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"The fight against cholera outbreaks is similar to a battle. The better one knows the enemy one is fighting, the better the chance of vanquishing him. This is why I put so much importance on the truth not being distorted. But w inning a battle is also mental, if we... » read this article

Editor's Note: Axis of Logic first published this article in English on August 15, 2011. Due to requests from Haitian readers and others, we have asked Dady Chery to translate her essay into French which she kindly agreed to do. Her translation into French follows the English version. - Les... » read this article

Note aux lecteurs de français : Beaucoup d'entre vous ont demandé de lire cet essai en français. La traduction française suit au dessous de la version anglaise. - Axis of Logic It took nearly a year since the start of Haiti's cholera epidemic for scientists to get conclusive proof that... » read this article

Introduction: The scientific world is all aflutter about a report that describes a strong bias in funding from the National Institutes of Health (N.I.H.).  The report notes that the N.I.H. tries to make its evaluation process "color blind". This, of course, is impossible when scientists normally promote their work by... » read this article

Translated from Haiti Progrès for Axis of Logic by Dady Chery* July 19, 2011 This interview was conducted on the 200th anniversary of the independence of Venezuela. In recent years Venezuela has consistently provided Haiti with invaluable support and obviously has not forgotten the support given to help free herself from... » read this article

Editor's Note: After publishing our first two articles on the murder by Miami police of Raymond Hérissé, more than 100 readers from many countries around the world and over 40 states in the U.S. have expressed their outrage in our Reader Comment section. Since then Axis of Logic Columnist, Dady... » read this article

(Translated from French (Le Monde) for Axis of Logic by Dady Chery) June 7, 2011 The French media have said little in favor of the victory by leftist-nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala over Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, in Sunday’s Peruvian presidential elections. The elections revived a scandal about... » read this article

Michel Martelly’s inauguration on May 14th brings into effect a new Haitian constitution. This document was drafted and voted on so quickly that, when the parliamentary session closed, the president of the assembly had no time to reread to the lawmakers the amendments on which they had voted the two... » read this article

"American military will not be sent to Haiti in advance of the election results," U.S. embassy speaker Jon Pietchowski answered last Friday when confronted with rumors that U.S. soldiers were en route to Haiti to enforce security on the announcement of the presidential and legislative election results. To emphasize his... » read this article

According to various news reports, the Haitians who voted or were eligible to vote last Sunday in the country’s presidental and legislative elections numbered 4.7 million -- a remarkable figure in light of Haiti’s total population of 9 million. The Haitian press, which normally relishes facts such as these, is... » read this article

Welcome Back Aristide! In Haiti, “The carrots are cooked!” we cheerfully say to announce when a stew is ready.  Dr. Jean-Bertrand Aristide is due back home at 8:00 a.m. today.  He and his family, together with their good friend Danny Glover, left Pretoria on a private airplane.  The excitement is... » read this article

Editorial Note: South Africa has been the most recent impediment to Jean-Bertrand Aristide's return to Haiti.  Cuba has been helping to counter the pressures against his return from the US, France, and Brazil.  Today Aristide's lawyer announced that South Africa gave the green light, and he answered "yes" when asked if Aristide would be... » read this article

Introduction Since the 1980’s, a series of Haitian administrations have systematically destroyed Haiti’s agriculture in return for U.S. aid.  As a result, Haiti’s production of its own food has dropped from over 80% to less than 40%.  This has caused real hunger.  One of the first blows was the extermination... » read this article

For the record, Haitians do not call François Duvalier “Papa Doc” or Jean-Claude Duvalier “Baby Doc.” Only foreigners do this. These endearments bring to mind: “Your papa... not mine”, and “Your baby... not mine”, though we smile politely and say nothing more. Haiti got its idiot son Jean-Claude Duvalier in... » read this article

In Memory of those who died a year ago and celebration of those who lived. We Lived Sustainably, With Color and Panache. Long before the word sustainable became fashionable, before Scott and Helen Nearing experimented with non-establishment living in the 1930’s and concluded that their project had failed because it... » read this article

Editorial note: Like the US, the Dominican Republic is deporting Haitians back to the cholera epidemic. The DR has made out nicely as a venue for donors conferences since the earthquake.  In addition, it has served as a conduit for aid into Haiti and a porous border for child trafficking,... » read this article

Introduction: Brazilians continue to be the biggest contingent in MINUSTAH (Mission des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation en Haiti) despite disapproval of this neocolonialist army by the great majority of Brazilians.  Here Mr. Ricardo Seitenfus, the departing Brazilian representative to the OAS, speaks his mind about the UN and NGO... » read this article

To hear it all, one would think that the Haitian electoral fraud happened yesterday. In fact, the fraud went down many months ago, when a corrupt electoral comission (CEP) with U.S., Canadian and French financial backing, banned the most popular political party Lavalas from the elections. Without exception, all 18... » read this article

Dollars for Every Haitian with Cholera.  The UN and 42 NGOs are asking to be paid $607 dollars for every Haitian to be contaminated with cholera.  That’s right.  The exact numbers are 164 million dollars for 270,000 Haitians to be contaminated.  Do the math. There is money in cholera. The... » read this article