By SIMON ROMERO Published: January 6, 2012 NY Times BRASILÉIA, Brazil — Of the odyssey that delivered him to this town in the Brazilian Amazon, Wesley Saint-Fleur could muster only a look of exhaustion and bewilderment. Months ago, he boarded a bus in Haiti, before getting on a plane in the Dominican Republic, landing first [...]
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By Donovan Webster, GlobalPost To see where the enormous sums of humanitarian aid directed to Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake in 2010 went, a good place to start is the ocean harbor. That’s where the island’s shore meets the rest of the world. And the best place for that is here at the seaport in [...] By Peter Costantini SEATTLE, U.S., Aug 2, 2011 (IPS) – Jean Ronel Noël, a young Haitian engineer, stood in a centuries-old fort on a small island just off Dakar and looked out at the Atlantic through a portal that once led enslaved Africans to the ships of the Middle Passage. “Finally we come to ‘the [...] Al-Jazeera Witness Last Modified: 13 Jul 2011 12:41 By Steve Sapienza For many Haitians fleeing dictators and poverty at home and looking for work in the cane fields, the Dominican Republic has long been a refuge. However, possibly a million Haitians or people of Haitian ancestry are now being affected by the adoption of a [...] A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Wed, 06/08/2011 – 01:54 It was the unkindest cut of all. A U.S. Agency for International Development report claims Haiti, the United Nations and the Red Cross all conspired to exaggerate the death and displacement toll from last year’s earthquake. In doing so, it “calls into question [...] In this broadcast exclusive, Democracy Now! follows former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide flight’s out from South Africa and his historic return to Haiti after seven years of exile. Aristide returned two days before a delayed presidential run-off election was held on Sunday between pop star Michel Martelly and former First Lady Mirlande Manigat. Special thanks to [...] Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family were flown on Friday by the South African government back to their home in Haiti after seven years in exile. Just before their journey, President Obama called South African President Jacob Zuma to try to prevent the trip. But the South African Government said it would not [...] Haiti’s former president has arrived back home from South Africa, ending seven years in exile. Jean-Bertrand Aristide waved aside US concerns that his homecoming might disrupt Haiti’s presidential runoff scheduled for Sunday, flying to Port-au-Prince, the capital, in a charter plane with his family. The plane touched down at Port-au-Prince airport at 9:10am (1410GMT) on [...] By Joseph Guyler Delva and Allyn Gaestel PORT-AU-PRINCE | Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:29pm EST PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Around 3,000 followers of Haiti’s ousted former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide marched in support of his return from exile on Friday, and protest leaders threatened to disrupt an upcoming presidential run-off vote if his homecoming is blocked. The [...] PART 1 Democracy Now host Any Goodman caught up actor Danny Glover at this year’s Sundance Film Festival to talk about the new documentary “The Black Power Mixtape.” The film, which was co-produced by Glover, features rare archival footage shot by two Swiss journalists at the height of the Black Power movement, between the years [...] |
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