-caste et de la couleur », les quatre ingrédients du « colorisme » politique historiquement diviseur et ouvertement à l'oeuvre à l'assassinat de Dessalines et depuis lors, avec des degrés d'intensité diverse, que l'historien ne saurait taire. Il est vrai, cependant, que depuis les études fort intéressantes et stimulantes réunies par le « Collectif paroles » sous la direction de Cary Hector portant le titre de « Trente ans de pouvoir noir », il m'a semblé que le mot de « pouvoir noir » sinon la chose s'est comme réfugié dans les études louverturiennes et dessaliniennes pour ne presque plus en sortir, signe des temps, jusqu'aux approches de la révolution de 1946 et aux flagrances des « authentiques » de la période estiméenne.

La suite de la saga historique du peuple haïtien se déroule comme un film à épisodes dont les prises de vues s'arrêtent plus longuement sur des moments forts comme les révolutions de 1843 au cours desquelles s'est détachée la figure de proue du leader paysan Jean-Jacques Acaau, révolutionnaire conséquent, défenseur de la petite propriété rurale, dénonciateur précoce de la détérioration des termes de l'échange et grand mystique devant Dieu et devant les hommes ; l'épisode d'un Soulouque peu dégrossi et vilipendé jusqu'au ridicule et pourtant fier défenseur de l'intérêt national qu'il a même pu promouvoir ; le tournant d'un Geffrard ambigu, sectaire, anti-national et cependant qui a su faire bouger les choses d'avenir ; la geste d'un caudillo autoritaire voire dictateur mais progressiste, politiquement contesté mais réalisateur dans le sens de modernisateur, dont la vie lui a fait mériter le qualificatif de « contemporain capital » du long 19ème siècle dans sa deuxième moitié : Lysius F. Salomon jeune à l'époque de la société des baïonnettes (masses) et des épaulettes (élites) ; l'apparition sur la scène politique haïtienne du phénomène transcendantal de « l'impérialisme américain » dont l'hégémonie se substitue à la prépondérance française traditionnelle ; l'épopée héroïque d'un Charlemagne Péralte, unificateur de la résistance haïtienne nationale face à l'occupation militaire de son pays et sacrifié par traîtrise dans son combat pour bouter l'ennemi hors du sol sacré de la patrie, mais aussi, évidente et en même temps plus difficile à cerner, la vie quotidienne des masses populaires issues du pays rural profond traditionnel des lakous, ou urbain permanent des travailleurs manuels, ou urbain récent des « cours des miracles » et aujourd'hui des bidonvilles, décrite en tranches épisodiques colorées de héros positivement ou négativement perçus, certains anonymes, certains légendaires fameux grâce à l'histoire orale, certains autres familièrement connus par l'histoire écrite et dont l'activisme a rempli les pages de l'imagerie des faiseurs d'histoire d'antan comme Goman l'africain, Similien et ses zinglins, les amazones de Salnave, Malfait et Malfout, Jean Jumeau, Mérisier Jeannis, Antoine Simon, Charles Oscar, Docema, le « rouleau compresseur » de 1946 avec Fignolé, les « tontons-macoutes » de l'ère des Duvalier, et autres. Ces hommes et ces femmes ont fait l'histoire d'Haiti, menchen die geschiste machen. C'est toute cette histoire diverse, pas assez mise en lumière, qui attend les historiens de terrain soucieux de lui accorder la préférence scientifique qu'elle mérite dans notre bibliographie nationale à enrichir.

Ainsi, la collection de poche de notre EVHIVIHA avec ses 15 volumes commence-t-elle à nous mettre en mains progressivement l'histoire d'Haiti reconstituée en vérité comme notre passé-présent de peuple et, comme tel, déjà réalisé et intégré dans ce passé. Ne manquons point le rendez-vous avec l'autre histoire, celle qui est encore en chantiers et reste à faire, comme une exigence patriotique, vu les déficits de l' « histoire immédiate » au tableau de notre « histoire au présent ».

Historien-politologue, diplômé de l'Université de Paris (Sorbonne et « Sciences Po »), professeur des Universités, ancien Président constitutionnel de la République d'Haiti, auteur d'une vingtaine de livres et monographies d'importance, et d'une quatre-vingtaine d'articles académiques, Leslie F. Manigat est né le 16 août 1930 d'une famille capoise d'enseignants, d'hommes politiques et de diplomates de carrière, originaire du Fort Dauphin colonial devenu Fort-Liberté, dont l'itinéraire a couvert le parcours de la nation haïtienne de Toussaint Louverture à nos jours. Un pays aux retards accumulés depuis 1896 selon une courbe évolutive de dépression globale, mais pas pour autant une « entité non viable » comme le voudrait un diagnostic récent et inacceptable, dans la nomenclature du courant néocolonial résurgent, déjà démenti par notre révolution d'indépendance, une des plus belles histoires des annales de l'humanité. Il faudrait chercher ailleurs ceux dont on voudrait faire les victimes dont on ne sait quels cobayes pour on ne sait quelle expérience-témoin à relents qui pourraient bien sentir à bout de nez une appréciation négativiste méchante, blessante voire insultante sinon même teintée de racisme ? Mais heureusement les temps ont changé, même si certains n'arrivent pas encore à pouvoir s'y adapter.

Le profil historique des deux cent vingt ans d'existence de l'Etat Haitien depuis la genèse de sa révolution d'indépendance nationale avec Toussaint Louverture, confirme que la triple fonction de conservatoire, de laboratoire et de combinatoire régit toujours le destin de notre peuple à travers les défis changeants d'un séisme naturel dans lequel l'humain, chez nous, se débat pour éviter d'être confiné comme dans un logement permanent fait pour des sous-humains, et pour réussir à échapper à on ne sait quel karma du malheur haïtien. Nostalgie du paradis perdu d'une « Haiti chérie, perle des Antilles » rêvée et toujours chantée par notre peuple souffrant mais qui, dans les percées de son évolution, continue de chanter et danser sa joie de vivre inextinguible, même dans une souffrance consciente, mais plus que jamais EN ATTENTE. Drame dans le sens Victor Hugo du mot, à la fois comédie et tragédie avec ses bénéficiaires et ses victimes, dans une confondante théorie des genres.
Au fur et à mesure de sa parution, chacun de ces quinze volumes de cette édition de poche viendra prendre place dans la bibliothèque de consultation de l'honnête lecteur intéressé à se documenter sur notre histoire et sur les problèmes que sa connaissance nous révèle car « poser un problème, c'est précisément le commencement et la fin de toute histoire » (Lucien Febvre). Non seulement, à l'amont, « pas de problèmes, pas d'histoire », mais à l'aval, pas d'action humaine valable sans résoudre tel problème par la création d'un autre, ce qui est la manière de faire avancer l'évolution de l'humanité. Or, pas de problèmes sans problématique générale : on se demande encore quelle est la nôtre, celle de notre personnalité de base collective. Eh bien, c'est à l'histoire qu'il faut le demander, ce passé-présent qui recèle et donc peut permettre à l'historien de reconstituer le destin des sociétés et civilisations humaines en besoin d'histoire. Marc Bloch a écrit qu'il fallait « comprendre le présent par le passé », sans doute, mais aussi « comprendre le passé par le présent ». C'est la « transsubstantiation » témoignée par l'histoire, et c'est par l'historien, par son intelligence, son savoir professionnel et son expérience que ce « miracle » s'opère, ce qui suppose le postulat de l'âge préférentiel de la maturité ou de la séniorité qui a fait dire que l'exercice du métier d'historien dans les meilleures conditions est « an old man's game ».
Elle est bien haïtienne, cette tradition commune à tous les peuples, de connaître des moments d'aveuglement quand, dans la mêlée politique où s'entrechoquent les intérêts et les incompréhensions, et les malentendus, et la bêtise arrogante et la méchanceté haineuse et l'ignorance largement partagée et la cohorte démobilisée des blasés de la banalité du mal, contre les hommes de bien, les esprits épris du beau, les partisans du bon, les apôtres du juste et les apologistes de la solidarité sociale, les apprivoiseurs de rêve (la vida es un sueño), comme il y en a eu et en a toujours tant dans le camp malheureusement isolé ou dispersé des patriotes de bonne volonté de l'Haïti chérie, hommes et femmes de toutes les couleurs et nuances épidermiques, de toutes les classes et catégories sociales, on voit se faire la coalition des habiles à barrer la route aux porteurs ou porteuses de la cause de la compétence, de l'intégrité et du rassemblement unitaire qui, désireux ou désireuses et capables de « faire la politique autrement » pour « changer la vie », auraient pu et pourraient donner sa chance à notre malheureux « singulier petit pays », et on pense à nos Firmin emblématiques d'hier, d'aujourd'hui et de toujours.
Alors, que sais-je, en vérité, sinon voir la surface d'un iceberg, objet de débats dans les pages quotidiennes de « l'Université du Nouvelliste » ou des forums de conversations et d'échanges d'idées dans les listes les plus fréquentées de l'internet ? Et encore, en changeant de registre, même les valeurs spirituelles impondérables de la politique, je veux dire, par exemple, les réalités cosmiques et ésotériques auxquelles ma foi chrétienne élargie et mon expérience de l'observation du mysticisme haïtien - (les miracles des initiés révèlent l'existence du bien, et les forfaits des malfaiteurs attestent que « le mal existe ») - m'inclinent à croire comme le poids contraignant de « la force du destin » dans le Rigoletto de Verdi à laquelle pourtant on peut échapper, ne sont-elles pas allergiques ou rebelles à on ne sait quelle loi d'une unanimité prédéterminée, et n'ont-elles pas leurs champs d'action encombrés de combats entre adversaires décidés à l'emporter les uns sur les autres, « sur la terre comme au ciel » ?
Comment comprendre l'intégration de toutes ces variables, problématiques et paradigmes dans une analyse explicative d'un historien qui croit à la seule validité d'une « étude scientifiquement conduite » ? La pensée anglo-saxonne universaliste le dit bien dans son humanisme interrogateur : Shakespeare écrit: « il y a plus de choses dans le ciel et sur la terre, Horatio, que n'en rêve votre philosophie », et Einstein a eu ce mot devenu fameux : « Tout notre savoir, accumulé au cours d'une longue existence, mais mesuré et comparé à la réalité, est primaire et puéril, et cependant, c'est le capital le plus précieux que nous possédons ». C'est pourquoi on a l'humilité de pouvoir dire, après chaque livre écrit et publié, qu'on n'a jamais fini de trouver en histoire.
Quinze (15) volumes pour dire, dans cette édition de poche, l'histoire d'Haiti en 220 ans d'existence nationale, il y a matière au choix pour lire, relire, méditer, approuver, gourmander, contester et faire lire en toute liberté d'esprit, les phases de ce combat incessant pour les nouvelles vérités en marche.

Lesly François Manigat

De quelle session s'agira-t-il?

2010-01-11T08:59:00.000-08:00

Le président de la Chambre des députés, Levaillant Louis-Jeune, a annoncé hier au cours d'un point de presse qu'il n'y aura pas de séance en assemblée nationale le deuxième lundi de janvier 2010, qui devrait consacrer l'ouverture de la session législative annuelle.
René Préval ne sera pas présent au Palais législatif le lundi 11 janvier 2010, comme à l'accoutumée, pour faire l'exposé général de la situation et, le premier ministre n'y sera non plus pour présenter le bilan des activités du gouvernement pour le deuxième semestre de l'année 2009. «Il n'y aura aucune séance en assemblée nationale au Palais législatif le lundi 11 janvier 2010. C'est la session extraordinaire convoquée par l'exécutif qui se poursuivra au Parlement », a fait savoir Levaillant Louis-Jeune au micro des journalistes. Le parlementaire s'est basé sur l'article 232 de la loi électorale amendée qui prévoit que «si pour une raison quelconque les élections pour le renouvellement de la Chambre des députés et pour le tiers du Sénat ne se tiennent pas à la fin de l'année 2009, les députés, les sénateurs élus pour quatre ans resteront en fonction jusqu'en mai 2010».

Levaillant Louis-Jeune précise que les députés sont élus pour quatre ans et siègent jusqu'au au terme de leur mandat. Au cours de l'émission très prisée de Radio Vision 2000 « l'invité du jour », l'élu de Desdunes a admis ce matin que le fait par le Corps législatif de déclarer recevable le projet d'amendement de la Constitution de 1987, soumis par le pouvoir exécutif, veut dire que cette session est la dernière de la 48e législature.

Que défend le député Levaillant Louis-Jeune ?

Complaît dans sa fonction de président de la Chambre des députés, l'ex porte-parole de la Concertation des parlementaires progressistes (CPP) estime qu'il n'est pas souhaitable pour la santé de la démocratie qu'il y ait un vide législatif. «Il faut que les deux branches du pouvoir législatif fonctionnent pour que le contrôle de l'exécutif soit effectif.» Le Sénat peut interpeller et même renvoyer un membre du gouvernement. Mais il ne peut à lui seul ratifier le choix d'un Premier ministre. Levaillant Louis-Jeune a mis en relief tous les clichés imaginaires pour expliquer le bien fondé de la continuité de la 48e législature après le 11 janvier 2010.

	Intervenant sur le sujet, plusieurs députés rejettent la thèse du maintien de cette législature au de-là de l'échéance du deuxième lundi de janvier 2010. Le parlementaire le plus populaire de cette Chambre, Steeven Benoît, a informé qu'il n'entend pas recevoir un salaire pour lequel il ne fournit rien en échange. L'élu de Pétion-Ville et candidat au Sénat pour le département de l'Ouest pose des conditions réelles de la jouissance de ses prérogatives pour pouvoir s'embarquer dans une telle initiative. De quelle session s'agira-t-il ? En annonçant qu'il n'y aura pas de cérémonie officielle lundi au Palais législatif, Levaillant Louis-Jeune admet que le temps des sessions ordinaires a pris fin. Pour couper court aux tergiversations des uns et des autres sur l'objet de la présence des députés au Parlement après le 11 janvier, le député Louis-Jeune a annoncé que la session extraordinaire convoquée par l'exécutif en octobre dernier se poursuivra à la Chambre des députés jusqu'à l'épuisement de l'objet de la convocation. L'article 92-1 de la Constitution stipule : Les députés entrent en fonction le deuxième lundi de janvier et siègent en deux sessions annuelles. La durée de leur mandat forme une législature. L'article 92-2 se lit comme suit : la première session va du deuxième lundi de janvier au deuxième lundi de mai. La seconde, du deuxième lundi de juin au deuxième lundi de septembre. Depuis l'adoption de la Constitution de 1987, toutes les sessions extraordinaires convoquées par l'exécutif ont toujours eu lieu dans l'intervalle des sessions ordinaires. Sur quoi le député Levaillant Louis-Jeune s'est-il basé pour annoncer que les députés vont poursuivent la session extraordinaire ? L'article 105 de la Constitution est ainsi libellé :"Dans l'intervalle des sessions ordinaires et en cas d'urgence, le président de la République peut convoquer le corps législatif en session extraordinaire." Sur la base de ces considérations d'ordre constitutionnel, comment le député Levaillant Louis-Jeune pourra-t-il poursuivre la session extraordinaire convoquée par l'exécutif au de-là du deuxième lundi de janvier 2010 ?
	Lemoine Bonneau

American Airlines dans le collimateur du Sénat

2010-01-11T08:58:00.000-08:00

American Airlines dans le collimateur du Sénat

Les responsables d'American Airlines à Port-au-Prince seront convoqués sous peu au ministère du Commerce en raison d'un différend opposant le président du Sénat à des agents de cette compagnie.
Une altercation mettant face-à-face, le mercredi 6 janvier 2009, le président du Sénat haïtien, Kély C. Bastien, et des employés de la compagnie aérienne serait à la base de cette situation. Le parlementaire, a rapporté des témoins, accompagnait son collègue sénateur Mélius Hippolite qui devait être évacué vers Miami après avoir été victime d'une crise aiguë de tension quand les agents de la American Airlines lui ont intimé l'ordre d'enlever ses chaussures pour passer le détecteur métallique donnant accès à la salle de départ. Une vive discussion a eu lieu entre le sénateur Bastien et les agents de la compagnie aérienne.

Outré, le président du Sénat a porté plainte auprès du gouvernement. Selon une source bien informée, les responsables de la American Airlines devront s'expliquer la semaine prochaine au Ministère du Commerce. Des proches du Parlement, cités également par l'agence de presse, affirment que les diplomates étrangers en poste en Haïti n'auraient jamais été forcés d'enlever leurs chaussures. Et les parlementaires et diplomates haïtiens n'auraient jamais eu non plus à le faire dans les aéroports des Etats-Unis et d'ailleurs. L'ancienne Première ministre haïtienne Michèle Pierre-Louis, a rappelé l'agence, a connu des misères similaires à l'aéroport de Port-au-Prince quelques jours après le vote de censure que le Sénat de la République lui avait infligé.
Claude Gilles

Amaral Duclona extradé vers la France

2010-01-11T08:57:00.000-08:00

L'ancien chef de gang de Cité Soleil, Amaral Duclona, a été extradé vers la France dans la soirée du jeudi 7 janvier en cours. Remis enchaîné aux policiers français par les autorités dominicaines, il devrait être jugé pour son implication présumée dans l'assassinat, le 31 mai 2005 à Port-au-Prince, du consul honoraire de France au Cap-Haïtien, Paul Henri Mourral.
Comme l'avait ordonné la Cour suprême de justice dominicaine, le 2 décembre 2009, à la demande de la justice française, Amaral Duclona a été extradé hier jeudi 7 janvier vers la France, à bord d'un vol d'Air France qui a décollé à 8h30 p.m. (heure locale) de l'aéroport international Las Américas (AILA) de Santo Domingo à destination de Paris. Le détenu a été remis à des officiers français, venus spécialement le chercher dans la capitale dominicaine. Selon le quotidien dominicain Listìn Diario, il était enchaîné pour prévenir toute attitude agressive de sa part.

Accusé de l'assassinat présumé du consul honoraire de France au Cap-Haïtien, Paul Henri Moural, survenu en 2005 à Port-au-Prince, l'ancien et tout-puissant chef de gang de Bélékou à Cité Soleil devra prochainement être entendu par la justice française. Outre l'assassinat du consul Mourral, Amaral Duclona est accusé d'avoir été à l'origine de l'enlèvement suivi de l'exécution en 2004 de Claude Bernard Lauture, un homme d'affaires français d'origine haïtienne.

En fait, depuis son arrestation le 8 septembre 2009 par la Direction nationale de contrôle des drogues (DNCD) à sa sortie d'un complexe résidentiel dans le quartier de la Romana, à l'Est de la République dominicaine, Amaral Duclona a toujours nié son identité en se faisant appeler Berthone Jolicoeur. Sa participation présumée à l'enlèvement suivi de l'assassinat du consul Henri Paul Mourral avait fait l'objet d'une demande d'extradition de la France. Mais, du fait qu'il a toujours nié son identité, le processus d'extradition est devenu plus compliqué.

Au cours d'une rencontre au Palais national au début du mois de novembre 2009, le président de la République, René Préval, avait fourni au procureur général de la République Dominicaine, Radhamés Jiménez Peña, des preuves attestant la véritable identité de l'ancien chef de gang. Une attitude qui avait provoqué la grogne tant de la classe politique que de la société civile.

Duclona était en possession de deux passeports distincts émis par le Service haïtien de l'Immigration et de l'Emigration en raison de « l'inexistence à l'époque dans le système informatique d'un module de comparaison d'éléments biométriques comme les empreintes digitales », avait déclaré la direction de ce service, et qui a finalement revendiqué le nom de Bertone Jolicoeur. Et leservice a reconnu avoir délivré deux passeports distincts sous les noms de Amaral Duclona et de Berthone Jolicoeur qui ne sont, en réalité, qu'une seule et même personne.

Haitian news: Haitian Immigrant’s Redemption Story Leaves ICE Cold

2010-01-08T09:26:00.000-08:00

Can people change?

This question is at the heart of a fight between Homeland Security and Jean Montrevil. The answer has major implications for the reforms that lawmakers propose when they take up immigration reform after health care.

The feds charge that Montrevil is a hardened criminal alien. Montrevil claims he’s paid for past mistakes. He has a colorful rap sheet for crimes he committed 20 years ago. He’s now a community leader and the father of four American-born children, ages 2, 6, 11 and 19.

At a routine visit to Homeland Security on Dec. 30, 2009, Montrevil was arrested, pending deportation to Haiti. By New Year’s Day, a hundred gathered at his church to call for his release. U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler and other politicians rang Homeland Security round-the-clock with the same demand. Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania’s York County jail, Montrevil began a hunger strike.

Four days later, awaiting the government’s response, eight clergy were arrested by NYPD in a non-violent civil disobedience. Upping the ante, they demanded reform of the federal laws that put Montrevil into deportation in the first place. More actions are being planned.

Here’s the full story.

Montrevil at his religious supply store.

THE PAST

Jean Montrevil came to the United States legally with a green card. He and 12 siblings arrived from Haiti in 1986, after his U.S. citizen dad sponsored them. “We came to America to make it big,” Montrevil says. “Along the way, I got stupid.”

He stumbled into the taxi business. A fellow cabbie opened the door to drugs. “I started selling marijuana to passengers. From there, I took off.”

Montrevil didn’t get very far. In 1989, at age 20, he was arrested in New Jersey, driving down I-95. “No one told me it was a corridor,” Montrevil recalls. “Police stopped black guys driving nice cars all the time, looking for people like me.” Just months into selling, he was busted for cocaine.

Out on bail, he made another drug run to Virginia. A federal agent and deputy sheriff found an ounce of crack hidden in his car’s gas tank. Montrevil would’ve gotten five years under mandatory federal sentencing guidelines. But prosecuted in Virginia state court, he got 27 years. Inside, he caught an assault conviction for fighting with another inmate.

“1989 was a rough year,” Montrevil says. “Prison saved my life.” Released early for good behavior, he opened a store selling candles and religious supplies in Brooklyn in 2000. He believes that the 11 years he served kept him from getting killed in the underground drug trade.

Montrevil with an electronic ankle bracelet.

HOMELAND SECURITY

Nationwide, of the 2.3 million deported from 1997 to 2007, 37 percent have criminal records. Homeland Security spokesman Mike Gilhooly explains in an email, “One of ICE’s primary missions is to remove foreign national criminals from the United States.” ICE, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is the federal government’s deportation unit.

Montrevil charges that this mission is double jeopardy. “Why do I have to keep paying for crimes I already served time for? I feel marked for life.”

By chance, the feds didn’t deport Montrevil directly from prison. They got him in a sweep of New York parole offices in 2005. He’s been in deportation proceedings since then, reporting to Homeland Security offices when asked, and banking on legal appeals and political pressure to stay here. Haiti’s refusal to take U.S. deportees bought him time at different moments.

On Dec. 30, 2009, his luck ran out. He was detained during a routine check in. Haiti was taking people back, and he had no appeals left. But the holiday grab surprised his supporters. Months earlier they’d requested a meeting with the feds to discuss Montrevil’s case.

The agency can defer action on any deportation order. Montrevil’s attorney Joshua Bardavid explains, “My client is eligible for deferred action. ICE has not yet refused or granted it.” According to Montrevil’s minister, Reverend Dr. Donna Schaper of Judson Memorial Church, “Jean’s spirit is not junk. We just want one face-to-face meeting to explain how we know that.”

According to Gilhooly, "Jean Murat Montrevil is an aggravated felon with a significant criminal record who has a final order of removal from an immigration judge. Montrevil has exhausted all of his appeals and ICE will enforce the immigration judge’s order.” Homeland Security declined to comment on their policy for exercising discretion.

Nadler jumped on the phone New Year’s Eve, as soon as he heard about Montrevil’s detention. But Nadler hasn’t been able to convince Homeland Security to budge.

Nadler connects Montrevil’s case to the call for immigration reform. “The practice of deporting people for minor crimes committed many years in the past when they have been law-abiding ever since makes no sense and is blatantly unfair,” Nadler says.

U.S. Rep. Nydia Velasquez, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, echoed the sentiment in a letter to Homeland Security in 2008.

Prior to Montrevil’s detention, these supporters were hopeful. The feds had removed an electronic monitor from his ankle, thereby reducing his risk-level. His regular visits to Behavioral Interventions, a private security firm subcontracted by Homeland Security, were uneventful. “I complied with whatever they asked of me,” Montrevil says. “Why lock me up during my kids’ Christmas holidays?”

Montrevil kissing his newborn daughter Jamyah in 2007.

FAMILY

“I was still nursing our son when they took Jean in 2005,” says his wife Janay Montrevil. an African-American school teacher from Brooklyn. Janay, 31, met her husband on a blind date. She says, “When I fell in love, I didn’t know Jean could be taken from me.”

Montrevil told her he was locked up for crimes. But neither expected his deportation. The couple got married, each bringing a child from a prior relationship into their union. “I can’t believe President Obama would turn me into another single mother,” she says.

Montrevil is the family cook. “I tried making my kids oatmeal the morning after they took him,” Janay recalls. “But I don’t know how to do all that stuff with the milk and fruits. I just boil water. When I gave it to my kids, they looked horrified, like, ‘are we gonna starve now that dad’s gone?’” Montrevil just began a hunger strike to protest the deportation system.

Six-year-old Jahsiah seems the hardest hit by his father’s absence. An asthmatic who’s legally disabled, he’s wetting his bed and leaving voicemails on Montrevil’s cell phone.

Montrevil’s mom died in Haiti when he was Jahsiah’s age. He doesn’t think much of his own father, now deceased. “He beat us and ran around with other women. I promised myself I’d be a good father to my kids. What’ll happen to them without me?”

Montrevil speaking to staffers of Congressman Ed Towns in 2006.

IMMIGRATION REFORM
The Montrevils made their case into a campaign to change the laws. Whether you think the border wall is too high or too porous, everyone agrees the immigration system is broken. Today, pro-immigration activists are lobbying President Obama to pass legalization right after health care.

But that fix wouldn’t help Montrevil. He came here as a legal permanent resident. Homeland Security wants to de-legalize him. “Families like mine have to change the deportation system,” he says.

In 1996, under President Bill Clinton, the United States passed sweeping immigration laws that made detention and deportation mandatory for most immigrants with any brush with the law. Although Montrevil’s crimes occurred before their passage, they’ve been applied to him retroactively.

In 2006, Montrevil donated a passenger van from his small transportation business to Families for Freedom. The New York non-profit was shuttling families like his to Washington, D.C. Montrevil led one delegation to talk directly with lawmakers. “I’d never been in Congress before,” he recalls. “I was so excited.”

In response to these efforts, U.S. Rep. José Serrano introduced a bill. "Jean Montrevil's case is precisely why we need to see the provisions of the Child Citizen Protection Act passed into law,” says Serrano. “We cannot continue to allow inflexible deportation guidelines to separate families with U.S. citizen children."

Currently, immigration judges can’t consider the well-being of American children before deporting a parent. Serrano’s proposal, now part of a larger House immigration reform bill, would untie judges’ hands. New York advocates are asking U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer to include the proposal in the Senate. Montrevil could be put on a plane to Haiti before the bill he inspired is considered.

Reverend Bob Coleman commits to join a hunger fast.
SANCTUARY

While Homeland Security takes Montrevil’s time in prison as proof of his criminality, his supporters take it as a measure of his redemption. “Eleven years is a long time to be locked up,” says Reverend Bob Coleman. “Jean represents a restored life. Who benefits by stripping him of his legal status?”

Rev. Coleman is the minister of the historic Riverside Church, a spiritual home to the political elite. Montrevil has spoken from the church’s pulpit on several occasions. Shuttling through the city’s houses of worship, bearing witness three or four days a week, he moved them and others to join New York’s New Sanctuary Coalition.

Montrevil co-founded this faith-based group for immigration reform in 2007, along with his minister. Schaper says, “Everyone has a soul. Jean has it more deeply than others, because of all he’s suffered.”

NYPD arrests eight clergy and two supporters blocking federal vans
from delivering detainees into Homeland Security’s Lower Manhattan jail.

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

Before his detention, Schaper claimed without hesitation, “If we have to take him into the church, to keep him with his family, then we’ll do that.” Harboring a person in a church when the law says they must be deported is a federal crime.

On Tuesday, Schaper got arrested for a state misdemeanor. She was one of eight clergy and two supporters who formed a human chain to block prisoner vans from entering Homeland Security’s jail in Lower Manhattan.

“We’ve been forced into civil disobedience,” Schaper says minutes before two New York Police Department officers put white plastic handcuffs on her. “Jean is a person who changed. He’s being forced to pay over and over again for his sin, so we must show how wrong the law is.”

Beside her was Lulu Fogarty, the Montrevil children’s Sunday school teacher. She had a simpler reason for breaking the law. “I couldn’t look the kids in the eye if I didn’t do anything to bring their dad back.”

The old stone cap to L'Evêque spoke. A language of eternity.

2009-12-21T07:33:00.000-08:00

The old stone cap to L'Evêque spoke. A language of eternity. Words of an intangible power that address humanity's eternal quest for freedom. They claimed the victory over time and chanted the glorious dream of Titan. They camped the Northern man, genius christophien in his vision of a country standing in one breath, carried by the winds of history everywhere. They rewrote the inescapable truth: human vertical touch the stars in thought and change the world by his actions.

The great hall of the Karibe Convention Center has put on his attire to receive Saturday, December 12, 2009 the grand gala fundraiser to benefit the Henry Citadel. In a spectacular setting of round tables dressed in royal blue and enhanced arrangements evoking the orchid-bearing branches of mountain peaks. Monique Rocourt and his team are unsurpassed for providing an exceptional evening.

Monique Rocourt highlighted the magic of the evening which saw the culmination of combined efforts of the consortium Logo More Haiti, Music Lab, Logo Plus USA, Grissom Company, the sister companies working in the field of literary production, photography and music at the educational, cultural and historical. The group capped two years of hard work to present a book worthy of the greatest monuments of our architectural heritage, historical work that has built a team in an amazing and extraordinary adventures.

The output of the Book "The Citadel Henry" brought together all sectors of Haitian life: government, private, trade, industry, tourism, education, media, the arts, that of transport and communication ... In a celebration and a final recognition of the great figures of our past and our present are joined for a common journey towards identity found. The result is tangible proof of what can be done when a dream fills the soul, when faith supports the approach in an uncertain path strewn with pitfalls. This movement rallying around the safeguarding of national heritage has attached a great assembly of people sensitive to the redevelopment of the ultimate symbol of Haitian identity, the Grande Dame, the Citadel Henry.

... the spirit of eternal rocks

Pin loyalty "The Citadel Henry Haiti Heritage" were pinned inside by the side support in a gesture to honor the spirit of eternal rocks.

The Institute for the Protection of National Heritage, independent technical body, is born by government decree of March 28, 1979 the upgrading of the historic preservation, government agency founded in 1972 by Albert Mangonès. Daniel Elias, Director of ISPAN, stressed the importance of the mission of the Institute for Scientific and Technical. It is an inventory and ranking of evidence in the national heritage, general studies and detailed project of restoration and enhancement of monuments and historical sites, provide leadership and supervision of work performance, help promotion and development of public or private business to safeguard the national heritage and disseminate all information and documentation relating to the architectural heritage and monuments, national and international.

Albert Mangonès in its ideological vision of heritage conservation has advocated the strengthening of national identity by establishing the historical and cultural values conveyed by our monuments, developing education and knowledge essential to the establishment of a sense of belonging. The social and economic values provided by the approach are the logical result of an intelligent and rational exploitation of this heritage. For Albert Mangonès, beyond the aesthetic, cultural, technical and economic, conservation of architectural heritage "must find his true purpose in seeking solutions to human problems raised by the sudden changes of living environment." He was "aware of an organized community has the right to exist in decent conditions, which must grow and why heritage should remain a key factor of social cohesion".

The history of ISPAN is linked to the Citadel National Historic Park Sanssouci Ramiers, classified World Heritage by UNESCO since 1982. The institute has taken up the work begun by the Department of Conservation of Monuments, which consisted with the retirement of water, protection and stabilization of these historic buildings, with technical assistance from UNESCO and a UNDP funding and treasury. In undertaking this work, the ISPAN has used a multidisciplinary team of architects, engineers, but also sociologists, archaeologists, chemists, specialists in conservation of stone and metal, historians , photographers, specialists in regional planning, master carpenters, master builders and others. This adventure has been crowned with success in putting Henry Citadel and Palace of Sans-Souci out of danger and saved from destruction is irreversible.

The ISPAN has continued the first scientific and objective inventory of historical monuments of Haiti. Albert Mangonès has, in its generosity, enabling young people to grow in this business, coach, encourage them, its their lavish sound advice based on his long experience. The writings of historians such Madiou, Ardouin, Cabon, Debien, Pean, George Corvington, and the chronic period of Logbook of Christopher Columbus to chronic Edgard LaSelva, texts Labat, Moreau de Saint-Mery , Descourtilz were consulted to guide the search for ruins and ancient buildings.

The research archives were made by the team of the inventory. The identification and documentation of the defense system of the French colony of Saint Domingue, the network of fortifications erected in Haiti in the aftermath of 1804, the network of colonial sugar houses, historic centers of Cap-Haitien, Jacmel and Port - au-Prince, the site of the first voyage of Columbus on the north coast of Haiti was established.

Haiti rcihesse discovers his heritage
Haitian society now finds wealth, the vastness, the diversity of its cultural heritage. The prospects for tourism development become clearer. Youth is open questioning of its cultural identity. Our natural environment undergoes continuous degradation and alarming. Knowledge of our past should serve as a compass and leverage to build this sense of belonging to the land of our ancestors. The ISPAN is devoid of resources, financial resources reduced drastically since the Haitian state is forced to deal with other priorities. While remaining under its organic law, the institute has been forced to diversify its sources of funding. He had to call for international assistance to nongovernmental organizations and the private sector.

This approach has begun to bear fruit. The gala La Citadelle Henry is an outstanding example of collaboration between ISPAN and its generous patrons. Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis has encouraged and supported the draft publication of the ledger La Citadelle Henry.

The World Heritage Center, UNESCO agency responsible for management of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, is currently updating the files and start the retrospective inventory of properties. The ISPAN will under this program, in agreement with the World Heritage Center, take the boundary of the National Historical Park covering 25 square kilometers, and its zoning regulations. It will assign a legal status, the build, within the World Heritage Convention ratified by the Republic of Haiti in 1980, a management structure and operation.

The ISPAN will speak on the historical monuments in order to complete the restoration work and complete the second phase of the project to organize and facilitate their visit. The development of the Museum of Citadel Henry will be a priority objective of the ISPAN, with the collaboration of the Musée du Pantheon National Haitien. This museum will showcase the finest collection of guns made in the ledger of Henry Citadel.

John Mac Aslan, representative of Aslan Mac Foundation, will support the study of museum Citadel Henry. He conveyed to the people of Haiti at the gala, the greetings and wishes of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, a mentor to the preservation of monuments in England, whose foundation also works with Mac Foundation Aslan.

The Minister of Culture and Communication, Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue, welcomed a very special presence in the room of family members of Albert Mangone and his friends. In recognition of a man who has traced a path through buildings, institutions and works that have enriched our humanity and our sense of memory, a certificate of decoration was awarded to Messrs Frederick and George Mangonès with these words:

Albert Mangonès, Grand Officier posthumously National Order of Honor and Merit

"On behalf of the Haitian government, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Communication, it is with humility, respect, we do the architect Albert Mangonès Grand Officer posthumously National Order of Honor and Merit, in recognition of its commitment to safeguarding the architectural heritage of Haiti. "

In her speech, Ms. Magali Comeau Denis, Special Advisor to the Minister Jocelyn Lassegue, honored the memory of both builders and designers, King Henry Christophe and architect Albert Mangonès passionate Citadel. The Ministry of Culture and Communication is pleased and hopeful that the various components of the society seized this monument founder and proclaim that the mission of conservation, preservation and backup can be only a matter of 'State. It rests on the arms of all the forces of the country can be an honor for the authorities - which do not unload all - and especially civil society commits more and more. He appreciates the way of civil society through actions of general interest to claim that the nation is us, that this heritage is ours, all of us.

The presentation of plaques to the guards of the Citadel, seven men who for over thirty years providing its maintenance and cleaning, has been applauded by the audience standing. One of their job is dangerous, it is to remain suspended, attached to a vein, 45 feet high, clinging to a ladder, to uproot the trees rooted among the old stones, seeds brought by wind.

The screening of the documentary "The Citadel Henry", written and narrated by Monique Rocourt, raised in me the pride of being part of this nation legatee of energy so powerful. This is an example of a man in all the greatness it can achieve on this earth and beyond. Walls challenge. They question us. Why can not we walk in the footsteps of men of brass?

1804 and 2009, two different circumstances, but so similar, through their affinity combinatorial hi, opportunities and possible collapse. A nation that has no other choice but to rise above impossible.

"The Citadel", a folkloric ballet

Design and texts of folk ballet "The Citadel" presented the audience are Monique Rocourt. The choreography and choreographic design are Nicole Lumarque. The dream. A citadel for my King. Construction. They must be given a voice. The hymn to liberty. Advance. Six tables to recreate the grandeur christophienne so poetic, musical with the gestural dance.

The dinner offered delicious dishes with original names related to The Citadel. An auction of works by Philippe Dodard, Rachelle Castera Herter and Savannah Savary, and a great show hosted by the Villa Russo followed. The draw of a raffle has been thirteen happy. Mizik Mizik moderated the ball which ended this evening made magnificence and hope for "The Citadel". Four sponsors have enabled the realization of the gala: Well, Délimart, AUTO and Sun Auto Plaza.

The signatures of the sales-Ledger "The Citadel Henry" will be held Thursday, December 17 at local ISPAN, angle Chériez Street and Martin Luther King, from 10 am to 2 pm, Saturday, December 19th at the Cercle Bellevue, Bourdon 10 am to 5 pm, and Sunday, December 20 at OASIS Street Panamericana 11 am to 1 pm The price is 100 U.S. $ 4375 or gourds. The book goes on sale in bookstores both the Pleiades, Asterix Petion-Ville and I guess.

I invite you to build your library that play that highlights the high historical values of our cultural heritage.

By Savannah Savary

Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive returned satisfied in Port-au-Prince on Friday.

2009-12-21T07:31:00.000-08:00

Back from Canada where he made an official visit of six days, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive returned satisfied in Port-au-Prince on Friday.

"It is a journey that I regard as essentially positive, said Friday Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive after a visit of six days in Canada. We have established strong links with partners with whom we used to work, "he said during an interview with the press lounge Diplomatic Toussaint Louverture Airport, minutes after the descent of plane.

Mr. Bellerive who made this visit primarily as Minister of Planning and External Cooperation was pleased to have met many political figures including Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Mayor of Montreal Gérald Tremblay and the Governor of Canada Michaëlle Jean Haitian origin.

In New York, where she stopped, Prime Minister held discussions with various foreign dignitaries who want to invest in Haiti. "We talked to investors and we've channeled," he said. Speaking to an audience of fellow about 24 hours before his return, Jean-Max Bellerive had estimated that "Haiti has no fundamental problems other than the Haitians themselves.

In turn, the federal government is ready to release for Haiti an additional 15 million dollars over two years. According to Jean-Max Bellerive, these funds will be used primarily in the context of improving prison conditions and security in border areas.

Asked about the issue of banditry recorded these days in the capital, Mr. Bellerive said that the CSPN (Supreme Council of National Police) will meet tomorrow on Saturday to ask and analyze the problem of insecurity. "Too much effort has been increased to attract investors in the country that can do the bandits," he said in a firm tone.

Mr. Bellerive was accompanied by his Foreign Minister, Marie-Michele Rey, and Secretary of State for Public Security Luc Eucher Joseph. But, according to the Prime Minister, Mr. Joseph has made the trip only as a representative of the Department of Justice. Emphasize that no presidential decree on the appointment of new secretaries of state has not yet been released a month after the inauguration of the Préval Government / Bellerive.

Upon his arrival, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive aquellir Dominican Minister of Economy, Temistocles Mountains, arrived Friday in Port-au-Prince for a working meeting. This visit, according to a statement issued Thursday in Santo Domingo, falls within the framework of strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.

Haiti The problem of establishing the Higher Council of Judiciary (CSPJ)

2009-12-21T07:28:00.000-08:00

The problem of establishing the Higher Council of Judiciary (CSPJ) and its involvement in the Haitian judicial system has been central to discussions at the Fourth Congress of the National Association of Haitian Magistrates (ANAMAH) held on 17 and December 18, 2009 at Hotel Le Plaza. This was also the occasion to renew the new office at the head of the association.

Discussions during the two days of the fourth congress of the National Association of Haitian Magistrates (ANAMAH) took place on the need to install the Superior Council of Judiciary (CSPJ) created by a law published in the Official Journal of the Republic, The Monitor, December 27, 2007. Different panelists who spoke on the issue have recognized that the creation of CSPJ is "absolutely necessary" for the course of justice in Haiti. They said the lack of political will of the Executive to appoint the President of the Court of Cassation is the main obstacle to establishing the highest court in the country.

"The political implications are too heavy so the executive does everything possible to prevent the creation of CSPJ," fumed Mr. Léon Saint-Louis. This, he says, explains why many previous attempts have failed.

All the panelists who spoke during the two days are in the refusal of the Executive to appoint the President of the Court of Cassation an obstacle to the process of establishing CSPJ.

"The Executive has, inter alia, the constitutional responsibility to enforce the laws of the Republic has chosen not to enforce a law under the Constitution which requires the amendment, however, said the barrister of the Bar, Mr. Gervais Charles, adding that the law establishing the highest court in the country has yet been adopted since 2007. The installation of CSPJ for which judges are fighting not only in the interest of the judiciary, says Mr. Charles, this concerns the whole community.
On "The Judiciary in the future movement of the creation of CSPJ" This Fourth Congress, says past president of the ANAMAH, Me Durin Duret Jr, reflects the determination of the judiciary to consider reports that must exist between this and the CSPJ association is an institution of organization, control, discipline and deliberation and whose mission is to ensure the careers of judges and punish when necessary.

The judiciary, a power dependent

The judges of courts of different countries who took part in the congress denounced the stranglehold of the executive over the judiciary and the fact that the Minister of Justice, in their opinion, behaves as the head of the judiciary. "If justice is under the Ministry of Justice for its operation, this dependency is spreading also in terms of judges, at times, are influenced by the government in making their decision," denounced Me St. Louis. He said only the creation of CSPJ can free the judiciary from the clutches of the Executive. "The creation of CSPJ, institution that will break with the past practices of the executive, is" an absolute necessity, "he said.

Mr. Vandal, meanwhile, argued the same meaning to say that the creation of this institution is an "appropriate response to the need for independence of the judiciary, also denouncing the interference of the Executive and the Legislature in exclusive affairs of the judiciary. However, Mr. Patrick Pierre-Louis noted that the CSPJ is a tool, a means but not an end in regard to independence per se of the judiciary.

For her part, Ms. Danielle Saada, head of the Justice Section of MINUSTAH, said that the complexity of the task of judges and lack of resources are the main obstacles in performing their work. She took the opportunity to reiterate the need to strengthen the judicial system to make it more effective.

Ultimatum to the Executive ...

After this congress, a resolution issuing ultimatum to the Executive for the implementation of the law establishing the CSPJ was adopted by a majority of judges present. However, the text still needs to be revamped will be sent shortly to the Executive which say they hope a wise decision. They also threatened to cease all activities across all jurisdictions in the country to force the executive to "take its responsibilities towards the nation."

Haiti: Haiti strengthens measures against chicken eggs and the Dominican

2009-12-16T08:33:00.000-08:00

The Haitian authorities have stepped up surveillance at the border to combat smuggling of chickens and eggs from the Dominican Republic, informed on Tuesday, traders at Dajabón.

The spokesman traders of northern Haiti, Roul Joseph, said in the press that during the three days, police officers and inspectors of the Department of Animal and Plant Health of the Haitian Ministry of Agriculture seized Thousands of chickens and eggs purchased in Dominican territory.

Haiti in 2007 banned the entry of poultry products from the Dominican Republic after the identification of confirmed cases of avian flu. However, smuggling of chickens and eggs has not stopped, what motivated the Haitian authorities to redouble their vigilance against this.

Mr. Joseph said that traders Haitian record large losses due to measures adopted at the border by the Haitian authorities.

The merchant called unjust Haitian authorities' decision to suspend imports of eggs and chickens are the main diet of the poor and middle class in Haiti. That is why measures that prohibit entry to the country of Dominican poultry products has caused grumbling merchants.

Binational market held Monday and Friday Dajabón, yesterday there was no chicken or eggs since the ban on Haitian authorities.

Meanwhile members of the Specialized Unit of Border Security (Cesfront) have cordoned off the vicinity of the Massacre River, which separates the Dominican Republic to Haiti, where the distributors of chickens and eggs are doing the illegal trade, with the complicity of Haitian shopkeepers.

The spokesman of the Dominican Association of Poultry, Wilfredo Cabrera, said that producers must meet the Dominican Haitian President René Préval and other senior officials from Haiti to explain that in his country there no problem for the resumption of exports of eggs and chickens.

However, he emphasized that the Haitian authorities require the packaging of eggs in crates and on chickens that specifies where they are produced. Nevertheless, he defended the quality of poultry products from the Dominican Republic and Haiti indicates a need for this market.

Mayor Dajabón (North-western Dominican Republic, near Ouanaminthe), Sonia Mateo, said that measuring the Haitian authorities affects hundreds Dominican producers and traders attending the Haitian market binational Dominican territory.

Haiti: 80 observers expected

2009-12-16T08:32:00.000-08:00

The Organization of American States, at the request of the President of the Republic, His Excellency René Préval, has decided to send an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to support the electoral process of 2010. In the parliamentary elections of February 2010, the OAS has planned to deploy some 80 observers, and is expected to double the presidential elections in November 2010.

The purpose of the Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) is to support the electoral process, to identify strengths and weaknesses in the organization of elections in order to strengthen the capacity of the Provisional Electoral Council. In this spirit, the Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) has to follow up recommendations in order to ensure the establishment of an electoral process transparent, inclusive and democratic.

The OAS has also decided to continue to provide technical support to the CEP, through training of officials of the Provisional Electoral Council to increase the autonomy of the Authority in relation to international actors and strengthen the sustainability of aid made up 'here. This training will be made after the elections and is designed as a prerequisite for the POC may be able to manage independently the electoral registry and the Center tab.

Therefore, the OAS will not be involved in the organization and implementation of elections in Haiti, as was the case in the past. The decision to only observe the elections in Haiti during the year 2010 is within the context of recognizing the urgent need for the Haitian State acquires electoral institutions transparent, effective, permanent and reliable.

Haiti: Resolving the issue of migration

2009-12-16T08:30:00.000-08:00

A month after his installation as head of the Ministry of Haitians Living Abroad (LIFE-H), Edwin Parison, with several executives of his ministry, visited the Dominican Republic to discuss with contractors on the Haitian can creating a fund of private sector in Haiti moving neighboring republic and meet officials on the Dominican migration.

Minister of Haitians Living Abroad, Edwin Parison, is leading a delegation that is since the weekend passed the Dominican Republic. This tour started December 11, 2009 falls within the framework of a series of official visits to be made by that Minister. During his stay, the delegation of Haiti, among others, met with Dominican officials and the Haitian private sector business.

"We met Monday, December 14, 2009, Haitian entrepreneurs in order to consider establishing a fund of private sector in Haiti in the Dominican Republic, said Monday that Mr. Parison said he also met with Dominican officials the same day.

"The idea of this meeting," said Parison is trying to encourage the integration of these men and women entrepreneurs in the various programs and measures for the development and progress of Haiti, the Like men and women of Haitian or of Haitian descent settled in other parts of the world. " And to show their desire to cooperate, the minister said that the countrymen have already established a core group whose mission is to explore ways of establishing this fund.

In addition, the Minister Parison noted that the issue of panhandling and the Haitian case of women with children on his hands wandering the streets of Santo Domingo was at the heart of discussions between the delegation and some Haitian NGOs. "To resolve this problem, a kind of volunteerism has been considered among all the NGO run by Haitians or Haitian Dominican," he said. According to Mr. Parison, people in this situation are only victims of human trafficking considered by most as a form of export of the poverty of Haiti to the Dominican Republic.

Regulate the migration issue

The delegation met with Dominican Republic Minister of Interior responsible for Immigration, in order to propose the plan to regularize migration planned for early 2010 by the Dominicans to be done in concert with the Haitian authorities, with a view to taking better account of Haitians in the Dominican Republic. Mr. Parison would also meet his counterpart, Alejandro Santos, who heads the National Council of Dominicans living abroad, a body created 15 years after the existence of the LIFE-H.

Indeed, the regulation plan of migration come into force around March 2010, after full approval of the new version of the Dominican Constitution in January. In turn, the Haitians living in the neighboring republic to be eligible, must have documents Haitian.

Mr. Parison also visited a hospital in La Romana. The Hospital called "Good Samaritan", which 75% of patients are Dominicans, was founded by a Haitian pastor, the late Luc Phanord. Moreover, the minister said he met about a dozen leaders of student organizations in Santiago, representing nearly 3,000 students.

Minister Parison which made its first move into foreign territory wished "that the Dominicans can appreciate the positive work achieved by the Haitians for the Dominican community and also understand that we must not only seek to bring out certain behaviors negative Haitians.

After his stay in the Dominican Republic, the Haitian delegation will fly to Spain and return home on weekends.

Haiti Revelations on the Human Development Through ADV (2)

2009-12-13T08:40:00.000-08:00

B. DYING TO LIVE: THE MIRACLE OF WISDOM
"Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it bears much fruit ..."

In a previous article, the Association of Disciples for Life pointed out that the Bible is to teach and not to inform and direct its message to the ultimate development of human potential. The Friendly consider here the model of development which, according to the Bible allows "living being" to achieve such development and meet its aspirations, and the sacrifice made to that effect. This review begins with an analysis of the human condition from a biblical perspective.

The Bible sees humans as in the intoxication of the hypnotic state, the source of all evils: "They have eyes but they do not see ... they have ears, but they do not understand ...", "The earth is fatal to the penitentiary ... Man is born for trouble ...". This spell is cast by obscurantist forces omnipresent (Ephesians 6 :11-12), said "the Adversary or Satan" (Job 1: 6; Mt 17: 23 Ps 108: 13), under the command of YHVH Elohim (l 'Lord God) (Job 2 :6-10; Rev 17: 17), an entity claiming all: The Lord God of Adam plunged into a deep sleep ...", "The Lord of quenches your breath hypnotic ...", "The Lord God said, Lest that Adam took the tree of life, he eats and live forever ..."," I, saith the Lord, I am from Jerusalem a cup of trembling ...", "Like clay in the potter's hands, so you are in my hand, O house of Israel ..."," they know and recognize that outside to me is nothing ...", "I create the light, I create darkness ..."," The Lord kills and gives life ...", "From him come the evils and property ...", "Who maketh the dumb, deaf, seeing or blind? Is not me, saith the LORD ?...".

Thus, from the beginning (Psalm 51: 7; Gen 8: 21), the spiritual potential of "natural man" is lost or compromised: "All is lost and perverted ...". As a zombie, the human loses consciousness or spirit ( "breath") before his last breath. So to say, it goes through a "first death" before dying. In this blinding ignorance (Es 6 :9-10; 2Cor 4 :3-4, Jn 12: 35 (b) 1 Corinthians 2: 14), progress is trapped (Ezekiel 20: 25) or empty: "The people who understands nothing is doomed ...", "He who walks in darkness does not know where it goes ..."," The Lord knows the thoughts of humans, they are useless ...", "The creation was subjected to futility ...". But, amused by his imagination and the visions of the heart "(Jeremiah 23: 16, Jer 29: 8), each is locked in his little world of perceptions, superficialities, appearances, lies, pretensions, fantasies, confusion, seduction, like the movies: "The son of Adam is a lie ..."," Men, how long do you love vanity and seek your deception ?...", "Woe to the man who trusts in man ...".

According to the Bible, mankind is subject to the seductive power ( "malignant") of the illusion or imagination, hypnotic effect of sleep: "The whole world is the power of evil ...". "Evil" ( "fault", "sin") is recklessness created by this spell making humans ignorant, closed ( "hardened") to reason and common sense private (Jeremiah 4: 22 ; Os 4: 6). What makes it work like a fool (Psalm 69: 6; Es 59: 10) or a sleepwalker wandering: "I'm wandering like a lost sheep ...". In this sense, "evil" is forgetfulness (amnesia), scattering humans outside of himself, away from its source, its essence (his home) and it causing all the troubles (Luke 15 :14-16; Deuteronomy 28 :28-29, 66). This lack of the spirit prone to be 'owned' by multiple personalities and contradictory (Mark 5: 1-5; Romans 7 :15-20). This mixture addictive and unhealthy ( "the unclean spirit, perverted or corrupt") is symbolized by the "spirit of prostitution" or "spirit of adultery" (Os 4 :11-13; Ez 16 :15-32 ; Jr 2: 20, 23, 28; Jr 3 :6-9). Finally, the "evil" is the degeneration ( "the fall") fatal (Job 14: 4; Jr 13: 23) of the human being "excommunicated" a failure or an undead: "The wages of sin is death ...", "Who shall deliver me from this body of death ?...".

Nevertheless, the Bible celebrates the "good news" that man is not to be missed for his life in vain live (Ezekiel 18 :31-32; Is 53 :7-11), it can rise from ashes ( "back from the grave") (Ezekiel 37: 13, Jn 11 :38-44) and "move from darkness to light": "The people walking in darkness have seen a great light on the people of land of the shadow of death, a light shines ...", "Awake, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of Jehovah the bottom of the cup of trembling ..."," The same creation will be liberated from the bondage of corruption to enjoy the glorious liberty of God's children ...". The human has the capacity to regenerate ( "pass from death to life"), to realize its potential and meet their aspirations: "The winner, I give to eat of the tree of life ... "" I create Jerusalem a rejoicing and her people a joy ...". At least that's the experience of those who have "found the wisdom" and "saw the light": "The breath of God has anointed me to preach good news to the poor, to open blind eyes, to out of jail prisoners and those living in darkness ...".
Faced with the syndrome of "original sin" (Psalm 51: 7), the Bible goes beyond the symptoms to the root of "evil" human is the psychological underdevelopment or lack of consciousness. To cure man of such failure or "exorcise a demon as" the biblical authors advocate the awareness, that is to say the widening or opening of consciousness. This esoteric approach puts priority on the metaphysical or spiritual dimension of man, not the accumulation of knowledge assets and powers: "Even in abundance, human life does not depend on what it has ...", "Seeking first the kingdom of God ... the Kingdom is inside of you ...". Outside this inner temple, there is no salvation. This philosophy calls for the "exodus" in consciousness, that is to say, to leave "the desert of ignorance and mental slavery to" the mountain of knowledge and empowerment: "Take the garment of the old man with his practices, and passes the garment of the new man to access to knowledge ..."," An understanding heart seeks knowledge ...", "The people perish for lack of knowledge. .. "" Fool, you learn to know ...", "Give up the stupidity and live; heads up in the way of intelligence ...". This contrasts with the rehabilitation of worship prophecies (Jer 5: 13; Jr 14: 14; Ezekiel 13 :1-7, Lk 21: 8), the cult of the marvelous (Mark 13 :21-22) and idolatry in form of worship of the person (Mt 23 :5-10) or messianic cult: "Away with the basic principles of the Messiah, tend toward perfection ...".

It follows that, according to the biblical authors, the internal revolution ensures the transition from "old man" to "new man". As such, the development process of "being alive" is an unveiling or a revelation, following the model of grain growth. Indeed, the potential of the seed, just like humans, is hidden (Matthew 13: 44, Job 28 :20-23, Pr 25: 2; 1 Corinthians 2: 7). For this potential to ripen, the seed must be prepared and sown or buried. In the manured soil (good soil), the burial may cause irreversible metamorphosis during which seed "dies" and "reborn" in newness of life. To bear fruit and multiply, the tree (the son) thus generated must be pruned: "Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it bears much fruit ...". How to apply this process happen to man?
For humans hypnotized or "knocked dizzy, be prepared is to rediscover the spirit or return to common sense (" back to life "," open eyes "," being awakened or forgiven) ( Gen 3: 7, Lk 15: 24; Mk 2 :3-9). This "first resurrection" (Luke 7 :11-14, Jn 11: 11, 38-39, 43-44, Mt 27: 52) marked a crucial turning point (Pr 8 :4-6; Rom 13 :11-12) . This is the gift of "repentance" (Isaiah 52 :1-3) in which "the sinner" as is "from nothing": "May God give them repentance to return to their senses ... "" Oh you who sleep, wake up from the dead ...", "It is time to wake out of sleep ..."," If you do not repent you will perish ... " "And their eyes were opened ...". Without this awareness and self-examination ( "confession"), any change is impossible, and humans can not measure the price (the "ransom") to pay to fulfill his potential or "save his life" "Let our ways ..."," The man knows the price of wisdom ...", "It is through much tribulation that we enter into the kingdom ..."," Fool, this you sow does not come back to life unless it dies ...", "Whoever would save his life will lose it ...". Note that hi is personal: "Every one should carry his own load ..."," The man of common sense is useful but himself ...".

For the "repentant" burial ( "be buried"), is the spirit of humility or selflessness: "If you can humble yourself and if you do not pay very little, you shall not in the United ...". Fertilizer ( "solid food") is the spirit of discernment (Hebrews 5 :11-14) combined with the receptive mind ( "fear of the Lord" or "obedience to the will of God "):" The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, those who have inspired common sense ...", "If you lend a sympathetic ear to wisdom, if you call the intelligence, if you raise your voice to reason, if you should research carefully as treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord ...", "My food is to do the will of God ... Do not foolish, but understand the will of God ... God's will is to give thanks in all circumstances ...", "If you give thanks, nothing to be refused ..." . In contrast, "milk" ( "basic principles") (Heb 5: 12; Col 2: 8; Gal 4 :9-10) is the immaturity, intolerance, and traditional observances dogmatic beliefs: "You need milk, since there is jealousy and strife among you ..."," Whoever is in the milk can not appreciate the word that just makes it ...", "What no one judges you on what you eat, what you drink [...], on the Sabbath ... These regulations doomed to corruption, human teachings which pass for wisdom .. ., "" Do not return to the basic principles of [...] belief in God, doctrine of baptisms / immersions, the imposition of hands, resurrection of the dead and trial future ... " "As a child, I spake as a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child when I became a man, I put away childish what was ...".

The metamorphosis is the miracle of the irrevocable transformation of the "inner man" (Eph 3: 16). It is triggered by the new provision and new mentality refined sense of belonging: "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind ..."," If thou wilt be perfect, renounce all your possessions to your ... parents, your spouse, your children, to your own life ...". This second birth or "resurrection" (Rom 6 :3-10, Ph 3 :10-11, Lk 21: 36) is the criterion of progress par excellence: "Make yourself a new heart and new spirit ..." "What counts is a new creation ...". Without this renewal, is under a facade of hypocrisy (a "whited sepulcher") (Matthew 23 :25-28); wisdom ends in madness (Rom 1: 22); religion turns into superstition in show business or in foster darkness (Lk 11: 52, Mt 23 :5-6, 1 Timothy 6: 5). To increase its potential or "multiply", "new man" must continually s'émonder or purify its attachments (his "master" or its "treasures") (2 Corinthians 4: 16, 18). The mature mind and stripped to recognize the values that radiate safe: "We recognize the fruit in lei ... The fruit of the spirit is love, kindness, joy, peace, self-control ...".

The biblical message is to the development potential or "talent" of humans, following the growth pattern of the seed: "Be fruitful and multiply ..."," Bear fruit ...", "To they are perfect and made ...". This development signifies the spiritual development of "living being" (Genesis 35: 11, Col. 1: 10; Phil 4: 17) and based on the awareness and self-purification ( "mind blank or innocent"): "Search sanctification ..."," Let your whole being is sanctified ...", "Wash you, purify you ...". What the Bible means required to accomplish this development model and clear conscience? The Friendly examines this question in a third section.

Haiti On crowded prisons

2009-12-13T08:36:00.000-08:00

You ask why the prisons are overcrowded. First, you must know, by affirming the Minister that the Department can not release without trial. But to trial takes time. Sometimes a very long time. When one is without a name, anonymous, no-one degree. You know that the social composition of preventive detainees (or temporary) is crucial in understanding the problem. Anyone who has an economic burden, social, cultural, political undergoes less the prison. Is it because he can choose a battery of lawyers to prepare his defense. Unlike the impoverished who finally assisted by the judicially-appointed office of a lawyer. Meanwhile, the defense has not been organized at all. To cause.

Then, the problem space. The Justice Minister, Jean-Joseph Exumé said on the morning of Wednesday, September 16, 2009 apart from the National Penitentiary, the prison is not appropriate. "These barracks, said he on Radio Métropole, Army and Police were combined, next to the barracks there were booths that are large halls, where it has bars and now." Currently, the Croix-des-Bouquets, is building a prison. Each detainee will have 4 m² of space. So the department is tackling cooking overflow in prisons.
But all is not simple because Minister Jean Joseph Exumé reveals the blow of rising crime. The forms of crime have changed. It was understood, in the confusion, there is no restraint or discomfort to slide into delinquency. The sociological composition of the sobering crime, offenders are getting younger. Monday, September 14, 2009, the Second Board (Chair: Judge Bredy Fabien), was on trial a young man of 21 years. In the streets of Petion-Ville, at dawn he threatened bystanders with a fake weapon. An object nickel but was not a gun. The Crown will waive the charge. The accused found freedom. But his youth was caught with the meager assistance. Another offender, accused of illegal possession of weapons will be fined. Again, a young. And does this mean that young people, left to themselves, glide easily on the path of crime (iter criminis)? Must specify that idleness is not an excuse.

The living conditions are difficult, there are limited opportunities, lack of prospects. These problems have long been identified, but without wishing to make moral judgments, the descent into crime is not the solution. This means that the government, the government must deploy action continues to occupy young people, their interest and facilitate opportunities for vocational training and university and access to employment. Otherwise, the delinquency will not retreat. It is true that family breakdown is for something. The family has a role to play in guiding and educating young people. Similarly, non-supported youth has strong rural-urban migration. Families do not replenish themselves. The young immigrant finds himself in a neighborhood with malformed unsavory groups. It does not take more to change the margins of society. Again, the government, the government must make a well thought out action to promote the resumption of productive activity in the countryside. To set the generator to his land. At the same time, develop the campaign through the establishment of basic services. The eternal problem of the development of rural areas.

You have understood, the prisons overcrowded, not a simple problem. He deserves to be identified in order to find solutions with the Department of Justice if, of course, the department wants to involve civil society whose availability is a foregone conclusion and cooperation never bargained.

Haiti: Problem of solid waste management in the city of Port-au-Prince

2009-12-13T08:31:00.000-08:00

On the eve of Christmas, the detritus are visually striking in most streets of Port-au-Prince. Mountains of waste of all kinds were abandoned in the streets by the authorities concerned ....

The average waste generated in Port-au-Prince is estimated at six thousand (6,000) m3 per day of which only 30% are collected and the rest is poured into the streets and ravines and clogs drains. The current rate of landfill waste is 200-300 tonnes per day (SMCRS, May 2004) and part of the waste collected is incinerated by households without thinking about the impact on their quality of life. The mass of accumulated waste in the city is growing faster than the establishment of facilities capable of treating and eliminating them.

The pollution caused by solid waste in Port-au-Prince is constantly increasing. It poses many challenges to those responsible to remove these nuisances. Many attempts have been made by the State and other agencies, but the problem is far from resolved.

The eradication of solid waste in the city is a goal if we want to protect the environment and create new jobs from recycling.

The city of Port-au-Prince to be confused with an area unsafe with the exception of some residential neighborhoods. The accumulation of many types of waste in the streets becomes a concern when the authorities of the mayor and SMCRS not know what to do. The ecological waste management is a collective duty of actors in search of a healthy environment.
The waste has become one of the great challenges of the city of Port-au-Prince. They threaten the urban environment, water resources and population health. Their accumulation in the streets leading to uncontrolled landfills or uncontrolled. A poorly managed landfill has potential risks to human health because of the inevitable environmental degradation due to the release of biogas and other toxic substances. The sound management of solid waste reduction at their source to their ecological traits and encourage their reuse.

The method of solid waste carried by the actors involved far reflects their effective management in Port-au-Prince. The lack of adequate facilities paralyze public services and collective. The weakness of municipalities lies in the inability to provide and effectively distribute a minimum of urban service quality to all citizens. The majority of functions related to urban waste management is not organized coherently and has too many players at once. Waste management in the city faces a problem of strategic plan in the various activities (discharge - Collection - recover - reuse) due to a lack of synchronization between the different actors.

The solid waste collection is usually performed on the anticipated demand of users. This gene greatly the movement of vehicles in Port-au-Prince. Some arteries because of heavy traffic which prevails are collected at night or in hours "hollow". The collection containers are not standardized and the surplus dumped on the floor increases the volume of waste to be cleaned by the scavengers of the City Council.

Taking into account the limited capacity of collection materials, the different collection systems claimed by different types of urban fabric, templates collection vehicles and various types of roads should be re specific routes collection circuit and management areas and much more fine collection that should be adapted to each type of waste.

The establishment of a strategic reorganization plan taking into account the ecological limits reduces the volume of rubbish in the city. The development of this program facilitates the recovery and recycling of garbage, giving rise to strategic groups that convey information relating to proper waste management. Redefining the role of actors who would avoid involving institutional confusion.

Haiti: A blind revoked in search of justice

2009-12-10T08:41:00.000-08:00

After 15 years at the National Television of Haiti, Peterson Célius Orelma, a blind, was revoked by Director Pradel Henriquez. Mr. Samuel Madistin, the victim's lawyer said the case was heard by the Superior Court of Audit since May 20, 2008 and to date no decision has been taken. Slowly raising the indignation of the victim.
Peterson Célius Orelma, used the position of receptionist at the National Television of Haiti since 1992, was revoked in 2007 by Director Pradel Henriquez because he is blind, and that this post is reserved for women, according to Mr. Samuel Madistin.

The lawyer said that after his office was contacted by Peterson, he is confronted by a ciyoyen who needed to be assisted, while being aware that the Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes (CSC / CA) is afraid to litigants and lawyers discouraged by putting too much time for making a decision and its execution.

However, with perseverance and lots of fighting, the case was heard before the Court and heard by Judge Joseph Paul Yves May 20, 2008. But after 19 months, no decision has been taken.

In the opinion of Mr. Madistin, three months is the maximum period sufficient for the Court to make and enforce decisions.

For his part, Peterson said Orelma be disappointed that the Court refuses to take a decision after all this time that the case was heard. He continues: "if the Director Pradel Henriquez was a misjudgment and discriminatory on my person, then the former President of the Court drove the knife in the wound, completely ignoring my rights as a litigant."

So says he: "I hope that the current President of the Court, Mrs. Nonie Mathieu, differs from its peers and it is working to change the image of the Court before it ceases to be the descent into hell for dismissed employees. "

From his side Mr. Samuel Madistin hoped that judicial reform advocated by the Department of Justice will also affect the Superior Court of Auditors.

Haiti: Candidates betrayed by their past

2009-12-10T08:36:00.002-08:00

Several candidates in the upcoming legislative, mostly survivors of the Lavalas regime, attract lightning organizations defending human rights. Murders, rape, armed robbery, destruction of private property under Lavalas are the main accusations against the candidate indexed.
Nahoun Marcellus, Jocelerme Privert, Elie Andre Carlito, Biron Odigi and Dr. Sinal Sergot are some candidates in the upcoming legislative indexed by human rights organizations for their involvement in any way in cases of murder, rape , theft ... Some of these candidates have questionable past complaints formally filed against them in court. This is the case of former Lavalas officials who dream of joining their fellow Moses Jean-Charles to Parliament.

Former Interior Minister under the second presidency of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Jocelerme Privert, looking to land the only Senate seat available for the Department of Nippes the next election. After the rejection of his nomination during the recent Senate, he returned to the stage under the banner of platform presidential INITE. Pending publication of the list of candidates approved by the Provisional Electoral Council, his candidacy is considered a blow to the country by organizations defending human rights, including the National Network of Human rights (RNDDH).

"Charged in the killing of The Sawmill, Jocelerme Privert is within the scope of an order of the judge of the St. Mark-by reviewing the criminal court jury without assistance," noted the agency's rights humans in a recent report published in the partial Senate this year. Meanwhile, former Lavalas dignitary, according to a certificate of registry dated 1 December 2009, is being prosecuted in the Cabinet's instruction Palais de Justice in Port-au-Prince to the facts of skilled and looting of conspiracy to the detriment of the private television station Tele-Haiti.
For its part, Nahoun Marcellus, MP of the 47th Legislature, is running for Senate for the Northern Department under the banner of the platform INITE. In 2003, his U.S. visa had been revoked for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking. Former Lavalas dignitary is also the subject of a lawsuit brought against him by Radio Vision 2000 for his role in looting and vandalism perpetrated against the premises of the station in Cap-Haitien the night of 7 to 8 February 2004. The public threats had been leveled by former member against the station. The Senate candidate for the platform INITE for the Northern Department was also accused of involvement in the attempted assassination of journalist Peter Elicème occurred February 21, 2004 at Trou du Nord.

Biron Odigi, also charged in the massacre of the sawmill, is parliamentary candidate for the riding of Saint-Marc under the banner of the insider, compared by some to TITANIC. Coordinator at St. Mark's Lavalas party under Lavalas, he was also a leader of popular organization Bale Wouze infamous. The massacre of The Sawmill attack in February 2004 is attributed to that organization.

Dr. Sinal Sergot, parliamentary candidate for the riding of Port-Hi, is housed in the same boat as the former Lavalas officials. It is, in turn accused of raping a minor in 2008. A letter and a copy was sent to the newspaper is sent to the Electoral Advisor Ginette Cherubin by relatives of the victim to withdraw the candidature of the doctor. "My minor daughter was raped by Dr. Serge Sinai, chief physician in Port-Hi, in March 2008," reads the letter signed Yolene Pointe-Day. It said he had taken steps in the Ministry for Women, the Ministry of Justice and with organizations of human rights that the rape did not go unpunished. The fact that the doctor accused of rape is regarded as the son of Justice Minister, Paul Denis, remains a source of concern for relatives of the minor. In addition, both men are members of the same political party.

These candidates INITE indexed by the organizations of human rights could be the tree that hides the forest. But the list of candidates has not yet been made public by the Provisional Electoral Council. This does not allow organizations of human rights to be an exhaustive list of past black candidates.

Haiti: Our countrymen are elected according

2009-12-10T08:36:00.001-08:00

First Haitian American elected mayor of Spring Valley, a suburb of New York, Noram F. Jasmine and her team of four deputy mayors, three compatriots took the reins of the City of Spring Valley. A team that promised much to the different ethnic groups in this village about 40 000 people.
The first woman elected mayor of Spring Valley came into office Monday. In an atmosphere of brotherhood, members of the Haitian community in this village have invested Monday Ramapo Cultural Art Center to celebrate the accession of Noram F. Jasmin, their first fellow elected to this position throughout the State of New York. Ms. Jasmin shares the responsibilities of the District Municipality of Ramapo with three other Americans whose Haïtiano Joseph Anthony Desmaret elected at the same time as last November 3.

After the ceremony of swearing in the morning of Monday, December 7, a feast was held in the evening to celebrate the event. Protests led by Haitian artist Faustin Beaurevers have highlighted several talented operating in this village in the northwestern state of New York. Jeannette Bayardelle, Ghislaine Pierre, Hyppolite Sullyte Elie ... are, among others, Haitian voice that charmed the audience.

The problems of housing, social security and juvenile delinquency are the main concerns of Ms. Jasmin and her team hope that the cooperation of the community of Spring Valley. "Being aware of the heavy responsibilities that lie ahead, my team and I are committed to bring a substantial improvement in quality of life of our village," promised the mayor.

Noram Jasmin and his assistant Anthony Desmaret direct, Demez Delhomme, Anthony Leo, the two other Haitian American, and Joseph Gross, a Jew, must work together to administer the village of 6.5 square kilometers. Mother of two boys, the new mayor to tackle already meet the very high level of safety of this community.

Mr. Desmarais, meanwhile, believes his experience and his intellectual capacity will allow it to be "the vanguard for the proper functioning of the mayor." He promised to work tirelessly to change the status quo. "Your trust placed in me will be effectively served," says that elected that now Americans will call "Deputy Mayor".

Ms. Jasmin was the direct assistant of George Darden for four years, while Joseph Desmarais has lost his post as deputy mayor in 2007 in favor of Demez Delhomme and Anthony Leon for Mayor of Spring Valley. Following the November elections, the three former competitors fall into this same administration for the benefit of the 42 ethnic groups that make up the population of Sping Valley.

Haiti: Indictment alleges Haiti telecom scam

2009-12-09T07:43:00.000-08:00

Two executives of a Miami-Dade telecom company, two former officials with the Haitian government and the president of a Florida consulting firm were indicted for their alleged roles in a foreign bribery, wire fraud and money laundering scheme, U.S. officials say.

The indictment alleges that the defendants participated in a scheme to commit foreign bribery and money laundering involving Haiti's state-owned telecommunications company, Haiti Teleco.

The five individuals charged are: Joel Esquenazi, 53, of Miami; Carlos Rodriguez, 53, of Davie; Robert Antoine, 61, of Miami and Haiti; Jean Rene Duperval, 43, of Miramar and Haiti, and Marguerite Grandison, 40, of Miramar, Duperval's sister.

Haiti: Hoteliers take the responsibility to invest in Haiti''the future''

2009-12-08T08:24:00.000-08:00

Led by hotel owners, the private sector in Haiti began a wave of investment in a country long plagued by crises very detrimental to the business sector.
Within the walls of his elegant brick walls of the future Oasis, customers dine on lobster, sip DomPerignon 300 U.S. dollars a bottle, then relax in a luxurious lounge.

Just outside the plan of a boutique hotel exclusively, with the roof space which may pose a helicopter and a garage for 300 cars, dominates the landscape in pastel orange. The view recalls Coral Gables or South Beach, high-tourist areas of Miami in Florida. But this is not the case.

"People entrust me the middle: you never think you're in Haiti," said Jerry Tardieu, the visionary behind the Oasis. "I tell them that is Haiti. This is the Haiti of tomorrow. "

Five years after Haiti was plunged into anarchy, the nation thirsting for investments shown some improvement in safety and relative calm. The result: a new state of mind and assurance in new investors very unpopular with a group ..... private local business.

The hotel industry sets the tone. Indeed, in the wake of Oasis, lies a project to build a Best Western in which a not too distant future will be the best hotel of international standard in the country for a decade.

"Now we want to invest our money and our efforts in this country," suggested Christopher Handal, president of the Haitian family company that supports the draft Best Western. Often scorned for their opposition to the government and lifestyle pretentious, leaders from business Haitian join now President René Préval to recruit foreign investors.

Among those answering the call: the Vietnamese who express a desire to invest in telecommunications and Brazilians are interested in the apparel industry. The change comes as international investors led by former President Bill Clinton of the United States became involved in promoting these types of investments that create jobs in the Caribbean country. "The private sector approach, the way we perceive the government, everything is totally different today, according to Richard Coles, a manufacturer of Haiti, who was speaking before an audience of business leaders from the hemisphere in d an investment seminar held in Haiti last week in Miami.

"Attitudes are changing in Haiti. There has been a new synergy, new enthusiasm, "he said.

New Investisement

There are only four years, a surge of kidnappings and violence took the part in the beautiful hills of Petionville. But in recent months, the area welcomed:

The Hotel de Karibe Convention Center.

First conceived in 1996 by owner Richard Buteau, it was finally completed in February 2008. The family owning, claiming a luxury spa, a courtyard abundant and 87 rooms including a presidential suite designed by Miami artist Romero Britto for his first guest: Clinton.

Expansion of Montana

One of the most renowned hotels in Haiti, it has undergone several expansions since it was built in 1947. The latest concern the replacement of tennis courts by a shopping center containing expandable fashion shops, a wedding chapel and an endless pool with a breathtaking view on the mountain.

The central Haiti, the vibration level of the hotel welcomes competition, "says Garthe Cardozo-Stefanson, co-owner of the hotel. "It's a signal that Haiti has changed direction," said she.

The renovation of El Rancho
Faced with the possibility of bankruptcy, family owned hotel and casino has recently sold its controlling stake to another investor group. They develop new plans with the hope of attracting a franchise of Hilton. In 2002, Hilton plans to invest in Haiti, but recanted when the country was facing socio-political unrest.

The Oasis complex

L-shaped, the cost of the expansion of this building is around $ 19 million U.S. and was in the past the site of the famous restaurant Le Picardy, which in its heyday hosted Marlon Brando and Walter Cronkite. The manufacturers have retained the original brick walls, which now include the design of the architect Hippolyte Haitian Nadine and are festooned with mahogany media for storing wine. The covered wooden exterior leads to a lush tropical garden and lounge inspired by South Beach.

The device most remarkable is not the antique furniture and high end, but the ability of travelers to avoid the clogged streets of Port-au-Prince by the shuttle from the airport over the roof The hotel aboard a helicopter. Travel Time: 10 minutes. Tardieu is proud that flourish Oasis with money from 100 investors Haitian, ranging from teachers to business titans, not a dime of foreign investors.

"Just look around Petion-Ville and you will see how the Haitian investors pay money in large buildings, whether in supermarkets, banks or other buildings," noted Mr. Tardieu.

Gladys Coupet, Haiti Director of Citibank and president of a Presidential Commission on Competitiveness, said that "there is a local determination and the international community for Haiti is moving towards progress."

Although progress has been made, for example, it now takes 75 days instead of 195 to form a company.

Haiti still has work to undo his bad reputation and offer a viable economic climate. In the ranking of business-friendly countries, Haiti has recently gained three seats, but it is still 151st out of 183 countries, just ahead of Tajikistan, according to a recent study by the World Bank.

The United States wants to see Haiti adopt legislation to protect investors and make it easier for Americans of Haitian origin who wish to open businesses in their homeland. They also want to see the long-standing monopolies dismantled and competition allowed.

Pushed past the blame

The economic elite of Haiti has long been criticized for simply doing as they please and do little to stimulate economic development, but this is unfounded said Reginald Boulos, president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry national federation of 10 regional chambers.
"The notion that the private sector in Haiti has been on the sidelines is wrong," said Boulos, who tries to convince the Hilton chain of ownership of the project El Rancho. "The Haitian private sector has also been a victim of the instability of the past 20 years and is now poorer than 20 years ago.

He in turn blames the politicians have created an environment for investment insécuritaire.

However, the new alliance between economic and political elites were evident last week when the powerful businessman Edouard Baussan Haitian and importers have used the Miami conference to shed light on the progress made in Haiti. Sitting at the head table, Jean Max Bellerive, newly installed Prime Minister received a thunderous applause after his speech entitled: "Haiti is ready for business."

"People started to want to believe in Haiti, said the businessman Gregory Mevs. We must say to ourselves, our private sector we have a responsibility to deliver. "

Haiti: A feast for the Haitian literature

2009-12-08T08:10:00.000-08:00

The enigma of return" of Dany Laferrière is a novel deep, serious, tender, generous, from the heart. He was honored in France and Canada by several literary prizes. Laferriere told during the evening in his honor at the Ministry of Culture and Communication, this book, he saw emerge and flourish at his fingertips.
Haiti has reaped a harvest of literary prizes in 2009. Thirteen total awarded to our writers: Lyonel Trouillot, Yanick Lahens, Emmelie Prophet, Edwidge Danticat, Louis Philippe Dalembert, Dominique Batraville Guy Regis Junior to name a few.

The Ministry of Culture and Communication took the evening tribute to Dany Laferrière to greet last night, the Haitian writers whose works are others looking at us differently.

Haiti is not only a strange country with only damning new spread in the foreign press, he was also generous artists who explore the vein of imagination and transformed into literary gold various facets of Haitian reality .

"I am excited tonight. The whole world is forced to take another look at Haiti, our small and so great nation, "said Minister of Culture and Communication, Marie Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue, before a large audience gathered under tents erected in the Court Department. Diplomats, writers, fine art world attended the awards ceremony. It was moved, she said, because our writers revive hope in the hearts of the people and give reasons to believe. She praised the genius Laferrière who has created a major work whose "inspiration is fueled by their country of origin.

The latest novel Laferrière, "she recalled, has received several distinctions: price Medici, Grand Prix du Roman of the city of Montreal, Blue Metropolis, best novel by the French magazine Lire founded by Bernard Pivot.

Mrs. Lassègue praised Lyonel Trouillot (yanvalou for Charly) awarded the Prize Wepler; Yanick Lahens (The color of dawn), RFO price of the book; Emmelie Prophet (Testament of solitude), price Caribbean Literature.

A unanimous heart

"It all creators in all sectors working in the field of books that we dedicate this ceremony of homage," launched by the Minister to invite the author of "The enigma of return "shared a moment of reading punctuated with comments from the public. Indeed, Laferriere with his warm voice and gravely read excerpts from books by Lyonel Trouillot of Yanick Lahens, Prophet of Emelie and Cyto Cavé.

"I totally agree with the minister when she talks about heart unanimous when it said there was not a party for me, but it is a feast for the Haitian culture, in literature Haitian, "he acquiesced Dany Laferriere.

He wrote the texts of "The enigma of return" after a stay in Haiti. As a photographer, he captured the moments before an array of details. Writing is a craft dating and loneliness, Dany Laferriere will focus the work of this book, soon arrived in Montreal.

"I wrote the text, when I arrived in Montreal. I have not seen the details that readers will see, but I felt there was something like a living organism on the page. Something that moved and told me that something was happening, perhaps bigger than me. And that something, I'd say it was the people's hearts. "

This book written on the ground, the little son of Da was felt emerge and flourish at his fingertips, and coincidentally, was born "The enigma of return".

"I left Haiti at the age of twenty-three years and that makes thirty-three years I saw nothing more than a daily basis but as strange as that country inside me as if the twenty three years had converted into a sort of eternity and it is not possible to make a statement. It's strange to be here tonight to speak in such a condition, "said the writer honored publicly penetrated by its spirit. One would have thought, talked, he immediately wrote another novel.

Haiti: The President has remarried

2009-12-08T07:55:00.000-08:00

The President of the Republic, His Excellency René Préval, was married in the utmost discretion, Sunday, December 6 ongoing Elisabeth Debrosse, informs his private secretary. It is the officer of the State Civil Marianne Valens who presided over the wedding ceremony which took place about eleven o'clock in the morning Kenskoff in the couple's second home, away from TV cameras. One of the two daughters of the head of state, Dominique Preval and a son from his current wife were witnesses to the marriage.

This is the third time that Mr. René Préval has said yes to a woman. Solange Lafontant was the first wife of René Préval. From this union two children were born, Dominic and Patricia Preval.

During his first term, René Préval was married Guerda Benedict, eldest sister of MP Steven Benedict. The marriage ended almost automatically after the first term of his presidency.

Ex-wife of Leslie Delatour, a former finance minister, former governor of the Bank of the Republic of Haiti during the first term of René Préval, Elizabeth Debrosse comes from a family of industrialists founded the company treated water Culligan. In common with the former Minister of Finance had three children.

René Préval, 66, who has two presidential terms in his record is, for now, his third marriage.

Haiti: An Italian journalist killed in Haiti

2009-12-08T07:42:00.000-08:00

A sports journalist of Italian Francesco Fantoli, passed away Sunday after he was hit yesterday by a bullet to the chest. The journalist and businessman had completed a transaction in a bank's capital when he was attacked.

Dnase a statement issued Monday, the Government of the Republic - through its Minister of Culture and Communication, Marie Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue - condemned this crime.

Mrs. Lassègue also said that Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive has asked the Justice Minister, Paul Denis, to instruct the competent judicial authorities so that they engage appropriate legal action against bandits. Marie Laurence J. Lassegue sent condolences to the government for victims' families and close associates of the murdered journalist.

SOS Journalists also condemned the murder of the journalist, calling the judicial authorities to initiate an immediate investigation to identify, arrest, try and convict the guilty according to law.

In a statement, the secretary general of SOS Journalists, Guyler C. Delva, deplored the upsurge of insecurity that continues to claim victims in society.

"Judicial authorities and police must redouble efforts to save the bandits who resurface out of harm's way", said Mr. Delva saying that impunity is one of the main sources of the insecurity.

Haiti: Haiti, the difficult passage

2009-12-07T07:40:00.000-08:00

Over two hundred years after its founding Haiti, nearly ten million inhabitants, is today a country facing a multiple crisis. Faced with a disaster management policy that goes back to its independence, Haiti is also experiencing an economic and social crisis that has greatly handicapped in its development. In addition, a failure of responsible leadership, corruption in the system built over several decades. The various governments that have succeeded at the head of the state have always promoted to improve the living conditions of the population, putting the country on track of sustainable development, alleviate the suffering of the people, strengthen institutions to work towards building a modern state, democratic or human rights are respected and guaranteed so. The modernization and institutional consolidation of the state and political system, democratization and the regulation of politics, sustainable development are all challenges the country faces and that its leaders could not meet up . Not because these problems have no solution, but because our leaders have not always hoisted up to the task entrusted to them. They have not, for the most part, the vision which corresponds neither to the size of the problems the country faces neither the legitimate expectations of the people who bore the brunt of this terrible and pitiful situation. Read full article

The Convention for cultural diversity and the empowerment of minority cultures * (continued)

2009-12-05T07:47:00.000-08:00

Consider an example. Today considered a non-advanced countries in the periphery of the global village, the company has entered Haiti from the beginning of its history, a cultural trajectory, the result of global economic relations since the days of slavery to that of neoliberalism. This gives both its common features with other companies in the continent and its profound originality (Pierre-Charles cit. Houtard in Remy and, id. 13). The cultural configuration of Haiti stems from the encounter of several currents of Amerindian civilizations, African, European, who competed in the New World during the slave stage of the global capitalist economy. Indeed, culture and Haitian society, from their period of gestation, were marked by globalization, the result of the hegemonic thrust of Europe from the late fifteenth century ... (ibid. 19). But "is still working through the Haitian intellectual production, such as through social and political practices, a system of thought organized around the old couple barbarian / civilized while all the elite of Haiti, from the earliest moments of the independence, is eager to provide proof of non-barbarism of the Haitian people, and somehow continue to desperately search for a cure of the barbarism that the master colon imputed ... " (Hurbon 1987:14-15). The Creole language created by the majority slave from Africa to colonial Haiti, and Haiti's diverse cultural expressions (such as the rara, the lodyans, etc..) Are perceived as unable to be broadcast in national and international media in favor of foreign cultural expressions unrelated to the Haitian cultural identity. When it uses it for use point of view of folk, that is to say unrelated to their materiality historical, economic and political.

Thus, instead of asserting their identity and culture in globalization, elites producing cultural works in developing countries coincide with the Haitian elite, by adopting the same attitude. They seek rather to respect the canons and criteria prevailing in world trade, excluding contempt or even elements of cultural identity and traditional minority groups, they often regard as "unworthy" of globalization standards. Often, they become very hostile to any kind of cultural resistance on the part of holders of minority cultures.

Respect of human communication as a spearhead

Taking again the example of Haiti, the Belgian sociologist Francois Houtart and Haitian anthropologist Anselme Remy recall that during the eighteenth century cultural identity was an element of resistance to the imposition of dramatically unequal social relations. Indeed, as shown by these authors, local so-called minority cultures contain within themselves the potential of their emancipation. The Convention on Cultural Diversity merely offer a universal legal framework favorable. So the big clash between culture and globalized world of representations and values socially constructed according to the collective experiences of peoples is not a foregone conclusion. Those who proclaim the advent of a single global civilization, driven by market values and serving the summit of human history are likely to see their predictions turn into illusions ... The globalization of culture is under the hegemony of the market and local culture are the basis for many forms of resistance ... (Houtard and Remy: 173).

Hence the invitation to civil society organizations, national and international creativity and aggressiveness to win the battle for cultural diversity for social groups, peoples and minority cultures. Battle with the promotion of human communication for the democratization of communication is the spearhead. For, according Wolton, culture and communication are the real challenges of the twenty-first century, the globalization of communication raises once and for all the question of otherness and being a political issue, it should be treated politically. Indeed, "communication and politics, the issue is the same: to organize the coexistence ... In summary, initially, we must admit the importance of cultural identity. In a second time, we must recognize that cultural diversity is unsurpassable. In a third step is to organize cultural coexistence which is the complement of political democracy "(Wolton: 96).

* Published in the journal Media Development, February 2006
http://www.waccglobal.org/fr/20061-celebrating-cultural-diversity/566-La-Convention-pour-la-diversité-culturelle-et-l 'emancipation-of-cultures-minoritaires.html. Media Development is a biannual publication of WACC (World Association for Christian Communication): www.waccglobal.org
(1) See UNESCO website: www.unesco.org

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Ary Regis
Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee of WACC-Caribbean, Professor of Social Communication at the Faculty of Humanities (FASCH) of the State University of Haiti, a member of SAKS (Animation Society in Social Communication)