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US Eyes 2022 World Cup With Big Hopes For Soccer NEW YORK – As Americans celebrated the Fourth of July in 1988, a present arrived from Zurich: The World Cup was headed to the United States for the first time.

“The richest land in the world simply cannot be allowed to remain a blank spot on the world map of soccer any longer,” Hermann Neuberger, president of West German soccer’s governing body, said at the time.

More than two decades since that watershed 1994 World Cup, the global game is now very much a part of the country’s sports landscape. There’s a national team that’s played in six straight World Cups, three television networks that are pretty much all soccer, constant additional exposure on ESPN2 and a growing league preparing for its 16th season — albeit one still struggling to gain attention in a market dominated by the NFL, Major League Baseball and the NBA. Bidders promise another burst of explosive growth if FIFA’s executive committee awards the 2022 tournament to the United States when it votes Thursday in Zurich.

Australia, Japan, Qatar and South Korea are the competition.

“We’ve got all of the infrastructure in place, and it’s extraordinary infrastructure, which allows us to focus on growing the game and using the World Cup to do that in the United States and have the U.S. become an important part of the global community in this,” U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I think it changes the economics in a positive way for FIFA and other associations.”

Much of soccer has never seen anything like Dallas Cowboys Stadium, with its 50-yard-wide video screen hovering above field, 10,000 club seats and 300 luxury suites ringing five levels — the expensive seats alone just about match

Carlos Valderrama, the man with the most iconic haircut in the history of football, is hunted down by John Harkes during Colombia’s first-round match against the USA at the 1994 World Cup, held at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena. The USA won 2-1.

the 20,224 total capacity of Portsmouth’s Fratton Park.

Hard to compare that with those in the original bid presented by the U.S. 22 years ago, which included such antiques as Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md., John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia and Palmer Stadium in Princeton, N.J. FIFA’s technical report says attendance at a U.S. World Cup could average 76,000, breaking the record of 68,991 set in 1994.

It says there is medium legal risk because of a lack of government guarantees, which would require federal legislation after a bid is awarded.

“Clearly for us, there is nothing that we

could do in the United States, whether it be our federation or Major League Soccer, that would be more important than having the World Cup here in our country,” MLS Commissioner Don Garber said.

“Hosting the World Cup in the U.S. is by far the biggest opportunity for our league to capitalize on the growing interest for the sport and ultimately convert that interest to a deeper connection with our league, our clubs and our players.”

Gulati and his delegation have spent months lobbying the 22 voters. They’ll bring along a group for the final presentation that includes former President Bill Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder, actor Morgan Freeman, national team star

Landon Donovan, former women’s team star Mia Hamm and her husband, former Boston Red Sox star Nomar Garciaparra.

“It’s an election,” Gulati said. “And in some sense, in elections you never know where you are until the very last minute, until the vote is taken. There’s not accurate polling, per se. So we’ll continue to work until the last minute.”

FIFA also is selecting the 2018 site that day, picking from among England, Russia, Spain-Portugal and Belgium-Netherlands.

USSF officials hope to one day have a team that wins World Cups, a league that produces clubs as strong as Manchester United, Barcelona and AC Milan — likely the three most popular teams in the United States.

This year’s World Cup averaged 2,288,000 households and 3,261,000 viewers on English-language U.S. television, up from 1,735,000 homes and 2,316,000 four years ago. The final was seen by 15.55 million on ABC and another 8.82 million on Spanish-language Univision — well above the 14.3 million average audience for baseball’s World Series but a fraction of the 106.5 million that watched this year’s Super Bowl.

“We’re no longer sitting around trying to explain it to them,” said Chuck Blazer, the FIFA executive committee member from the U.S. When American soccer officials started getting ready after the 1988 vote, there weren’t proper benches for soccer teams in stadiums. Aggregate score and injury time were foreign concepts.

“The country understands the World Cup now. I’m not sure that was the case back then,” Gulati said. “The magnitude of the event has changed dramatically. Certainly the U.S. with MLS and a national team that’s been quite successful, all those things are very different in changing the landscape of the sport.”

World Cup Bid Races Mix Sports and Politics ZURICH – Sports and politics mixed at the highest level Tuesday, as government leaders stepped up support for their countries’ bids to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, Prince William and David Beckham arrived in Zurich to help England’s 2018 team limit the potential damage caused by a BBC television investigation broadcast Monday that alleged corrupt dealings by four voters from FIFA’s executive committee.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has yet to decide if

he will travel to Zurich before Thursday’s vote, Russian sports minister and 2018 bid chairman Vitaly Mutko said.

The U.S. government said Attorney General Eric Holder will join former President Bill Clinton at FIFA headquarters on Wednesday when the five 2022 candidates make their final 30-minute presentations.

Australia has sent its most senior state official, governor general Quentin Bryce, to Zurich.

FIFA said it had no intention of examining BBC allegations that three voters — Ricardo Teixeira, Nicolas Leoz and Issa Hayatou

— took kickbacks from FIFA’s former marketing agency from 1989-99.

FIFA said the matter was dealt with by a Swiss criminal court two years ago and no official was charged.

The International Olympic Committee said it would open an ethics probe into the allegations against Hayatou, who has been an IOC member since 2001.

Leaders of the joint SpainPortugal bid believe they have eight first-round votes secured in the 2018 race that includes England, Russia and Belgium-Netherlands. The European candidates

make their on-stage presentations Thursday morning.

The 2022 contest pits the U.S. and Australia against Japan, South Korea and Qatar. FIFA investigated but found no evidence of alleged vote-trading between Spain-Portugal and Qatar.

With both bid races too close to call, last-minute lobbying by government leaders could yet be decisive.

Cameron was meeting FIFA vice president Jack Warner from Trinidad and Tobago, who was targeted by a BBC investigation over an alleged ticket scam before the World Cup in South Africa.

Warner can potentially deliver three votes from his CONCACAF region that are deemed crucial to England’s chances.

FIFA requires complete government support to underwrite World Cup investment, plus tax and legal breaks during the monthlong tournament.

Putin has assured FIFA that Russian visa entry rules would be waived for all foreign fans with match tickets.

Putin’s presence in Zurich has been seen as a potential trump card for Russia. He was crucial in Sochi’s success in securing the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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Diaspora Cast Symbolic Vote on Haiti Election Day In a move that could have a major impact on the lives of Haitian living abroad, Friends of Haiti 2010 had people cast their ballot in the Diaspora November 28 to signify to Haitian Lawmakers that they no longer want to be excluded in their country’s political affairs.

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Ban Warns Electoral Unrest Could Impede Efforts to Fight Cholera Epidemic Secretary-General Ban Kimoon on Nov. 29 called for a speedy solution to the political crisis in Haiti after yesterday’s first round of elections, warning that worsening security would hamper efforts to fight the cholera epidemic in a country already devastated by January’s earthquake.

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New York Diaspora called Election Fraudulent NEW-YORK-Frustrations grew among Haitians in New York as local radio reported a majority of the Nov. 28 presidential candidates, including leading candidate Mirlande Manignat, demanded to cancel the elections due to the alleged irregularities.

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Crushed voting boxes are seen on the water after unknown assailants ransacked some polls on November 28.

Elections 2010: Another Crisis for Haiti

By Garry Pierre-Pierre Haitian Times Staff

PORT-AU-PRINCE - On Sunday Haitian’s hope for a smooth transition to a new president were dashed as a series of missteps and miscalculations put the outcome on hold.

After widespread complaints by voters who said they couldn’t either find their names on the ballots, or coerced to vote for a candidate not of their choice, the opposition parties called for the cancellations of the vote.

But less than an hour after a dozen candidates made their demands during a news conference at the Karibe Convention Center in Petion Ville, Michel Martelly, asked that he be named president.

Martelly, who emerged as the overwhelming favorite in the final stretch, ran a brilliant campaign and confounded the political class who saw his campaign as quixotic.

Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean, who was barred from running for president , quickly joined forces with Martelly as they crisscrossed the metropolitan area demanding fair results, which would be Martelly. Charles Baker, another candidate also join the duo.

“I couldn’t have Wyclef, but I’ll take Martelly,” chanted a crowd of about 500 people near the Karibe Center during an impromptu march. “I’m sick and tired of the status quo.”

If the outcome of the vote is clouded, what is clear is that the people are frustrated with the administration of Rene Preval on two main fronts, his failure to provide leadership after the January earthquake and his inability

International observers estimated that less than 30 percent of the four million people registered actually voted on Sunday. to bring back Jean Bertrand Aristide back to Haiti.

When Preval was elected in 2006, the masses who still adore Aristide, thought they were voting for the exiled president clone and within months Aristide will make

a triumphant return to the troubled Caribbean nation.

And so bitterness against Preval grew. It reached a boiling point when Preval made few public speeches and showed little emotion as millions of people slept under tents on the streets. These encampments have become somewhat permanent nearly a year later.

“I urged him to be in the eye of the storm, show some emotions connect with people,” said a former cabinet minister. “But he didn’t listen. He listens to no one. This is sad.”

What is sad is the “shellacking” that Preval’s handpicked candidate, Jude Celestin, suffered on Sunday. Scores of people interviewed in at least a dozen voting stations said emphatically that they were voting for change and they were frustrated with Preval said that they would be voting against whoever he endorses.

“I don’t want them at all,” said a man at a voting poll at Lycee Toussaint, referring to Celestin and Preval. “I’ve been to at least four centers looking for my name and each one I can’t find my name. But you know what, am not going to stop. I can’t let them govern me anymore.” see ELECTION on page 13

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Le candidat à la présidence Joseph Michel Martelly se désolidarise des 12 autres candidats à la présidence qui ont réclamé l'annulation des élections du 28 novembre en raison des irrégularités et des fraudes massives qui ont entachées le scrutin. Au lendemain de ces joutes, le candidat du parti repons peyizan qui était à la tète d'une importante manifestation a fait remarquer qu'il est prêt à respecter la décision du Conseil Electorale si ce dernier ne décide pas de procéder à l'annulation de ces élections. Je n'avais pas signé le document demandant, l'annulation des élections a déclaré le candidat à la présidence.

Toutefois, il a indiqué que l'institution électorale doit respecter le vote du peuple, car dit-il, il est le gagnant de ces élections puisque la population l'acclamait haut et fort, lors de la manifestation de dimanche.

Les membres de l'institution électorale avaient clairement indiqué hier, lors d'une conférence de presse qu'ils n'envisageaient

**** Les observateurs internationaux estiment que le scrutin du 28 novembre est valide tandis que les observateurs nationaux le considère comme inacceptable. La mission d'observateurs conjointe de l'Organisation des Etats américains (OEA) et des pays du Marché commun de la Caraïbe (Caricom) a jugé que le scrutin du 28 novembre était valide, malgré les ”irrégularités”. Cependant les observateurs locaux ont dénoncé les graves irrégularités et fraudes massives enregistrées lors des joutes. Le directeur exécutif de l'Initiative de la Société Civile (ISC), Rosny Desrosches, affirme que les dirigeants de plusieurs organisations de la société civile dont, Conseil National d'Observation (CNO), Conseil Haïtien des Acteurs Non Etatiques (Conane), Initiative de la Société Civile (ISC) et Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH) considèrent que ces élections sont inacceptables. M. Desrosches n'est pas surpris par ce fiasco puisque dit-il le gouvernement et les autorités électorales n'avaient pas tenu compte de leurs propositions. Il appelle à une concertation entre les acteurs politiques afin de sortir le pays de l'impasse. Cet avis est partagé par Edouard Paultre, coordonnateur du Conseil Haïtien des Acteurs Non Etatiques (Conane). Il qualifie les élections de mascarade en

raison des fraudes massives et graves irrégularités rapportées par les observateurs a travers le pays. Edouard Paultre et Rosny Desroches estiment que les élections contestées peuvent déboucher sur une crise.

Ils appellent à une conférence des acteurs politiques en vue de préparer un agenda pour de nouvelles élections. **** Le Secrétaire général de l'ONU, Ban Ki-moon, a fait état hier sa préoccupation suite aux incidents qui ont émaillé le déroulement du premier tour des élections présidentielles et législatives du 28 novembre. Il a exprimé son souhait de voir « une résolution de la crise politique dans le pays ». dans un communiqué M. Ban a exhorté « le peuple haïtien ainsi que l'ensemble des acteurs politiques à rester calmes, étant donné qu'une éventuelle détérioration de la situation sécuritaire aurait des conséquences immédiates sur les efforts pour contenir l'épidémie de choléra ».

Les élections présidentielles et législatives ont été marquées par de graves irrégularités et des fraudes massives dénoncent la majorité des candidats a la présidence.

Le bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires (OCHA) a indiqué hier que le nombre de cas de personnes contaminées par le choléra restait stable. Le dernier bilan de l'épidémie fait état de 34 000 hospitalisations et 1 731 décès. L'ONU et ses partenaires ont acheminé quatre mil-

Haïti : Boire le calice jusqu’à la lie Du côté de chez Hugues

par Hugues St. Fort

Ma chronique de cette semaine est consacrée pour une fois aux élections de 2010 qui vont se dérouler en Haïti dans moins de quarante-huit heures. Pendant toute la campagne électorale en Haïti qui a été intensément relayée sur les sites de discussion haïtiens, jamais je ne me suis permis d’intervenir. J’ai pourtant suivi comme tout le monde le déroulement de la politique politicienne en Haïti, ses coups fourrés, ses flagorneries, les grandiloquences de ses acteurs, la culture de l’incompétence et de la démagogie la plus navrante. Bien que je n’aie pas le droit de participer à ces élections puisque j’ai acquis une nationalité étrangère, je ne puis tout de même m’empêcher de réfléchir à la descente aux enfers de mon pays natal.

Je ne me fais aucune illusion sur la capacité du vainqueur de ces élections, quelqu’il /elle soit, à sortir Haïti de l’abîme où elle a été précipitée. Personne ne me fera croire qu’une élection aura le pouvoir de changer Haïti. Après le désastre sans précédent du 12 janvier 2010, la société haïtienne doit faire face maintenant à une épidémie de choléra, maladie qui, d’après des historiens spécialisés en études sociales haïtiennes (Deborah Jenson, de Haïti Lab à Duke University) a longtemps été inconnue en Haïti. A voir la rage et l’intensité avec lesquelles une quinzaine de candidats se battent pour la conquête

du pouvoir, on aurait dit qu’ils ont tous la clé du relèvement du pays. Rien n’est plus faux.

L’histoire d’Haïti est une histoire pathétique. C’est un problème presque insoluble. Théoriquement, elle s’aligne avec quelques légères variantes sur le modèle des anciennes colonies africaines ou de l’Amérique latine où une minuscule classe dominante contrôle le capital, jouit de tous les privilèges sociaux et pratique l’exclusion, la violence, l’injustice, l’exploitation. Ce qui est particulier à Haïti, c’est le soutien inconditionnel que ses élites ont reçu des forces conservatrices américaines depuis la fin des années 1950 avec l’élection de François Duvalier, la violence sans pareille de ses forces armées, l’absence totale d’une vision de développement de la société haïtienne de la part de ses hommes d’état et surtout les divisions sociales internes qui ont miné le pays (noirs vs mulâtres, créoles vs bossales, vodou vs chrétiens…) dans ses profondeurs et constituent un héritage sociopolitique incontournable. Plusieurs sociétés de l’Amérique latine partagent avec Haïti au moins l’une de ses caractéristiques que je viens d’évoquer mais aucune ne les rassemble toutes.

Après la chute du président Aristide en 2004 et la menace d’un chaos total dans lequel les forces d’extrêmedroite désireuses de reprendre le pouvoir auraient plongé le pays, certaines puissances dites « amies d’Haïti » ont dépêché en vitesse une « force de stabilisation » des Nations Unies, appelée la MINUSTHA, pour soit disant garantir l’ordre et la sécurité. Ironiquement, l’arrivée de cette force des Nations Unies a coïncidé avec

l’une des périodes les plus troublées de l’histoire sociale contemporaine d’Haïti où se succédèrent avec une violence sanglante des enlèvements de personnes, des viols, et des crimes de toutes sortes.

Curieusement, il est permis aussi de dire que la présence de cette force de stabilisation de l’ONU a empêché l’extrêmedroite haïtienne de s’emparer du pouvoir et d’asseoir définitivement son autorité sur une société civile qui commençait à reprendre des couleurs. En ce sens, l’extrême-droite haïtienne a été flouée par les « pays amis » qui n’ont pas joué le jeu jusqu’au bout avec elle malgré les libertés immenses qu’ils lui ont accordées (liberté de tuer, liberté de privatiser sans exception, liberté d’augmenter à volonté les prix des aliments [grangou klowòks]). Je définis l’extrême-droite comme la catégorie des forces politiques qui sont allées jusqu’au bout dans la défense de vues telles que la préservation des inégalités, de l’exclusion, de l’injustice et qui ont recours à la violence la plus sanglante pour les conserver.

Le caractère surréel d’élections qui vont avoir lieu dans un pays dévasté par un séisme sans pareil, dans une capitale méconnaissable, couverte de tentes où vivent près d’un million et demi d’habitants rongés par le choléra ou la peur du choléra n’a d’égal que l’indifférence des « pays amis » dont les leaders se sont dépêchés de critiquer avec raison les fausses élections qui ont eu lieu en Birmanie mais n’ont rien dit de la mascarade électorale qui va avoir lieu en Haïti.

Haïti devra-t-elle boire le calice jusqu’à la lie ? Qu’est-ce qui changera après les élections du 28 novembre ou, s’il y a un second tour, après les élections du second

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lions de tablettes de traitement de l'eau et 11.000 savons qui seront distribués dans les deux prochaines semaines. Plus d'une centaine de centres de traitement du cholera ont été mis en place depuis le début de l'épidémie. **** Des manifestations anti gouvernementales ont été enregistrées dans plusieurs villes nov 29 notamment à Saint Marc, Gonaïves, Petit Goave, Carrefour et Jacmel. Les manifestants qui à chaque fois ont érigé des barricades de pneus enflammés réclament l'annulation du scrutin du 28 novembre. Ils dénoncent les fraudes massives et les graves irrégularités réalisées pour le compte de la plateforme présidentielle Inité. A Saint Marc des accrochages entre casques bleus et manifestants ont fait une quinzaine de blessés. Les soldats ont utilisé leurs armes pour répondre à une provocation des manifestants devant leur baraquement à Pivert. Les manifestants ont également fêté la victoire selon eux de la candidate du RDNP, Mirlande Manigat. Au Gonaïves, le sénateur Youri Latortue et l'ex-député Arcene Dieujuste étaient à la tête de la manifestation. Les protestataires qui scandaient la victoire de Mme Manigat ont dénoncé des fraudes massives de la part des partisans de l'Inité.

Le sénateur Latortue a également dénoncé see A TRAVERS HAITI on page 23

tour ? Si c’est la candidate de la société civile, la professeure d’université Mme Mirlande Manigat qui gagne ces élections, demandera-t-elle à la force de stabilisation de l’ONU de prendre le chemin du départ, comme le réclament un grand nombre d’Haïtiens ? Mais, si cela arrive, ne faut-il pas craindre le retour violent, brutal, sans ménagement de l’extrême-droite haïtienne et de ses alliés internationaux qui attendent impatiemment le départ des forces de l’ONU pour semer la terreur dans le pays ?

D’autre part, si c’est le candidat que tout le monde considère comme le dauphin du président Préval, M. Jude Célestin, qui gagne ces élections, quelle sera la réaction de la majorité de la population haïtienne pleinement consciente des abus de toutes sortes que les tenants actuels du pouvoir lui ont fait subir ?

Dans les deux cas, la petite clique des élites locales et leurs alliés internationaux continueront de profiter des nombreuses opportunités que leur offre l’ouverture du pays aux exploiteurs de tout acabit par la classe politique. Même si elle gagne la présidentielle, la candidate de la société civile sera vraisemblablement trop faible pour faire face victorieusement aux forces du statu quo qui feront tout pour déstabiliser son gouvernement (On a très peu parlé des législatives mais elle aura fort à faire dans le cas d’une cohabitation politique) Ce qui est sûr, c’est que les rescapés du séisme du 12 janvier 2010 continueront à vivre sous les tentes dans les conditions horribles que l’on sait. Sur le plan international, Haïti aura conquis d’autres galons, en particulier ceux de pays propagateur du choléra dans les Amériques.

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Diaspora Cast A Symbolic Vote on Election Day

By Darlie Gervais Haitian Times Staff

In a move that could have a major impact on the lives of Haitian living abroad, Friends of Haiti 2010 had people cast their ballot in the Diaspora November 28 to signify to Haitian Lawmakers that they no longer want to be excluded in their country’s political affairs. And the turmoil that followed Presidential and Legislatives election in Haiti may fuel ideas that the Diaspora participation can help to truly transform the country.

“It is a statement of truly belonging to the country,” Dr Daniel Faustin, an Obstetric Gynecologist and one of the organizers said.

“It is a statement that we want to participate in the affairs of our country and it is durable.

As Haitians were called to the polls in Haiti and widespread fraud allegations followed Sunday's polls added to confidence they are needed Haitians in 12 cities in the United States, Canada, and some countries in Africa voted for the candidate of their choice. Friends of Haiti along with four other organizations organized the symbolic

vote to send a message to Haitians Lawmakers that they are serious about getting involved.

“We feel our opinion should be as valuable as our money,” Dr Faustin said. Haiti benefits tremendously from the remittances Haitians in the United States send to relatives According to a survey for the Inter-American Development Bank, 33 percent of Haitians receive cash from abroad and nearly 75 percent of the money is spent on food, housing, utilities and clothing. Food and other gifts are also sent.

The average remittance in Haiti is about $150 and those who receive them typically get about 10 transfers a year, for an average total of $1,500, the IDB survey shows. A Haitian's per-capita income in 2008 was about $1,300, according to the CIA World Factbook.

According to Haitians who advocate for dual citizenship the country lacks widespread institutional investment. They argue that as Haitian-American who have prospered from outside and gained professional

experiences they are better to invest in their country.

Dual citizenship would allow the tens of thousands of Haitians living outside the country to vote in their country's elections and to be elected, even if they become U.S. Citizens, something that is not currently allowed for any Haitian living abroad.

Based in Brooklyn, New York, Friends of Haiti 2010 had worked with National Organization for the Advancement of Haitians, NOAH a Washington based orga-

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nization; The Haitian League based in New Jersey; Congress to Fortify Haiti based in Chicago; Haitian American National Alliance based in New York. They each held a symbolic vote at their respective location.

“We thought 2010 would be a pivotal year for Haiti. But with what just happened in Haiti’s election we think the symbolic was more than ever important, “ Dr Faustin said.

Despite Nov. 28 polling chaos, foreign officials claim eventual result will stand with musician Michel 'Sweet Micky' Martelly as current favouriteElection results were not due to be announced for weeks, but an unexpected and candid admission from the ruling INITE (UNITY) party that it may have lost mustered belief that a real political shift was imminent.

Haiti's ruling party acknowledged possible defeat on Dec. 1 in pivotal general elections, raising hopes of a peaceful power transfer in the quake-hit and cholerasee DIASPORA on page 11

Why Elections and Are They Necessary for the “Reconstruction” Haitians have participated in one form of elections or other almost since independence. But only since the end of the Duvalier dictatorship in 1986 has the country had what are generally referred to as “free” elections – over a dozen races for presidents, parliamentarians, mayors and communal representatives.

According to ELECTIONS the Preamble of 2010 the 1987 Haitian constitution, Haiti is a “democracy, which entails ideological pluralism and political rotation” and among the duties of the Haitian citizen are “to vote in elections without restraint” [Article 52-1]. Elections are the manner in which citizens are to participate in their country’s political life.

But in Haiti, as in other countries, there seems to be a confusion or conflation of “elections,” “democracy,” “development” and economic and/or social well-being.

Leanne Dorvin, a vegetable seller who travels between Vallue and Grand Goave, told Haiti Grassroots Watch that “elections are good” because “we need someone to help the people who are still in the streets, who have so many needs.”

But when asked what she thought of the current elected government, she launched into a tirade about the lack of roads, schools or health facility in her region: “The state has forgotten us. Whatever they’re doing, they skip right over us… We don’t participate in anything.”

The contradictions are clear – to Dorvin, elections are a way to somehow participate and bring about social services, but they don’t seem to have done so to date.

Dorvin’s confusion of “elections” with service-delivery and “development” is not surprising. Earlier this spring, President Rene Préval said much the same thing: “If, when my mandate is done, there isn’t a legitimately elected president, a parliament with a lower house and a Senate, if we don’t have elections… that will create mistrust and we won’t have development.”

Préval is correct about the details: the terms of many parliamentarians have expired already and his term expires on February 7, 2011. Thus, constitutionally speaking, the Nov. 28 elections are required. And, it is unlikely that the various donors and lenders who have made promises to assist Haiti would be comfortable if elections did not take place.

Within weeks of the January 12 catastrophe, the “international community” began to push them, with diplomats like Edmond Mulet, UN Special Representative to Haiti, saying they are “a significant step in the process of consolidating democracy and reestablishing the state.”

Colin Granderson, former Assistant Secretary of CARICOM, who spent most of the 1990s working for a UN/OAS human rights mission, returned this summer to lead an OAS/CARICOM Elections Observation Mission charged with assuring the elections are credible.

Granderson told Haiti Grassroots Watch that the 2010 elections are “important” and, like Préval, underlined the need for a “legitimate” president and parliament in order to assure Haiti’s “reconstruction.”

Granderson, Mulet and Préval are all correct about the legitimacy issue, but all fail to note that Haiti and her elected officials suffered under severe economic and humantarian crises long before January 12. And now, in addition to these continuing crises, Haiti is also in the midst of a political institutional crisis that elections won’t necessarily solve.

Last January, the Haitian parliament approved a special “Emergency Law” that handed a great deal of power over to the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, a body dominated by former US President Bill Clinton and foreign funders. The law gives the commission the power to “carry out the Development Plan for Haiti” until at least August 2011.

“How can free and fair elections occur when a State of Emergency is in place?”

University of Virginia Professor Robert Fatton asked at the recent Haitian Stud-

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Merchants who covered the ruling party's posters with their second-hand jeans stand near grafitti calling for the return of dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier.

ies Association Conference held at Brown University.

Fatton noted that due to the Commission and the multiplicity of foreign consultants, funders and agencies, Haiti has suffered a “virtual loss of sovereignty.”

“It remains unclear how an elected parliament will function in an environment dominated by the international commission,” Fatton said.

Of course, those who are part of the current system – members or staff of the ruling political Inite coalition, elecitons workers, etc. – believe in, or appear to believe in, the 2010 elections as the panacea to Haiti’s ills.

“The mandate of the current government is ending, so there has to be a replacement,” noted Nicolas Jean Louis, formerly of Fanmi Lavalas and now part of Inite.

Jean Louis is serving his third term as head of the communal executive committee (CASEC) for Chomèy, 9th communal section of Bainet, on Haiti’s south coast.

“We need people to make choices so we can have a good government, a good parliament, good NGOs who will work with us,

so that we can get these people out from under the tents and see what treatment is going to be delivered for this epidemic which is killing people.”

Like Préval, Jean Louis is convinced elections equal improved social services.

What have 23 years of elections delivered so far?

Granderson is the first to admit that Haiti’s “democratic transition” has not been an unequivocal success. Coups, repression, assassinations, exiles, instability. Nor have there been many tangible improvements in the economic and social conditions for Haiti’s citizens.

“From the point of view of the performance of democracy here, the results have been very low. That’s clear. But I don’t think that we should throw out the baby with the bath water as far as democracy is concerned… Things are starting to change… In my opinion we arwitnessing an evolution.”

But what kind of evolution? see WHY? on page 12

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush Accused Democrats Tuesday Of Shamelessly Playing Politics With Immigration.

His uncharacteristically sharp comments should be part of a broader package and came during a discussion of the DREAM added that he hasn’t seen enough specifics Act, which Democrats and the White to make a determination about the legislaHouse are pushing hard in the lame-duck tion now being considered.

“It is so clear that the first element of session despite its virtually nonexistent comprehensive immigration reform must chances of passage.

“It’s used as a political tool for both par- be to control the border,” he said.

The ex-governor lamented that more ties,” Bush said, of immigration generally. politicians didn’t “The Democrats, I the courage think, are more shame“The president would, show to back George W. less because they use it as a wedge issue, I think, earn tremendous Bush’s failed second-term immigrapromising things that points if he just went to tion overhaul and they’re never going complained that to deliver, knowing they’re not going to the border and listened there are no meanbenchmarks deliver. I think it hapto people and sensed ingful to track whether the pens all the time.”

Bush, often men- the frustration and deter- border is better under control. tioned as a possible “I don’t think, presidential contender, mined that it’s different politically, not havcalled on President Barack Obama to trav- in Chicago maybe than it ing a vote, or voting no, will change the el down to the border. It’s a talking point is in Tucson,” Bush said. course of electoral politics for the next other Republicans, couple of election like Arizona Sen. John McCain, have honed in on over the last cycles,” he added.

Critics say the DREAM Act is tantafew months.

“The president would, I think, earn mount to “amnesty” for illegal immigrants.

Bush made the comments at Washingtremendous points if he just went to the border and listened to people and sensed ton’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where he the frustration and determined that it’s appeared at a news conference with five different in Chicago maybe than it is in state schools’ chiefs to talk about education reform at the start of a two-day conferTucson,” Bush said.

Bush, whose wife Columba was born ence on the issue.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan has in Mexico and who has deep appeal with Hispanic voters in his home state, said been the administration’s point man on the he’s sympathetic to what the DREAM Act DREAM Act, holding a conference call for is trying to accomplish: creating a path to reporters on Monday to tout the legislacitizenship for tens of thousands of young, tion. Ironically he’s scheduled to speak at undocumented immigrants who attend col- this conference on Wednesday.

Bush, though, praised Duncan and lege or serve in the military for at least two Obama for being willing to take on teachyears.

But he was more insistent that the fix ers’ unions – one of the Democratic Party’s

core constituencies.

He said unions are “one of the principal resistors” to helping children.

He focused his comments on education, an area on which he made strides during two terms in the Sunshine State. He thinks that the coming reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act offers a chance for bipartisan cooperation. He noted that Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner was the chairman of the House committee that pushed the 2002 law and that the administration has shown a willingness to break with longstanding Democratic positions on education.

Bush identified Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush four reforms that Bush declined to engage on a reporter’s he’d like to see in the controversial law, which he supports. question about former Alaska Gov. Sarah He complained that some states game the Palin’s comments on his family. She dissystem and create lower bars for passing missed “the blue-bloods who want to pick statewide exams. He said a requirement and choose their winners instead of allowthat all students be proficient by 2014 is ing competition” after former First Lady unrealistic. He wants funding formulas to Barbara Bush suggested that Palin “stay better incentivize reform. He also called in Alaska.”

“No response,” he said. for more choices (as in charter schools The story was first published in politico. and vouchers) for parents when their kid’s com. school fails.

Homeland Security Seizes 70+ Websites for Copyright and Trademark Violations The U.S. government's crackdown on file sharing and counterfeiting has taken a new and disturbing turn.

Yesterday, we reported that the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement office had seized Torrent-Finder.com, a site that linked to other sites that hosted and shared torrent files of copyrighted material. The news itself was not too unusual; what struck us as out of order was that the site had been shut down without the owner being notified and without a court conviction or, to our knowledge, any other legal proceedings.

At the time, we knew that several other websites had also been seized; however, today, we are hearing reports that as many as 77 different websites have been seized and shut down, all without any notification or warning to the owners.

As the owner of Torrent-Finder.com said, the sites were seized “without any previous complaint or notice from any court… While I was contacting GoDaddy I noticed the DNS had changed. Godaddy had no idea what was going on and until now they do not understand the situation,

and they say it was totally from ICANN.” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seizing sites directly from ICANN because of complaints filed against them; the agency is not doing so under the auspices of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) or a more recently introduced, so-called ”censorship” bill, the Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act, or COICA, which was created specifically to address the issue of piracy.

While both of these acts have serious issues that many freeweb advocates find disturbing, the implementation of either law might be better than no law at all.

Rather than using DMCA or COICA, the DHS has, as one spokesperson told The New York Times, “executed courtordered seizure warrants against a number of domain names.”

So far, TorrentFreak is counting 77 domains seized. These URLs indicate that

sites were used to peddle counterfeit goods as well as illegally shared media files.

What we can't debate is that the government has a right to enforce its own laws.

If copyrights are being infringed upon and goods are being counterfeited, the government does have the authority to put a stop to those activities.

But when legislators have taken great

pains to construct and pass laws that create procedures for dealing with these exact issues, it does seem a bit off that none of those procedures were used.

For example, COICA would create a blacklist of censored URLs. If infringement of copyright or the trafficking of counterfeited goods is central to the operation of the website, the attorney general can ask a court to place that website on the blacklist.

The DHS is bypassing typical laws and procedures to quickly stamp out file-sharing and counterfeiting -- perhaps in time to thwart knock-off holiday shopping, we could speculate. We might also speculate that the reason for the rush job has something to do with the impending passage of COICA, which would create a longer process for closing these sites.

Speculations aside, this great haste is as confusing as it is perturbing; it doesn't sit well with the traditionally American sense of due process.

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Ban Warns Electoral Unrest Could Impede Efforts to Fight Cholera Epidemic Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Nov. ian Affairs (OCHA) reported today, noting 29 called for a speedy solution to the polit- that the north of the country remains the ical crisis in Haiti after yesterday’s first area with the highest caseload. round of elections, warning that worsening As of the end of last week, more than security would hamper efforts to fight the 1,600 people have died and some 50,000 cholera epidemic in a country already dev- have been infected since the epidemic astated by January’s earthquake. began in October.

“The Secretary-General is concerned In Port-au-Prince, the capital, 50 deprived following the incineighborhoods, home dents that marked According to media to around 1 million the first round of the people, are espereports, 12 of the 18 presidential and legcially vulnerable to islative elections in cholera – which is Haiti on Sunday,” a presidential candidates spread through constatement issued by food and have repudiated the vote taminated Mr. Ban’s spokesman water – due to poor said. access to safe water, and their supporters “The Secretaryinadequate sanitation General looks for- have mounted protests. and high population ward to a solution to density. Preparations the political crisis in are in place across the country and calls on the Haitian people the country to respond more forcefully as and all political actors to remain calm, the epidemic spreads, OCHA said. since any deterioration in the security The Pan-American Health Organization situation will have an immediate impact on (PAHO), the regional arm of the UN World the efforts to contain the ongoing cholera Health Organization (WHO), estimated epidemic.” that as many as 400,000 people could According to media reports, 12 of the become ill, with half of those cases in the 18 presidential candidates have repudiated coming three months. Calculations reflect the vote and their supporters have mounted a worst case scenario that is avoidable if all protests. sectors of society and health partners are Meanwhile, the number of cholera cases able to step up their actions. and deaths continues to rise with no signifWorking closely with PAHO/WHO, icant shift in the overall situation, the UN OCHA has put together a list of the infraOffice for the Coordination of Humanitar- structure, institutional and personnel needs

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MSF medical staff treat cholera patients at a hospital run by the Ministry of Health in St. Marc, Haiti.

to respond to the epidemic. There are currently 40 Cholera Treatment Centres (CTCs) and 61 Cholera Treatment Units (CTUs). More are needed, with humanitarian partners working to increase the numbers and bed capacity.

To respond to needs for water chlorination in households, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has 190 million Aquatabs and 1.5 million bars of soap in the pipe-

line, and nutritional efforts are focused on mitigating the impact of cholera on children under five, pregnant and/or lactating women, and other vulnerable groups by maximizing prevention efforts.

Haiti is still struggling to recover from the January quake, which killed some 200,000 people and displaced more than 1 million others, many of whom are still living in crowded camps.

Haiti cholera outbreak 'imported': French expert PARIS (AFP) – The strain of cholera that triggered an epidemic that has claimed more than 1,600 lives in Haiti must have been brought in from abroad, a leading French epidemiologist said Nov. 29.

Many in Haiti believe the deadly outbreak was caused by poor sanitation at a camp for United Nations peacekeeping troops from Nepal, a country where the disease is endemic. The UN force has said there is no proof of this.

Cholera specialist Professor Renaud Piarroux spoke to AFP on his return from Haiti, where he conducted a study for the Haitian government. He warned that the epidemic could yet cause sickness in 200,000 people. ”It started in the centre of the country, not by the sea, nor in the refugee camps.

The epidemic can't be of local origin.

That's to say, it was imported,” he told AFP, without directly fingering the Nepalese camp.

Cholera added to the woes of the impoverished Caribbean nation, which was devastated by a massive earthquake in January that killed a quarter of a million people and left 1.3 million living in ramshackle refugee camps.

At the weekend, Haiti struggled to hold credible elections amid the chaos left by the double tragedy, and violent protests having broken out, pitting rival factions against each other or against UN peacekeepers.

Haitian officials say the first cases of cholera, a waterborne illness, broke out on the banks of the Artibonite river, downstream of a Nepalese UN base in Mirebalais, in the centre of the country.

Professor Renaud Piarroux

Last week, Edmond Mulet, head of the UN mission in Haiti, said no UN soldier, police officer nor civilian official had tested positive for cholera, and he defended the Nepalese, who have been the target of protests.

All samples taken from the latrines, kitchens and water supply at the suspect Nepalese camp have proved negative, Mulet said. ”There is no scientific evidence that the camp at Mirebalais is the source of this epidemic,” he said, complaining of ”a lot of disinformation, a lot of rumours around this situation.”

Cholera outbreak death toll rises to 1,741: Health workers at a tent city on the outskirts of Haitian capital Port-au-Prince arrive to recover the body of cholera victim Alcides St Charles on November 27, 2010.

But Piarroux - who works at the University of the Mediterranean in Marseille - said that the outbreak was not linked to the earthquake devastation, and could not have come from a Haitian environmental source. ”The epidemic exploded in an extremely violent way on October 19, with several thousand cases and several hundreds deaths after many people drank the water of the Artibonite delta,” he said.

The professor said the world had not

seen cholera spread so quickly since an outbreak in Goma, in eastern Congo, in 1994. ”We've had more than 70,000 cases, and we could easily see them hit 200,000,” he warned. ”But there won't be tens of thousands of deaths, nor a sudden spike.”

Cholera is caused by bacteria spread in contaminated water or food, often through faeces. If untreated, it can kill within a day through dehydration, with the old and the young the most vulnerable.

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The Tragicomedy of a Chaotic President or Collaborator-in-chief Sunday Election Like most everything in Haiti’s tradition, was standing by Joseph Michel Martelly last Sunday election was an occasion for on the truck.

As much as any citizen can exercise disorderly events, and confusing interpretations. On one side, observers of the Orga- his right to protest against irregularities nization of American States (OAS) and the and request annulment, the representaCaribbean Common Market (CARICOM) tives of the international institutions which recognized the validity of the Novem- have financed the whole election process ber 28 election, regardless the “irregulari- were obliged to request that the ballots ties.” However, the local observers have be counted and envision the possibility denounced the serious irregularities and of a second round in case any candidate had reached the 51% massive fraud recorded winning percentage. at divers polling placexpected, howes. This was also the During that famous Itever,is that this second position taken by several civic organizations Sunday election, it has round will involved Mirlande Manigat and who, along with 12 Joseph Michel Marpresidential candidates been reported that telly. claimed the annulment names of some During that famous of the elections.

Sunday election, it This was not the position of leading candi- members of the govern- has been reported that names of some memdates Mirelande Maniment as well as of bers of the governgat, Joseph Michel ment as well as of cerMartelly, and Charles certain candidates tain candidates were Henri Baker who want were not on the list of not on the list of their the CEP (Conseil Elecpoling places. Intertoral Provisoire) to their poling places. estingly, It has been count the votes. Marreported that some telly explained his ordinary illiterate citiposition saying, ”I did zens who went to the not sign the document requesting the annulment of the elections,” wrong poling place were told to enter the The members of the electoral institution number on their voting cards in the internet had clearly stated yesterday during a press in order to locate their proper voting place. conference they had no plans to cancel As these poor Haitians did not have a comthe election they considered a day curly puter, they called a friend or relative in the and successful. The CEP president had U.S. to whom they communicate the numdeclared that irregularities in 60 voting ber and received the necessary location.

It had been said also that in isolate cases, places out of more than 1,500 does not citizens who presented their receipts to justify an annulment of the election.

However, Martelly indicated that the withdraw their voting cards, they were electoral institution must respect the vote told to wait long enough for the serof the people, because he is the winner of vice to close. Their receipts were just these elections as the people cheered him thrown away. These incidents, although loudly during Sunday's demonstration. He isolated, show the low mentality level of was referring to a mass manifestation too many Haitians. The new president that blocked Delmas road while he was will need a valid team of dedicated and addressing the crowd from one of his big qualified citizens who help me clear out trucks carrying his popular huge loud the waste and build a whole new country. speakers. Candidate Charles Henri Baker

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18 presidential candidates, many of whom could not even get their wives and family members to vote for them, and 66 political parties took part in the latest scheme of the Great Experiment last Sunday, November 28th, amid calls from 12 candidates that day for the CEP to annul the vote because of massive fraud. Besides their pathological thirst for power, these candidates shared other attributes not the least of which is their belief that Haiti needs supervision, which inadvertently highlights their mental inability to lead and incompetence. Not surprisingly, they read from the same script, endorsed the policies advocated by the occupiers and, most importantly, showed utter disregard for the feelings and sufferings of their fellow countrymen.

Once more, the Haitian people were duped into participating in a futile exercise that validated this proverb “Zegwi koud rad, men se zepeng ki al nan nos.” They will have to settle for hurricanes, earthquakes, hunger and pestilence while the politicians continue to play their duplicitous game of collaborating with our enemies and peddling false hope. Because the preliminary results will not be known until December 7th and none of the candidates is expected to muster the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a run-off, the travesty will be finalized on January 16th. The two leading vote-getters, presumably Jude Célestin and Myrlande Manigat, will face each other again for the unenviable title of collaborator-in-chief.

As expected, the specter of instability, the buzzword of the occupation, was used as rationale to intimidate the electorate into participating in the charade in the midst of the cholera epidemic that has, so far, killed 1648 and infected 60-70.000 Haitians. In a clear denial of the cholera epidemic, the head of the EU diplomatic mission in Haiti, Lut Fabert-Gossens, announced at a news conference on November 22nd ”At the moment, the EU sees no obstacle blocking these elections from happening.” Even China, a country unaccustomed to having its citizens go to the polls, views these elections as a maturity test for Haiti amid the wreckage and chaos wrought by last January's earthquake and the ongoing cholera epidemic. As for Kenneth H. Merten, the U.S ambassador to Haiti, he maintained that the elections should take place, need to take place, and we are here to support that effort. As a rule, electoral politics obscure false hope with the attractive concept of stability. Sunday’s vote however increases the possibility of unrests rather than promotes stability, which can only be achieved through sustainable economic development, the missing component in the Great experiment.

In fairness, Haitian politicians are responsible for the international community’s condescension, seeing that Préval

could have formed a national unity government in the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake that reduced Portau-Prince and nearby cities into piles of rubbles, but the man, too distraught over the collapse of his palace, failed to see the implications of his actions or lack thereof. Besides the fact that René Préval’s shortsightedness facilitated the takeover of the government’s constitutional prerogatives by the foreign-dominated Haiti reconstruction Fund (HRF), it also opened a floodgate to would-be saviors who thought they could do a better job. Were it not the prohibitive cost of registration and the stringent requirements on seeking the presidency imposed by the 1987 Constitution, I presume that half of the population would have presented themselves as bona fide candidates to replace a man many consider the personification of mediocrity and failure as a politician.

Refreshingly enough, Myrlande Manigat, who stands a good chance of becoming the next collaborator-in-chief, hinted that the U.N should wrap up its mission and leave, which is a clear departure from what one expects from a Haitian politician. ”MINUSTAH is a foreign military body. It's against the constitution and it brings back bad memories. The presence of a foreign military force, even a multilateral one, is not normal”, said Ms. Manigat. Was this unexpected declaration an accurate sentiment of a genuine patriot or a well-thought out electoral posturing, meant to placate the decidedly antiMINUSTAH segment of the population?

Though the answer could be the former, the latter, or both, Ms. Manigat should be commended for tackling this delicate issue nevertheless.

Indeed, the first long-term occupation (1915-34) has had a devastating effect on Haiti as evidenced by the lost of parts of its territory (1929), which later resulted in the mass murders of Haitians by the Dominicans (1937), and the minorityrule of the mulatto elite supported by the US-trained Haitian Armed Forces (FA d’H). Obviously, the longer this occupation endures, the more likely Haiti stands to suffer from its nefarious goals of marginalizing and subjugating the proud nation. With her statement denouncing the U.N occupation of Haiti, Myrlande Manigat, a member of the intelligentsia, a group that has abdicated its role as the moral force of the nation, had redeemed herself.

Pompous as usual, Edmond Mulet, The U.N General-Secretary’s representative in “The plantation”, made a veiled reference to an eventual departure of MINUSTAH while insisting such possibility remains contingent on the elections occurring without incident and power is transferred democratically. Considering that no less than the destruction of the Republic of NGOs (2004-?) will satisfy the great majority of Haitians, Mulet’s thinking illustrates his poor understanding or downright denial of the reality.

Perhaps the U.N is setting the stage for its own version of “Mission Accomplished” or the Brazilian contingent, MINUSTAH’s largest, is urgently needed in the streets of Rio de Janeiro.

Contact Joseph at djougan@yahoo.com

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New Foreign Policy for a New Century WASHINGTON - So this is supposed to be a ”new world” after the fall elections.

So we were told we will be seeing daring new policies for everything - from the Tea Partiers' domestic policies to the Obama foreign policy. So, what are we seeing?

Well, forget the old attempts at elegance and dignity in foreign policy. We are seeing something not exactly coherent or commonsensical.

Take first the administration's new policy on Israel and the Palestinians, and the peace process that has stretched out such a long time that one could wonder if it actually started with the Queen of Sheba. After nearly two long years of proclaiming the Middle East his primary quest for peace, President Obama -- and perhaps even more so, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- has come out with a policy so devoid of common sense as to make any reasonably intelligent person tremble with disbelief.

In mid-November, the ”American proposal” emerged from the Clinton State Department after perhaps too many meetings with ultra-rightist Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Under what might better be called the ”Israeli proposal,” Israel would freeze settlement activity in the West Bank -although not in East Jerusalem, where the Palestinians have always planned to have their capital, and FOR ONLY 90 DAYS! In return, Israel would receive F-35 jets worth $3 billion, a pledge by Americans to veto Palestinian efforts to gain statehood recognition through the U.N. for at least a year and - most important - assurances that the Obama administration would not press Israel for any further settlement moratorium.

Think about this! The United States is or was supposed to be - the infinitely stronger state of the two. Israel is dependent upon Washington. We are talking about a peace process to help them, not us. Yet the administration not only overwhelmed Israel with military goodies, but promised,

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after 90 days, to not press Israel again to stop building settlements. So all Israel has to do is filibuster or sabotage the negotiations for 90 days and - bingo! - it's all over.

Is it possible that our secretary of State and others around here and in the White House could be so naive as to not understand this example of rudimentary Machiavellianism?

Next we have the new release of a quarter-million (yep, and that's a lot!) supersensitive American diplomatic documents through this strange Australian-formed group WikiLeaks. From what I hear, since I haven't exactly had time to read the quarter-million, quite a bit is revealed.

The documents show how Arab leaders were largely in agreement with Israel in wanting to curb Iran's nuclear development, even if it involved military actions.

One cable showed that U.S. intelligence believes Iran has obtained from North Korea, another nuclear threat, powerful missiles able to attack European capitals.

But my favorite is one from April 2008,

which has Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah telling the U.S. to ”cut off the head of the snake,” the snake, of course, being Iran.

Just as we were trying to pull all of this together in our addled brains - and trying to figure out just what terrible things the new Tea Party members of Congress are going to do in foreign policy - here come the North Koreans, bombing a South Korean island near the parallel that divides the two countries. It is horrible, it is tragic, and it makes you want to take out Pyongyang (although it's probably not worth it), but it is also what North Korea's great-and/ or-dearest-beloved-leader-of-the-moment can be depended upon to do about every two years. It is sort of a reminder that he is still around.

This time, as in previous altercations between North and South, American commentators on television widely used the situation to make the point that we were incapable of responding to the attack on the island because North Korea is a nuclear state. And everyone nodded, except me.

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There are many other ways that the West, or South Korea or Japan or China, can respond. Most appropriate would be to respond in kind, in a manner of approximately the same size and proportion. But once the word ”nuclear” comes into the conversation, the entire conversation has changed.

And last there is a very different kind of ”foreign policy” problem - it IS a foreign policy problem, and very probably the worst and most dangerous of all. This is the newest case of an Arab-American - in this case, as in so many others, a SomaliAmerican brought here out of the famine and destruction of war as a kindly gesture - trying to wipe out as many Americans as possible.

Not only was 19-year-old Mohamed Osman Mohamud arrested in Portland, Ore., for attempting to use a cell phone to set off explosives stored in a white van, he attempted to do it in the city's most famous public square, during a Christmas gathering.

So we start with the old-style foreign policy questions, with the onerous one of how to make peace between two traditional nations or peoples who seem eternally to hate each other, then we move to North Korea and those wars that never give up.

But we end with new forms, whose antiheroes are disillusioned young men filled with rage even against a country that so innocently brought them from those distant, different Somalias in order to ”help” them.

These antiheroes - or ”terrorists,” as they are more commonly called today - will not be the only internal ”foreign” threat to Americans, but they are certainly here to stay in this traumatically changed world.

We are all going to have to stretch our human understanding to deal with the old foreign world of violence and the strange and threatening new one that we barely know, but which is right here next door.

Conservatives vs. Liberals: Before you Indoctrinate Your Kids, Read this Montclair, N.J. – Without intending to, I've indoctrinated my kids.

I first realized it a few years ago. Seeing a bumper sticker that read ”No Hope in Dope,” my then-8-year-old asked, ”Is that about Bush?”

It happened in the most natural way.

They heard me OPINION groaning at every word and deed of that ”misunderestimated” president, and absorbed my attitude until they could mimic it perfectly.

I'm glad my children share my political orientation, but it bothers me when I hear them unthinkingly mock and dismiss the other side – as when my son recently said, ”If Republicans want smaller government, they should quit their jobs in Congress.”

Lately, I've found myself in the odd position of explaining and even justifying the conservative point of view on taxes, abortion, and regulation of private enterprise, just so my children will understand that people have reasons for their beliefs, even if we disagree.

Related: Could TV's 'Mad Men' heal America's culture wars?

To my amazement, I've found that some of my political opposites' ideas make sense. This doesn't mean I've reversed my thinking, but it's eye-­opening. If you shut out the noise of talk radio and your own unshakable faith, you can find persuasive arguments on both sides of the divide.

Here are a few that I came up with: On the social safety netThe conservative view • People are responsible for themselves – and, given the chance, they're capable of supporting themselves and their families. If the government makes a practice of providing for people (with welfare, for example), they become dependent and lose their will to work. Nothing could be more destructive to the health of our society.

The liberal view • There are people in this country who struggle to put food on the table or can't afford medical care. A civilized society would try to help them, instead of leaving them to fend for themselves. (Someday, the one who needs a helping hand may be you, or someone you love.)

On taxesThe liberal view • We aren't isolated individuals strug-

gling for survival: We live together, in a society. And membership in a society that makes wealth possible comes with obligations. Those who benefit most from our freedoms must contribute their fair share to help support and protect our society.

The conservative view • Private property means that what belongs to you is yours; if the government confiscates it, that's tyranny. Our most productive citizens – the top 10 percent of earners – already pay 68 percent of taxes collected. These rates should be cut, not raised.

On the role of governmentThe conservative view • Governments tend to grow like snowballs rolling downhill. We must work to reverse this trend, or the government will expand and intrude on our lives even more than it does now.

• ”That government is best which governs least.” This means letting the free market do its work without a heavy hand trying to direct or restrain it.

• The legitimate functions of federal government are to provide national security through a strong defense and to protect

individual freedoms.

The liberal view • Our government's job is to solve problems that private institutions aren't solving – and there's no shortage of problems that need addressing.

• Large corporations, if unregulated, will do anything to maximize profits. Even the most cour­ageous individual can't prevent corporate abuses; only the government has the power to do that.

• If the government can help create job opportunities during a time of high unemployment, that's a perfect use of tax dollars.

On overcoming racial discriminationThe liberal view • The difference in income between white people and African-Americans is still significant and directly linked to centuries of oppression. We haven't overcome the legacy of slavery yet. There's a long way to go.

The conservative view • Current law protects equal rights for all races, and it's up to individuals to work see VIEWS on page 23

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Canadian Aid to Haiti Gets Mixed Results For months, Humanity First Canada's shipments to help Haitians affected by the earthquake have languished at a Port-auPrince port, racking up storage fees as the company fills out costly paperwork and pays taxes. ”We were trying to help the people in Haiti, and the government itself is making problems,” said Hassam Naeem, the agency's logistics director.

Naeem is in Haiti for the third time trying to free the shipments. Each day that passes, the port charges him an additional $20 storage fee for each of two large containers there and is seeking thousands of dollars in taxes. ”They're trying to get as much money out of our pockets as possible,” said Naeem, who worries the funds are lining the pockets of officials.

Where's the aid?

Canadians generously opened their wallets after the Jan. 12 earthquake devastated

Haiti, a Caribbean nation that remains the poorest in the Western hemisphere. Individuals donated a total of $220 million to Canadian charities, an amount matched by the federal government.

About one-third — $146 million — went to emergency shelter, medical aid, water and sanitation in the immediate aftermath, but a large portion of the total $440 million has yet to be spent.

Ten months later, the slow pace of progress worries some people who want to help Haitians.

Martine Ste. Victoire is among those feeling disillusioned. The Montreal woman organized several big fundraisers for aid agencies, including the Red Cross, but stopped in March. ”The reason why I stopped doing fundraisers is I didn't know where the money went.”

Ste. Victoire says she asked the Red Cross for a breakdown of how the money

American Red Cross Commits Additional $2 Million to Combat Cholera in Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The American Red Cross announced Nov. 29 it is committing an additional $2 million to combat an escalating cholera epidemic in Haiti that has killed more than 1,700 people and sickened more than 75,000.

The funds will be used to purchase much-needed supplies, including 40 million chlorine tabs, 3 million pieces of soap, and 140,000 oral rehydration solution sachets, as well as tens of thousands of buckets, jerry cans and water purification sachets. These items will be distributed in coming weeks.

The new contribution increases the total American Red Cross support for the cholera response to date to more than $3.3 million. The American Red Cross contribution is part of a broad response to the cholera outbreak by the global Red Cross network, which includes hygiene promotion, water and sanitation services and provision of medical supplies. ”This multi-faceted response is urgently needed to save lives,” said David Meltzer, senior vice president of International

Services at the American Red Cross. ”The Red Cross is engaged on multiple levels from leading cholera prevention activities in camps such as hygiene promotion to educate thousands of Haitian earthquake survivors, to funding treatment facilities and bringing desperately needed supplies into Haiti. And we are prepared to do much more in the days and weeks to come.”

Since the cholera outbreak began last month, the American Red Cross has provided 5,000 cots for use in health centers operated by Partners in Health, Project Medishare and the Haitian Ministry of Health. At the request of the Haitian Ministry of Health, the American Red Cross has also purchased 250,000 sachets of oral rehydration solution, an essential supplement to combat the rapid dehydration from cholera which can lead to a patient's death.

As the number of cholera cases grows, the Red Cross is trying to prevent the crisis from crossing borders. ”We are deeply concerned about the possible spread of cholera beyond Haiti and see RED CROSS on page 23

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was spent, but the information wasn't detailed enough for her. ”Anybody who is giving money to an NGO has the right to demand to see where it goes.”

Additional frustrations, she says, were the share of donations spent on salaries, the inefficiencies in relief efforts and the lack of local help on projects.

Jim Scott, president of the Windsor, Ont.-based company Ground Effects Inc., is in a similar boat. He says he gave up trying to get shipments into Haiti. About 380 of his temporary housing units arrived in March and sat at the airport until June.

There were plans to send 10,000 units and train 150 Haitians in how to assemble them. Instead 20 Haitians were trained and 380 units assembled. ”What we thought was going to be a two-year project in Haiti was a two-month project,” he says.

Scott's company, which started up a year ago, sells its housing units to Angola and Sri Lanka and is trying to secure a contract in Senegal. Haiti, by comparison, was ”3,000 times more difficult,” to get products into, he says.

Pre-earthquake, more than 10,000 nongovernmental organizations were operating in Haiti, according to the World Bank.

It's the second highest number of NGOs per capita after India.

It's unknown how many have flooded into the country since the quake. Some NGOs are well-established in the country, while a number of Christian missions and small groups dot the landscape.

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Nigel Fisher, a Canadian who heads United Nations humanitarian efforts.

Getting results Critics say the patchwork of agencies working single-mindedly on their own projects causes a lack of co-ordination and focus in relief efforts, hindering a rapid response. Meanwhile, the government is criticized for slow action on reconstruction and on the cholera epidemic.

Karen Huxter, a Newfoundland woman running an orphanage and school in rural Artibonite province, thinks her smallproject approach gets results and is more accountable. ”You'll see photos, you'll get reports and see AID on page 17

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Paj Kreyòl Ayisyen

December 1-7, 2010

Dèyè Konbit Kont Kolera / Jounalis Kont Leta (2) Pawòl Gen Pawòl Avèk Wozvèl Jan — Batis Ann kontinye ak diferan entèvansyon Prezidan Preval pandan emisyon Konbit Kont Kolera a: “Mwen wè que du kote Leta a, du kote gouvènman an, g’on atitud de defans, de ‘se pa wmen menm’, ‘se pa konnye a’, ‘se pa mwen k reskonsab’. M kwè que gen on gwo reyalite, fò n ad­mèt reyalite a jan l ye a. Si n ap pale de, jodi a n ap pale de kolera, ann pale de kolera. Si n pral pa­le de edukasyon, si n pral pale de elektrisite, si nou pral pale de wout, si nou pral pale de agri­kul­tu, nou pral konstate ke dan tout domèn sa yo Leta a fèb. Jodi a, ann pa di… se on konsta que Leta fèb. Li fèb, e se pou sa nou gen pwoblèm sa a. Konnye a, kouman n ap atake pwoblèm lan. M ap pran on egzanp: genyen siklòn ki sot pase la a, m monte m pran avyon, m monte m desann; yo di : “Ah! Le président est aux commandes!” Se pa jodi a, se pa paske m monte avyon an non, se paske depuis un an, depuis un an et demi, depi apre siklòn lan, yo ouvri Lakent, yo fè de tra­vaux de protection de berge ki fè que menm dlo ou wè ki vini nan siklòn lan pa fè on kantite de­ga. Donk se ann aksepte situation an

jan l ye a. Enjenyè, ou pa gen pou ou gen on atitud d’au­to-défense. Se sa l ye! Ou fèk pran chaj ou, men tout tuyo pete. Pa t gen dlo: èske nan senk an ou ka bay tout peyi a dlo? Ou pa kapab! Men fò ou kapab gen kouraj pou ou di, menm dlo tiyo a pa bwè l, e keu se travay n ap travay. Que nan sante, que nan edukasyon, que nan kou­ran, keu nan agrikultu, ekstera, il faut que l’état continue de se renforcer. Cette attitude d’au­to-défense, m panse se li ki pi nuizib. Te gen on medikaman ki te anpwazone timoun, il y a peut être 5-6 ans de cela, le ministre de la santé publique lors, m di msyeu, ou konn sa k pase, m ap anplwaye, m ap peye on avoka pou li pou li asiyen Leta ayisyen. Li di kòman, yo pral mete m nan prizon? M di se pa ou non, Leta ayisyen.

Msye di men m fèk monte, m di se pa ou non, se Leta ayisyen. L’état haïtien aurait dû avoir un laboratoire qui contrôle tous les médicaments… Men li menm, li pran bagay la poutèt pa l, kòmsi se li k res­konsab dèske Leta pa t mete on laboratwa. Fò nou pa gen atitud defansiv sa a, e m kwè tou c’est pas le moment de dé­cou­vrir qu’Haïti est un pays sousdéveloppé, sinon nou pa t ap gen kolera.”

Etan Makis ap poze direktè SMCRS la on kesyon, Prezidan an reponn: —“Polemon di ou nan ki eta l te jwenn SMCRS la… Nou fèk achte 490 poubèl de 4 mèt kib, 490 poubèl de 4 mèt kib. Le problème, sèke poubèl la la, non sèlman yo met dife ladan l, men po­ubèl la la, yo

pa jete fatra a ladan l. E semèn sa a, n ap dispatch 600 poubèl Okap Ayisyen.

[L ap pale ak Polemon: –Ou resevwa poubèl yo deja? –Y ap vini. –Ou gen kamyon yo deja? –4 ka­myon apeprè.]

Kòmantè Prezidan an: 4 kamyon a bèn konpaktris! Okap, Gonayiv, Jakmèl, Fò Li­bète, Miragwàn, toupatou, e demen n ap resevwa dis lòt kamyon. Sepandan gen on bagay si­twa­yen: poubèl la la, sa n te blije fè, se anplwaye on moun ki pou ret bò kot poubèl la, ki pou pran fatra a pou remete l nan poubèl la.”

On lòt kesyon Makis: “Èske nou eseye fè on etid pou n konnen pou ki sa moun yo fè sa a? Msye Po­le­mon, ou pa janm eseye konnen pou ki sa moun lan pa vle met fatra a nan poubèl la, se a tè l me­te l.

Pou ki sa l fè sa?”

Polemon: Se on pwoblèm de sansibilizasyon. E ansuit… pwoblèm de kowèsisyon. Ilfoke gen represyon. [Kòmantè Makis: Vwala! Paske, Prezidan Preval pa renmen tande mo sa a.] M kon­nen l pa renmen tande l. Definitivman…[Makis: Prezidan Preval li menm, li konte sou edika­syon, men m toujou di pa ka gen edikasyon san sanksyon. Monsieur le Président?]

Preval: “Ou parfètman gen rezon, men met on polisye devan chak poubèl, devan 490 poubèl, e nou pral gen on eleksyon la a, nou pa menm gen 9 mil polisye: gen 10 mil sant, 10 mil biwo d vòt, anplis de sa fò yo pwoteje jounalis yo. Sitiyasyon an vrèman difisil, men ilfo … efò k fèt, nou

sot resevwa 490 poubèl la a, ke n mete nan tout ri yo, les provinces viennent de recevoir 600 poubelles et nou espere que ce changement continuera avec la continuité. Se sa nou rele konti­nui­te a wi.

Kontinue mete poubèl, kèlkeswa prezidan k vini an, kontinue met poubèl.”

Pyès jounalis pa di anyen sou koze ‘kontinuite’ a, yo kite prezidan an fè kanpay li, pandan Kon­bit Kont Kolera a, pou kandida li… Jaki Kantav kontinye ak kesyon yo: —“On kesyon toujou nan kesyon fatra a: Gen poubèl la se youn, ranmase poubèl la, se on lòt, nan kote n al jete fatra a, li menm tou, l enpòtan. M kwè gen on sèl dechaj pou tout zòn metwo­po­li­tèn la, se Twitye. Èske selon ou menm, èske Leta ayisyen panse ke sit dechaj sa a, li ta bon nan zòn ki pwoteje, kote ke… anpeche popilasyon an moun ap viv tou pre li, e èske tretman de­chè a li byen fèt?”

Se Prezidan an ki reponn ankò: “Genyen minis travo piblik la k ap ba ou meyè repons, paske gen travay k ap fèt sou Twitye konnye a. Il faut la gestion du site aussi. Lè kamyon an parèt, li lage l devan sit la, kamyon an pa ka avanse, konnye a genyen on betonaj k ap fèt nan wout lan pou travèse sit la, enteryè dechaj la pou al mete l nan fon…” Èske, apa Prezidan an, gen lòt fonksyonè Leta ki gen anyen pou yo di nan sa k ap pase nan peyi a? Kote Premye Minis la?

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The Haitian Times

December 1-7, 2010

Haiti elections: Post-Vote Violence Reported

(AP) Protesters demanding cancellation of Haiti's weekend presidential election have clashed with UN peacekeepers, the United Nations mission and Haitian radio reported.

Radio Kisekya said at least 15 people had been injured in two days of demonstrations north of the capital.

UN police sent reinforcements Tuesday but had no reports of injuries, police spokesman Jean-Francois Vezina said.

Rampant disorganisation and allegations of fraud hang over Sunday's critical vote for president, a third of the Senate and all of the lower house.

The winner of the presidential race will have to deal with Haiti's crushing poverty, a cholera epidemic that has killed more than 1,700 people and post-earthquake reconstruction - including overseeing billions of promised aid dollars from the United States and other nations. Violent protests that caused several deaths occurred across northern Haiti before the election, fed by suspicions shared by public health experts that the cholera epidemic was caused by a contingent of UN peacekeepers.

While votes were still being cast Sunday, nearly all the major presidential candidates alleged government-backed hopeful Jude

Celestin was benefiting from fraud and called for the election to be cancelled.

On Monday, however, leading contenders Mirlande Manigat and Michel Martelly backtracked and said the vote should stand.

Radio Kiskeya said that most of the people protesting Tuesday in St. Marc were supporters of Manigat. A powerful senator also led pro-Manigat protests farther north in Gonaives.

Martelly told supporters in a Tuesday address: ”We will win this battle. Stay mobilised.” Haiti's provisional electoral council said problems were limited and called the election a success. Organisa-

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tion of American States observers acknowledged many voters had been disenfranchised by disorganisation, intimidation and violence but called the vote valid.

But a delegation of US Congress members led by Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina voiced ”serious concerns” about the election. ”We urge the US government, the OAS and the UN to give full consideration to the charges of fraud and abuse and to await the result of any investigation before passing judgment on the conduct of Haiti's elections,” the legislators said in a statement Tuesday.

How Online Classrooms Are Helping Haiti Rebuild Its Education System When University of the People founder Shai Reshef welcomed 16 Haitian students to their first day of class on a recent Thursday, he told them that life might prevent some of them - as it does students in every part of the world -from completing their degrees at the free, online university.

“They looked at me and said, you just don’t understand,” Reshef says. ”We cannot drop out. We have to finish it. That’s our lives. It’s like dying if we don’t graduate.”

Haitians have good reason for thinking of education a bit differently than much of the rest of the world. In a country where just over fifty percent of the population meets the CIA World Factbook's definition of 87% of the country's institutions of higher learning, it became even more precious.

While reconstructing the destroyed universities is a long-term task, University of the People is hoping to give Haitian students a way to continue their educations before it's completed. By opening a center where students can take advantage

of the scarce electricity, computers, and Internet connection required to enroll in the University of the People's free online courses, the organization hopes to not only ease Haiti's current woes, but also help build its future.

Joining the Global Classroom Since last Thursday, two shifts of students have been filtering in and out of the student computer center. The first group of eight comes from 8:00 a.m. to noon. The second group stays from noon to 4:00 p.m.

Some of them travel as much as an hour and a half each way to attend, walking up to 30 to 45 minutes from their homes to get to a road where they can take a shared taxi or ”tap-tap.”

The students have all passed the same tests and application process as their 700 peers from 100 different countries who are also enrolled in University of the People, and when they log into their classrooms, it's with these peers - not the other students in their physical proximity - that they're learning with. Because of this global environment, all of the courses are taught in

Diaspora

The Organisation of American States and the Caribbean Community, the two groups here to observe the election, said that voting was affected by intimidation, pre-filled ballot boxes being brought by party officials to polling stations and disorganisation on a grand scale, but that in spite of such issues the end result should not be affected.

Haitians in the diaspora agree that it will be the resiliency of the Haitian people - in Haiti and in the diaspora -- that will propel Haiti out of its incessant misery. What is need now is for Haiti's leaders to embrace such a basic notion.

“It will be the end of exclusion of many Haitians, said Dr Faustin.

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gripped nation.

Unoffical figures put the musician Michel ”Sweet Micky” Martelly and the former first lady Mirlande Manigat at 39% and 31% respectively, with the preferred candidate of previous president René Préval , Jude Celestin, on 12%. Any form of official results are not expected for weeks.

Both had previously joined nine other candidates who denounced the election as a sham and called for any result to be null and void. Both subsequently reversed their positions as their ratings seemingly improved.

English.

University of the People currently offers associate and bachelor degrees in computer science and business. Courses are 10 weeks long, and they're each taught by one of more than 2,000 volunteers (”not a bad teacher to student ratio for a university,” Reshef jokes). Students have weekly reading assignments, homework, and quizzes.

At the end of each course, there's an exam that contributes to their final scores.

While these new students have always been eligible to enroll in the university, there were other restrictions before the center was built. According to Lubin Charles, the administrator at the center, Internet connections in Haiti can cost as much as $60 USD for one month.

The Impact of Online Study A report that the Inter-university Institute for Research and Development (INURED) wrote about higher education in post-earthquake Haiti noted ”braindrain” as one of the biggest challenges for Haiti's future. ”An uncalculated number of professors,

professionals and students have fled Haiti after the earthquake, contributing to the brain-drain of a critically needed people for the country,” the report states. ”Most of the fellowships and scholarships granted to Haiti will compound the emigration of Haitian scholars to foreign countries.”

One of the advantages of online education is that the students can access quality education while in Haiti. ”Unlike those who leave to the states to study - which if they succeed in doing so, they never return - we want to keep them [in Haiti].

University of the People has partnered with the Haitian Connection Network, an NGO that has been in Haiti for more than a decade. The organization helped the university set up the infrastructure, and they will also help students find jobs in Haiti or internet jobs with international companies once they've completed their degrees.

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2010 Haitian Election

Election photos from Haiti by William Farrington

Candidate Michel Martelly and Charles Henry Baker leading the crowd as Haitians shout slogans to protest against the elections in Port-au-Prince November 28, 2010.

Why?

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Haiti Grassroots Watch asked Anselme Remy, a 25-year professor at the State University of Haiti (UEH) and former member of Mouvement Ouvriers Paysan (MOP) party. Remy – who spent over 20 years in exile the US and who was professor at Northeastern State University, Clark and Fisk universities as well as the University of the District of Columbia – has been involved with progressive movements in Haiti since the 1950s.

Remy was part of team that surrounded the 18-day Daniel Fignolé government in 1957, was chased into exile in the 1960s, was part of the Lavalas movement in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and because of his defense of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and constitutional order, was beaten badly during the 1991-1994 coup. Reny was also president of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) in 1994 and 1995.

Remy disagreed with Granderson’s assessment.

“Granderson is an employee, a parrot. He’s repeating the formula they have given him,” he said.

“There have been so many elections now, I’ve stopped counting.

But these kinds of elections are a waste of time, a waste of money, and they represent an anti-national compromise,” he added.

“What they are calling ‘democracy’ is just a carnival which permits those who have money, or access to money, to exploit the misery and the ignorance of the people…

Those 19 carnival bands [the 19 presidential candidates] will do the same thing as their predecessor. There won’t be any difference. It’s as if I showed you this house and I said that every

five years I gave it a new coat of paint… You can’t tell me it’s a new house. It’s the same house.”

Remy, who teaches anthropology and sociology, explained that the type of democracy being promoted in Haiti is typically called “bourgeois democracy.”

Whereas there are “thousands and thousands of ways for people to choose their representatives,” in bourgeois democracy, participation is limited to voting that occurs every two or four or five years.

“There is the appearance that it is ‘free,’ that everyone is ‘equal,’ but in fact, we are in a class society, and not everyone has the same access to resources, nor do they have the same capacity or access to power…

“The current elections offer a classic example of bourgeois democracy. There are a series of qualifications you need to fulfill to participate that show clearly the class character. For example to be [presidential] candidate, you need give a deposit of 500,000 gourdes… about US $12,000.

That’s a fortune in Haiti! …

“This means that the day I become president, I don’t represent the people who voted for me; I am governing for the people who gave me the 500,000 gourdes.”

That system of campaign finance is already well underway in the US, where candidates and parties accept millions of dollars from corporations and banks in order to finance their campaigns.

Senate candidates now regularly spend US$50 million, and in the 2008 race, Barack Obama spent $740 million.

Remy called the US elections system “even more obscene” than what is happening in Haiti… so far, at least.

The story was first appeared on Ayitijekale.com

Residents in Port-au-Prince line up to cast their ballots in Haiti’s presidential and legislative elections in Port-au-Prince November 28, as polling stations struggled to open.

New York Diaspora Called Haiti Election Fraudulent

By Darlie Gervais Haitian Times Staff

NEW-YORK-Frustrations grew among Haitians in New York as local radio reported a majority of the Nov. 28 presidential candidates, including leading candidate Mirlande Manignat, demanded to cancel the elections due to the alleged irregularities.

At the crowded Salon D’or D’Haiti on Flatbush and Ditmas people gestured, raised their voice and

walked up and down the room as they voiced their anger.

“Preval must go to jail,” said an agitated Renan Saintilmont. “We don’t want the elections with [President] Préval.”

“It is a sad day for the country, we all expected something better,” said Patrick Morisseau a member of Friends of Haiti 2010 which organized a symbolic vote in New York Haitian Diaspora Nov. 28 Haiti held on Nov. 28 presidential and legislative elections. About 4.7 million Haitians were summoned to vote in a new president, 99 deputies and 11 senators.

The elections were closed in the afternoon amid denouncements of electoral irregularities.

As the broadcast continue during the night reactions were getting shriller and disappointment were seen on the face of those who work hard to send money home. All critics were being directed against the current president Rene Preval and his chosen successor Jude Celestin.

“How can Rene Preval think he can put his son-

Haitians debating about Haitian Election at the Salon D’ or D’ Haiti.

Photos by Nathaniel Adams

Patrons at the Original Barbershop sharing their views on Haiti election.

in-law to replace him?” Albaner Cherenfant said.

Celestin is the most well-funded candidate so far, who heads the state-run construction company. Many feel he has much to gain from the incoming cash which has been promised to rebuild the impoverished nation. Critics talk about the possible corruption in the rebuilding process should Celestin be chosen as president.

On election night protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against Fraud and polling place disorganization.

At Original Barbershop across from Salon D’or D’Haiti the conversation was about the election but heads were calmer.

“I had never thought that this election would have move Haiti forward,” Clifford Mombrun said. If we don’t stop the corruption nothing will change.

Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) said on Sunday night that irregularities in elections during the day were small and not enough to cancel the results.

Pierre-Louis Opont, CEP’s director general, said that among the 1,500 electoral centers, only 56 had to be closed during the elections on Sunday.

He also said that the call for nullifying the election results by most of the presidential candidates was not an official demand.

According to Opont, canceling 56 centers out of 1,500 is not enough to cancel the elections, whose second leg will be held on Jan. 16, 2011.

As long as we have the MINUSTAH, the Preval Administration and this CEP the elections will always be fraudulent,” Cherenfant said.

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Celestin’s yellow and green posters and banners blanketed the capital city and the countryside. Bankrolled with more than $2 million war chest, he got the endorsement of Roots, Konpa and many other musicians who wrote little ditties for Celestin and recorded endorsement messages that filled the airwaves up until Friday the last day that candidates were legally allowed to campaign.

But Celestin, whose educational background and personal foibles – he is alleged to have fathered 13 children with eight different women – became too much to overcome and Martelly emerged as the favorite son as the other candidates fizzled.

At least a week ago, polls, showed former First Lady, Mirlande Manigat with a steady lead over the other 18 presidential candidates. Celestin was in second place with Jean-Henry Ceant and Martelly behind.

But many political experts had questioned these numbers because Manigat, a political scientist and a eminent intellectual, did not appear to connect with the urban poor, which is the bellwether in Haitian politics.

“What tanked her is that Martelly publicly accused her of taking money and materiel from Preval,” said Claude Roumain, a long time political operative who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2006.

“That’s not true. But you know it doesn’t matter for the people. Preval see in her as someone who he can do business with unlike the other candidate.”

Roumain said that Preval’s bitterest of opponents have called for his arrest or exile for fraud and other misdeeds. That has shaken the lame duck president who has repeatedly said that he has no intentions of living in exile.

On Sunday morning despite the problems at the polls, the streets remain calm and there were few incidents. But when it became apparent that the disorganization was widespread, tensions rose a bit

and United Nations troops and Haitian National Police officers were dispatched throughout the capital to monitor protests.

There were reports of shooting in the southern city of Aquin, leaving two dead and a dozen wounded, according to Radio Signal FM. International observers estimated that less than 30 percent of the four million people registered actually voted on Sunday. About 200,000 people of voting age died during the earthquake and another half a million is estimated to have left Haiti since then. Thousands have left in the last week to avoid the anticipated violence.

The United States embassy here urged American citizens to leave the country before the vote.

Still, the Provisional Electoral Council, or CEP as its known by its French acronym, declared the vote a “success” and said that the results will be released within a week or so, as scheduled. “We’re going to look in a case by case the places where there were problems,” said Pierre-Louis Opent, the CEP executive director. “In 48 to 72 hours we will decide what to do.

During the voting fever of the day, some voters didn’t find their voting stations.”

Martelly, who promised to keep his supporters on the streets, called the elections an electoral coup d’etat and said he will contest the elections if he is not declared the winner.

Holding these elections, which cost roughly $30 million, has been a source of contention among many people who wanted a provisional government rather than a vote when it was clear that the vote will be marred by logistics and other operational problems with much of the schools and other buildings that are used as voting stations were destroyed during the earthquake. Furthermore, the voting rank has been decimated because of death and departure after the earthquake.

But with more than$10 billion pledged for reconstruction, most foreign governments wanted a legitimately elected government with which to work and rebuild the destroyed capital city.

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Prescription

By Dr. Gerald W. Deas

Late for Church, A Stroke of God On a Sunday morning several years ago, just as my wife and I were leaving for church, I received a phone call from one of my dear patients, who stated that her husband had had a stroke. I said I’d be right over. We were already late for church, and this had to come first.

As I entered my patient’s home, I found her husband lying unconscious in bed.

I immediately took his blood pressure and pulse, which were stable. He did not respond to painful stimuli and showed no sign of respiratory distress. I advised his wife that he needed to be hospitalized immediately, and that I would call the ambulance.

While we waited for the ambulance to arrive, I asked his wife whether he had recently fallen. She thought for a while and stated that a few days ago, while going downstairs to the basement, he had struck his head. This was evident by a prominent swelling. She also told me that he had complained about a headache and dizziness for the past few days, and that his symptoms were not relieved by aspirin.

The ambulance arrived and he was taken to the hospital. After appropriate x-rays, it was decided that he had a subdural hemorrhage. Neurosurgeons were consulted, and he was taken immediately to the operating room to remove the blood that was causing pressure on the brain.

Fortunately, he recovered and was sent home from the hospital with minimal neurological impairment.

According to the government’s Centers for Disease Control, one out of three Americans age 55 and older suffers a fall each year, and of the approximately 18,000 who fall, 46 percent die from traumatic brain injuries. There are many things that can cause elderly patients to fall, and usually they are found in the home.

A great number of home accidents happen during the pre-holiday season.

No matter how old mom and pop may be, they still think they can climb walls and hang on chandeliers. I would suggest that seniors heed the following suggestions if they want to enjoy the holidays outside of the hospital: When the doorbell or phone rings, just take your time and walk. If it’s important, the person will either wait at the door or phone you again.

Don’t wear sloppy shoes or slippers that can get caught on rugs and uneven floorboards.

Don’t wear oversized, long robes that can get caught under your feet, causing you to trip.

Take up all those extra “throw rugs” on the floor. They are nothing but “foot catchers” that can cause you to trip.

Wear shoes with flat heels and rubber soles and make sure they fit well.

If your medication makes you feel dizzy, tell your doctor to change it. Whatever you do, don’t take the medicine before walking down stairs.

A “little” alcohol with medication can make you a “little” drunk and you can lose your balance and fall. So, be careful with that holiday toddy.

When you arise from bed, take it easy and adjust your balance before walking.

Make sure that your eyeglasses are properly adjusted to your changing vision.

Be sure to have night lights on in the hall and in the bathroom if you must get up at night.

Be careful walking on highly waxed floors and other slippery surfaces. If you have a cane or walker, use it.

Don’t climb up on stools and ladders trying to do the impossible. Get those grandchildren over; they’ll help you.

I hope that these suggestions will help make your holiday season happy, enjoyable, and full of fun by saving you from unnecessary injury.

Oh, by the way, my wife and I did get to church in time to hear the sermon and enjoy the blessing of the Christmas message.

For more health tips and access to an online community of physicians and other healthcare professionals visit: DrDeas.com

Diet Drug Faces U.S. Test after Rivals Fall Short WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The last of a trio of diet drug hopefuls faces scrutiny next week, after two rivals failed to convince U.S. regulators that marginal weight loss associated with their drugs made up for major health risks.

Orexigen Therapeutics, which has partnered with Takeda Pharmaceutical, is hoping its experimental obesity drug Contrave can tap into the potentially huge U.S. market, where two out of three Americans are overweight.

Safety and other issues dogged candidates from Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc and Vivus Inc earlier this year, and Wall Street and other experts have mixed views on whether Orexigen faces any better odds. ”I don't give it a lot of hope that it will get a positive recommendation,” said Washington Analysis Corp's Ira Loss, citing potentially sidelining side effects such as suicidal behavior and seizures.

Shares of Orexigen are down 22 percent this year amid concerns about the struggling obesity drug sector that has also seen the demise of one already approved product.

If approved, sales could reach more than $1.2 billon by 2018, according to forecasts

by BioMedTracker, part of specialized research and data firm Sagient Research Systems. That would be a big boost to Orexigen and the whole obesity sector, which took in just $381.5 million in 2009, according to data from IMS Health.

On Friday, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff reviewers are due to release their assessment of Orexigen's data, offering a first glimpse into the agency's thinking that is likely to move the biotech's shares.

Outside experts will consider the staff's views as well as Orexigen's perspective at an FDA advisory meeting December 7.

Some analysts, including Jefferies & Co analyst Corey Davis, are more confident in the drug's chances. Orexigen ”is our top small cap pick right now for investors willing to stomach” the uncertainty of FDA's review, he said in a recent note.

Orexigen is hoping to avoid agency concerns about possible serious side effects with Contrave, which combines two medicines already cleared for other uses.

Contrave includes naltrexone, used to fight alcohol and drug addiction, and the antidepressant bupropion. It aims to target cravings, curb appetite and boost metabolism. ”Basically, the studies are good,” said Loss, but at issue is whether FDA panelists who rejected rivals will now accept Contrave's risks as well as the limited 12 months of data.

The FDA will weigh the advisory panel's recommendation in making a final decision, which the company expects by January 31. see DIET DRUG on page 23

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After the Earthquake: Looming AIDS Crisis in Haiti As activists and celebrities get ready to mark World AIDS Day tomorrow, Lisa Armstrong reports from Haiti, and discovers a health disaster in the making.

Nadine and her two young children live in a small tent in Port au Prince, on the plot where their house stood before the earthquake. They don’t have much—the tent is surrounded by rubble and anchored with cracked cement blocks—but the inside is neat. Nadine has set up a double bed and a single mattress, an old television and a fan. The children have adopted two cats, one white, one black. And on afternoons, Nadine’s daughter and her friends sit on the floor of the tent and play cards.

Nadine and her children fled the vast tent city, Champs de Mars, in the fall, after police shot tear gas into the encampment in response to a violent protest. Now, in this little tent, 37-year-old Nadine has tried to create what, in the absence of an actual structure, at least feels like a home for her 7-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son. And while life here is safer and better than it was in the camp, Nadine says that she doesn’t think a new government, or anything else the Haitian people have been promised, will make a difference, particularly for people like her.

Nadine is HIV positive, and according to the United Nations, there are as many as 120,000 people like her in Haiti. Many, like Nadine, have been living under tarps and in tents since the January earthquake that devastated the country—conditions that experts warn could lead to a major health disaster.

Nadine, who doesn’t want her last name used because of the stigma attached to HIV/ AIDS in Haiti, has to worry more than most when she cannot find food or water, or when the rain drips into her tent at night, soaking her clothes. With her weakened immune system, the drastic drop from the day’s blazing heat to the damp could make her catch a cold, and then tuberculosis. She has to have clean water as cholera would quickly kill her. And she needs food to take her anti-retroviral drugs to keep full-blown AIDS at bay.

After her house collapsed during the January earthquake, Nadine first came to Champs de Mars with her children, hoping to find food and shelter. But she wasn’t lucky enough to get a tent or food distribution cards, and ended up living with five

other relatives under a tarp. She and her children often went without food, and the filth, rapes, and other violence in the camp left Nadine with little hope. And fleeing the camp didn’t improve her outlook.

Experts are afraid that with the high rates of rape, prostitution, and promiscuity in the camps, there will be an explosive increase in the number of new HIV infections.

a tent? Nothing. Nothing, no entertainment, nothing. The only thing you can do is sex.

So you have sex.”

Doctors doing HIV testing at a clinic at one of Haiti’s many tent camps are seeing at least 15 to 20 new cases each day in that one camp alone, says Beatrice Dalencourt Turnier, a social mobilization officer at The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/

“Sometimes I feel depressed and I say, well, why don't I go? Why don't I leave this world?” says Nadine. “There is no hope coming, especially for those people like me living with HIV. I thought that the government could help us, but that’s not what happened.”

Haiti used to be a model for combating AIDS. Experts at first thought the epidemic might wipe out a third of the population.

But instead the country became a surprising success story: Thanks to significant financial support from the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief as well as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria prevalence rates fell from 9.4 percent in 1993 to 2.2 percent in 2008.

January’s earthquake, however, destroyed many health facilities, and experts are afraid that with the high rates of rape, prostitution, and promiscuity in the camps, there will be an explosive increase in the number of new HIV infections.

“I think we could well have 200,000 to 300,000 affected by HIV,” says Esther Boucicault, founder of Foundation Esther Boucicault Stanislas, a grassroots HIV/AIDS organization. “Because what can you do in

AIDS. Shortly after the earthquake, Turnier and her team tried to distribute condoms in the camps, but those in charge of the emergency response did not see this as a priority.

“Once somebody has access to food, to water, to shelter, the next need is affection and sex,” says Turnier. “But it's very difficult for people that work in an emergency to understand that. When people are giving out food and you're telling them they need to give condoms, it's like ‘Why do you want to bother me with that?’”

For those already living with HIV, the immediate challenge after the earthquake was getting access to anti-retroviral drugs.

While some of the larger organizations that serve people with HIV were able to resume distribution of the vital drugs in the weeks after the earthquake, many smaller organizations were destroyed, leaving their clients without medication, food, and other services.

Nadine was able to get her medication after four days from one of Haiti’s largest HIV/AIDS organizations, but it has been hard for her to take her twice-daily dosage of drugs because she doesn’t want anyone

to know she is HIV positive, because of the stigma.

“I have to hide myself to take my medication, but finally, when people discover I am taking medicine they ask why. I say I am taking the medicine to have an appetite to eat more,” she says.

Nadine discovered she was HIV positive almost eight years ago, when she was pregnant with her daughter. While her husband initially stayed with her after the diagnosis, he left Nadine and their children three years ago.

She has never had steady work, in part because of the HIV, and now works as a vendor, selling food with her cousin in downtown Port au Prince to earn a little money. However, her family does not know that she is HIV positive, and on the days when she is sick and cannot work, her aunt calls her lazy, and refuses to give her leftover food so that she and her children can eat.

“Some organizations before the quake used to give us money to pay for school for the kids. And also they used to give us some food,” says Nadine. “After the quake they stopped. They say they don’t have money anymore. It’s not good because they know we are not working; that we need money; that we need food.

I don’t have money for school fees, so my children cannot go to school.”

The problem is a simple lack of funding.

The smaller organizations often do not have the connection to international aid sources that some of the larger organizations have.

Boucicault, the AIDS activist who is HIV positive herself, hopes that whoever is elected as the new president of Haiti will do a better job of providing for those living with HIV. If international aid stops flowing, she says, “all the people in Haiti living with HIV will die, because the government has never taken care of them.”

Nadine for her part is gathering the necessary paperwork to immigrate to New York, where her grandmother lives. She knows that it will be difficult, but it is her only source of hope.

“President Obama said that… even though you have HIV you would be able to have your residence in the States,” says Nadine. “In the meantime, I accept the way life is, and my kids also. We have to accept life the way it is.”

The story was first published by the Daily Beast.

Cuba to Send 300 more Health Staff to Haiti Cuban former President Fidel Castro said here on Saturday that his country will ”reinforce” the medical brigade in Haiti with 300 more doctors, nurses and health technicians to fight the cholera epidemic in that Caribbean nation.

The current Cuban health brigade in Haiti is comprised of 965 specialists. ”It was decided by the Cuban Communist Party(CCP) and the Government to reinforce the medical brigade in Haiti with a contingent of Brigada Henry Reeve, consisting of 300 doctors, nurses

and health technicians, to reach the figure of over 1,200 people,” Castro said in a an article published on Saturday.

In the article ”Haiti: underdevelopment and genocide,” the Cuban leader considered ”extremely important to prevent the epidemic from spreading throughtout Latin America and the Caribbean.”

Castro said that nearly 40 percent of Haiti cholera patients have been treated by the 965 Cuban health staff there and stressed that they managed to ”reduce the dead number to less than 1 for every 100 patients.”

Fidel Castro, 84, began writing articles on important world issues in 2006 after handing over power to his brother Raul due to a serious illness.

After a long convalescence, he returned to public life in July holding meetings with intellectuals, journalists, scientists, economists. He has given interviews to several overseas media and published two memoires books about his guerrilla life in the Sierra Maestra.

The story was first published on peopledaily.com.

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The Freedom From Fear Award, a project of Public Interest Projects, is a new national award designed to honor ordinary people who commit extraordinary acts of courage on behalf of immigrants and refugees.

The award seeks to honor unsung heroes and heroines who are not professional advocates. Awardees will be people who have exposed themselves to considerable risk - whether physical, professional, economic, or social - and whose stories have moved others to action or awareness.

Following an open nomination process, fifteen individuals will be chosen in spring 2011 to receive the Freedom From Fear Award and a $5,000 cash prize. Awardees will have the option of assigning the award money to a nonprofit organization of their choice. The Freedom From Fear Award will also create an archive to celebrate the many acts of individual courage that make up the immigrant rights movement. Self-nominations will be accepted with at least two references. Visit the Freedom From Fear Award Web site for complete program information and the nomination form. Contact: Link to Complete RFP. -The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) has announced that this year the government has changed its guidelines on who should get a flu shot to include just about everyone. Also according to the CDC, if you got one or both of the available flu shots last flu season, or you had the flu, you still need to get this seasons shot for protection against this seasons flu. If you are currently sick with a moderate or severe illness like a nasty cold or worse, government health experts advise holding off on getting a flu shot until you are better. The elderly, health workers, and people who have chronic immune disorders such as HIV infection are especially encouraged to get a flu shot.

The guidelines on who should not get vaccinated have not really changed. Children under 6 months of age still should not get a flu shot nor should those who have had a previous allergic reaction to eggs or other vaccine components. Just call your care provider, local board of health, or your job's human resource department. Or check out flu.gov to find flu shot clinic locations and more. But do it soon to avoid catching a nasty case of this season's flu.

-Helen B. Atkinson Health Center will be having mammogram check every First Monday of each month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. In front of CHN's Helen B. Atkinson Health Center, 81 W. 115th Street, New York. These Mammograms will only be for women ages 40 and older, with or without insurance who are New York City residents.

Mobile mammogram unit provided by American Italian Cancer Foundation. To Make An Appointment: Call (212) 426-0088 -The Men's Health Clinic at Helen B. Atkinson Health Center will offer Primary health care services for men in a male-centered environment every first and fourth Saturday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m at the CHN's

Helen B. Atkinson Health Center, 81 W. 115th Street, New York. To Make An Appointment: Call (212) 426-0088 -The Sidney Hillman Foundation is now accepting nominations and submissions for the 2011 Hillman Prizes, which that honor investigative journalism that fosters social and economic justice. The 2011 prizes will be given for work produced, published, broadcast, or exhibited in 2010. Our six categories will include books (non-fiction), reporting in newspaper, magazine, and online (including blogs), film and broadcast journalism (includes television and radio), and photojournalism. Authors, editors, reporters, producers and photo editors are urged to submit nominations now. The contest is open to journalists and subjects globally, although work must be published in the United States. The postmark deadline for ALL nominations and submissions is January 31, 2011. There is no submission fee. A cover letter and four copies of the nominated material are all that are required. For photojournalism entries, we would most like to see tear sheets (photos as they were published), but scanned work on discs is also

acceptable and/or can be supplemental. Please fill out the nomination form on our website. Online and blog entries can be submitted entirely on this form. Winners will be announced in May 2011. Each winner is awarded travel to New York City to receive a $5,000 prize and a certificate designed by New Yorker cartoonist, Edward Sorel, at our cocktail reception and awards ceremony to be held May 19, 2011. Submissions are judged by a distinguished panel of judges: Hendrik Hertzberg, senior editor, The New Yorker, Susan Meiselas, Magnum photographer, Harold Meyerson, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times columnist and editor-at-large, The American Prospect, Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher, The Nation, Rose Marie Arce, senior producer, CNN, and Charles Kaiser, ”Full Court Press,” found on the website of the Sidney Hillman Foundation. Please forward all nominations/ submissions to: Alexandra Lescaze Executive Director, The Sidney Hillman Foundation 49 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10001. For more information call 917-696-2494.

Brooklyn CAMBA will sponsor a World AIDS Day Event called UNIVERSAL ACCESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS on December 1 at the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza from 5:30pm-8:00pm. A theater presentation, music, dance, and refreshments will be followed by a candlelight vigil. Call CAMBA at 718-462-8654 for more information.

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NID-HCA works with your lender to negotiate the best terms available for all parties involved. NID-HCA will discuss extensively with the client issues such as, how to avoid foreclosure, options to foreclosure, communicating with your lender/service, renegotiating your loan terms, managing your debt and re-establishing your credit.

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Bernanke Warns on Long-Term Joblessness NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned on Nov. 30 that a long period of high unemployment could exact a steep social cost, as he and other Fed officials defended the central bank against criticism of its easy money policy.

Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota said the Fed's controversial bond purchase program was

Bernanke also said the elevated jobless rate makes businesses and households reluctant to spend because they are uncertain of future income. needed given a ”troubling” slowdown in U.S. economic growth and too low inflation and employment.

The Fed said earlier this month it would buy $600 billion in Treasury bonds to support a weak economy.

Core inflation has averaged well below the Fed's informal target of about 2 percent and the jobless rate remains stubbornly high. ”There are obviously very severe economic and social consequences from this level of unemployment,” Bernanke said at Ohio State University. ”So getting new jobs, getting unemployment down is of an incredible importance.”

The Fed's purchase program has elicited an unusual amount of criticism both at home and abroad, including that it is deliberately pushing down the dollar and fueling asset bubbles. Some U.S. Republicans have warned the policy will lead to runaway inflation.

Jeffrey Lacker, president of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank and known as an inflation hawk, said the

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you can even go down and be part of it,” Huxter said of her donors.

Since the earthquake, the 65-year-old, fondly nicknamed Helicopter by her staff, has been busy rebuilding and fixing structures on her Hands Across the Sea Haiti Mission compound near Deschapelles. Huxter focuses on hiring local Haitians and keeping children in-country, rather than trying to get them adopted by people in other countries.

All money donated to the Canadian-registered charity goes to the cause specified, says Huxter, unless it sent in as a general donation. ”If I didn't need the whole thing, I would write and say, 'OK,

Fed faces a delicate task of timing the eventual withdrawal of easy money to avoid a run-up in inflation, but that he doesn't yet know when that time will be. ”We've increased the monetary base tremendously, and there is a lot of people that just look at that and jump to the conclusion that hyperinflation is a threat,” Lacker told a panel in New York. ”I think there's a little bit of overreaction, a little bit of hysteria out there” on inflation.

WORRYING LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT Bernanke repeated his argument that action was called for even though the economy has been growing for a year and a half, but he steered clear of any direct comments on U.S. monetary policy.

The high share of workers who have been out of work for six months or longer is troubling, he said, because those workers face a particularly high bar to reentering the labor force both because they lose skills and because employers may question their suitability for employment.

Bernanke also said the elevated jobless rate makes businesses and households reluctant to spend because they are uncertain of future income.

Kocherlakota, for his part, told a symposium in St. Paul, Minnesota, that the Fed's decision to buy more longer-term assets should help reduce real interest rates and ”lead to less unemployment and upward pressure on prices” albeit only modestly.

Kocherlakota, who next year rotates into a voting seat on the Fed's policysetting committee, said the purchases are unlikely to fuel future inflation because the central bank has the tools and the commitment to keep inflation low.

Peter Diamond, whose nomination to the Fed's Board of Governors is awaiting Senate approval, told Reuters Insider in an interview that the Fed's plan was an insurance policy at a time the global economy faces risks.

here's all the bills. This is what it cost. May I use that for something else?'”

For example, about half of the $50,000 donation received from St. John's City Council in late August has already been spent on projects such as rebuilding walls at the school and on a new water tower.

Costs of running her mission, including the school and orphanage, are $12,000 to $15,000 a month. That pays for 11 orphanage staff, eight full-time teachers and 10 part-time teachers at the 303-student school. Huxter doesn't take a salary herself and began the project 10 years ago with $78,000 of her own savings.

Haiti's poor shape before the earthquake — when latrines, sanitation, clean water and other

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

basics were lacking — has complicated efforts to rebuild. The United Nations is trying to tackle those larger issues during reconstruction. ”We're not rebuilding. It's transformation,” says Nigel Fisher, a Canadian who heads United Nations humanitarian efforts. ”It's something new.”

Canadians, he says, should have no doubt their donations make a big difference in establishing basic services and helping people with their daily needs. ”It kept 1.5 million people sheltered. It's kept people from January until now getting regular clean water that's chlorinated …it has enabled people who never had latrines before to have latrines in camps so that you don't get diarrhea.”

The Canadian Red Cross says it has experienced few logistical challenges, thanks to co-operation with the Haitian Red Cross, though there have been backlogs at Customs. Of the $200 million received, Richard Clair, the agency's country representative, says about $71 million has been allocated. ”We're working as fast as we can in the conditions we have,” Clair says. Projects include 353 shelters being built in La Piste area of Port-au-Prince. Deaf, displaced people will be the first to inhabit the five-person homes when a section opens in January.

Clair says a small portion of donations — about five to seven per cent — goes to administrative overhead. Shipping and logistics can be expensive, but he adds

that, ”Those are the costs of business.”

For Karen Huxter, the visibly slow pace of progress in Haiti's capital is frustrating. ”I cannot go to Port-au-Prince without crying … because I don't see any advancement. I don't see where things have changed. So I'm asking the same questions, where is the money?”

But large aid agencies say rebuilding a better Haiti is a longterm commitment that could take a decade or more.

Nigel Fisher of the United Nations urges Canadians to not give up. ”In a sense, stay with us because you don't turn around [a country] overnight.”

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CARIMI and Bisso Na Bisso to Perform at “Stade du Lamentin” Lamentin Stadium in Guadeloupe will be shaking to its foundation on December 10 as thousands fans expect to flock to the dance and cheer for Carimi and Bisso Nabisso. More than twenty five thousand people expect to fill the stadium seats to watch the event as a pre-Christmas show. “It’s unbelievable,” said Martial, “It’s for the first time both bands will perform in Guadeloupe, and everybody is talking about it”

Saint Martin Awaits Barikad Crew Three of Barikad Crew musicians, including Isolan and Fantom have been fired by their manager Youri Chevry for supporting a presidential candidate two weeks before the group travels to Saint-Martin and to Dominica. Youri has said that he did his best to encourage the musicians to avoid political involvement; unfortunately, the demand wasn't met when the musicians showed up at several meetings in support of one presidential candidate. Isolan’s absence would be the end of an era; Barikad Crew could not perform in their up-coming tour. The band is scheduled to play on December 10 at Lakaza in Saint-Martin.

Wyclef Jean Has Joined Michel Martelly in Haiti Protest

Wyclef Jean, world star hip-Hop had joined Presidential candidates Michel Martelly and Charles Henri Baker (from left to right), nov. 28 during a peaceful protest in favor of the cancellation of the elections . After the elections, the popular Wyclef Jean, former lead singer of the Fugees, called for a citizen revolt. The artists take center at the chaotic political scene in Haiti. Sunday was Election Day and twelve candidates who denounce alleged irregularities and massive fraud traveled on foot and in cars to neighborhood streets of Petion-Ville and Delmas. Singer Martelly and businessman Baker led the way standing at the back of a van in the company of the world star hip-hop Wyclef Jean.

KDANS Got its Name Back It comes as no surprise that Still is getting the name of KDANS back. The reason for all that was that is the only way they could get re-booked into the clubs was to rename the band Kdans. “Stil is not a name I feel particularly wonderful about. I feel embarrassed about it because it's not an original name”, one musician said. When choosing the name that’s going to represent you and your music, bands should not take the decision lightly. The moniker is going to follow you wherever you go, and it will be forever associated with any music you release under the name. Jude Jean and Alfred Lataillade are still with the group, but former drummer Ricky Juste is now the second singer.

Belo to Tour Guadeloupe The young Haitian artist Jean Belony Murat, AKA Belo will tour Guadeloupe from December 2nd to 7th . The artist will be performing six new musical pieces from his latest CD that is popular on the island. This kind of opportunity gives the artist a chance to promote Haiti.

Belo spent the month of June in Guadeloupe after the earthquake hit Haiti where he helped establish one of the island’s leading benefit concert. The performances are expected to be appealing to the Guadeloupeans and to the international audience.

A Special Creole BAL Dedicated to Haiti With a circle of musicians associated with Caribbean people living in France and reviving the festive tradition dating back to the 30s (driven by figures as diverse as Stellio or Tabou Combo), the Creole dance music has become a laboratory and a crossroads of initiatives. On December 12, musicians from the Caribbean will present BAL CREOLE at the Belleviloise. Jean-Jean Roosevelt, a young musician from Port-au-Prince and who is an artist in residence in Paris will open the concert for James Germain who just returned from Mali.

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The Santo Domingo Festival, the capital’s feast, will take a place December 5 by 4 p.m.. With meringue, bachata, salsa, pop, ballad, hip hop singers and groups as well as a variety of DJs presenting fusion, “merenhouse,” and reggaetón, among other musical styles, there will be all types of performances going on where more than 60 artists are expected to perform live.

All shows are free and open to the public.

Performers such as Fernando Villalona, Sergio Vargas, Eddy Herrera, Rubby Pérez, Peña Suazo, Kinito Méndez, Joseito Mateo, El Prodigio, Krisspy, Kiko el Presidente, Ramón Orlando, Juliana, Julián Oro Duro, and Haitian artist based in Montreal, Steeve Khé will be part of the event. There will be five stages set up on eight kilometers along the ocean and about 70,000 people are expected to attend. There will also be dance performances by folkloric dance troupes, carnival groups, and a variety of radio and Steeve Khé television celebrities will be present.

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Don Bosco Club Celebrated Another Year Photo By Edgard Lafond

HAITI ART EXPO MASKE a Photo Book on Masks and Cos2010 in Miami tumes of Haiti and Africa Haiti’s leading art curator and collector presents in December a one-of-a-kind collection of well-known Haitian artists and others who were never afforded the opportunity to display their works outside of their small island nation. The exhibition features top works from the world-famous contemporary art master, Philippe Dodard, as well as works by renowned Haitian artists such as Levoy Exil, Payas, Alix Roy and Lousiane. Extremely talented, up-and-coming Haitian artists such as Sully Gutenberg and Manuel Mathieu will also be featured. ”Upholding Haiti’s unique tradition of inspirational, creole-themed contemporary art, these works are certain to heighten the senses through an exotic use of Caribbean colors, shapes and forms” said Michelle Frisch, one of the organizers.

By Ralph Delly

Designed as an object to treasure the book by Phyllis Galembo features 108 photographs, organized into chapters and by country; each chapter introduced with an essay by the author including background details of the countries's traditions featured along with details of her personal journey.

Galembo’s interest for the masquerade traditions of Africa and its Diaspora began twenty five years ago, with her first visit to Nigeria. Since then, she has travelled widely in west and central Africa, and regularly to Haiti, making portraits that document and describe the transformative power of the mask.

Her subjects are participants in mas-

querade events, both traditional African ceremonies and contemporary fancy dress and carnival, costume, body paint and masks to create mythic characters – sometimes entertaining and humorous, often dark and frightening, and always powerful and thrilling. Titled after the Haitian Creole word for mask, Maské is the first comprehensive collection of these portraits.

The book is introduced by Chika OkekeAgulu, himself a participant in masquerade events during his childhood in Nigeria, who answers questions about the survival and evolution of masquerade traditions in the 21st century.

The book is a contribution to studies of African art and the transformative power of dress, and a work of vivid artistic imagination.

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December 1-7, 2010

Thanksgiving Detox Ok, let me guess, the last three to four days have been laden with turkey, diri ak djon djon, rice and red beans, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, potato salad, shrimp of some variation, red snapper, griyo, goat meat in some form or another, perhaps sauce or fried, kremas, pen patat, cake, and whatever else could and possibly could not fit on the table. And for the first few days you reveled in the feeling and taste. However, Thanksgiving celebrators all over the country suffer from the same pang the Monday after: GUILT. That guilt was probably the reason I woke up this morning saying to myself, I will not wait until new years to make a weight loss or a health goal, it will start today. So why not transform that guilt into something positive. MOTIVATION. Below is a 3-Day Post Thanksgiving Detox from Registered Dietician Joy Bauer that I think we all should try. Even if you haven’t committed to yet another permanent health goal, this detox is a great way to rejuvenate your cells and body. Thanksgiving eating has a way of leaving one feeling lethargic and slumpy, this is a nice way to get rid of that feeling. It will eliminate that bloating feeling, burn fat, and help you feel energized.

The meals are vegetarian, but that’s purposeful, enough meat over the last few days. But you will have plenty of fiber, protein, antioxidants and tons of vitamins and minerals.

Three Day Detox Plan Dinner Eat only what is listed on the menu; no added sugar, honey, sugar substitute, salt, salad dressing, condiments, etc.

Drink only what is listed on the

menu; no soda, fruit juice, alcohol, or diet beverages.

Enjoy black coffee or tea at breakfast (regular or decaffeinated).

Drink two 8-ounce glasses of water within 30 minutes of eating your lunch and dinner meals. Drink as much additional water as you d like throughout the day.

Drink one cup of regular or decaffeinated green tea after your lunch, afternoon snack, and dinner.

Breakfast Lunch Snack Follow the same daily menu for three days in a row.

Joy’s Protein Power Smoothie In a blender, combine æ cup skim milk (for vegan plan, substitute soy or almond milk), banana, cup frozen raspberries, cup frozen blueberries, 1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 5 ice cubes.

Blend until smooth and frothy.

Optional black coffee or tea Lunch Drink two 8-ounce glasses water (with optional lemon) within 30 minutes of eating. Drink as much addi-

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Large spinach salad * Unlimited spinach leaves * Unlimited antioxidant-rich produce (Best choices include bell peppers, tomatoes, carrots, red onions, broccoli, and sliced beets.

You may also add cucumbers, mushrooms, celery, and cauliflower.) * 1 cup red kidney, pinto, or black beans * 1 tablespoon toasted, chopped pecans * Dress with 1 teaspoon olive oil and unlimited balsamic or red wine vinegar 1 pink or red grapefruit 1 cup green tea Snack

1 cup unsalted pistachio nuts (in shell) 1 cup green tea Dinner Drink two 8-ounce glasses of water (with optional lemon) within 30 minutes of eating. Drink as much additional water as you’d like during your meal.

Unlimited baked, grilled, broiled, or poached fish Good choices include cod, halibut, haddock, and wild salmon, seasoned with fresh lemon and black pepper Unlimited steamed broccoli with optional fresh lemon and black pepper 1 cup green tea or naturally caffeine-free herbal tea

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HEALTH&BEAUTY

The Haitian Times

A Better You

By Onyi

for.

Nwosu

Accessorize with For Bigger Wardrobe

More often than not, getting dressed in the morning is a challenge for me. I flip through my closets (yes, plural) and come up with nothing. I start thinking about what clothes I need to buy, when I’m going to go shopping, etc. But then I stop. I stop and really think about all the clothes I have and the things I’m not thinking about: my accessories.

When we open our closets and say that we don’t have anything to wear we actually mean something else. What we’re really saying that we want to do something different. Maybe wear something with a little edge to it. Or something a little more girly. Or less girly. Or more trendy. Or whatever. Just something different.

Well you don’t need an entire new closet full of clothes to look different. Trust me. I know this all too well. One thing that can make you go from drab to fab is the right accessory...or two...or three. The right neckalce can give you that edge that you’re looking for. Adding a belt might update your look just the right amount. Adding a tie might give you that air of sophistication you’re looking

Aquarius

Jan. 20 - Feb. 18

Things are looking up for you, Aquarius, especially later in the day. Pieces should be coming together and things flowing into place naturally. You will find that your outward-directed energy is better balanced now. You should connect with others using your keen wit, strong will, and sheer intelligence. Take your time to do the things you need to do.

Don't rush

Pisces

Feb. 20 - March 19

The energy is apt to pick up in your life today, Pisces.

You may be asked to report to duty. Don't make promises you can't keep. Your words will be taken seriously, and you shouldn't mislead people into thinking that something is going to happen when you know it isn't. You know how that situation will turn out. Trust yourself, regardless of the circumstances.

Here are a few ideas for accesorizing your style to update your look without buying a bunch of new clothes: Necklaces and Chains My absolute favorite accessory is a necklace or a chain. Necklaces and chains can do so much for your look regardless of whether you’re a guy or a girl. If you put on a plain white t-shirt and jeans you’ll look boring. But if you put on a nice chain, you could look ready to go out dancing.

Fellas, I’d make sure I have two nice chains. I particularly like long chains with a charm or something at the end. Ladies, you should have at least one beaded necklace. I really like the layered beaded necklaces that have

Aries

March 20 - April 18

There's extra aggression in your world today, Aries. Realize that this is probably due more to your reaction to a situation than to the situation itself. It could be that you're in conflict with someone just because he or she wants harmony while you have a propensity to fight. This paradox is likely to be detrimental to your psyche unless you make an effort to change it

Taurus

April 19 - May 20

Your mood may take a bizarre twist today, Taurus, as you calm your desire to fight for something. You're probably more interested in enjoying the beauty of something rather than trying to keep it for yourself. Allowing someone or something else to be free is the best gift you can give.

Keep the lines of communication open and you will find that everything falls into place as it should.

Gemini

May 21 - June 20

Things are going to get better and better for you as the day progresses, Gemini. Try to get your grounded, practical, and logical self collected during the day so you have the evening to socialize and commune with close friends. Balance is going to be a key issue for you today, so make sure you keep things in check before any one part of your life gets out of hand.

Cancer

June 21 - July 22

There may be a bit of aggravation in a part of your life that's urging you to get up and do something, Cancer. It could be that you're getting overly emotional about a certain issue, and that you need to consider more of the cold, hard facts of what's really going on.

You could be missing something obvious simply because you're so caught up in your emotional drama.

different types of beads. I’ve actually combined necklaces and worn them at the same time.

Belts If you don’t wear belts, start now. A regular pair of jeans will instantly look much more classy or upscale with the right belt. This goes for both mean and women. You don’t have to stick with plain belts either. Try a belt with a little bit of bling or color. Ladies you can wear belts in so many different ways. Over a dress, over a sweater, at waist height or at hip height. Just try it!

Ties Ties are not just for the boardroom or work anymore. Not just for weddings either. You can put on a tie with a short sleeved collared shirt and jeans and still look casual, but chic. Play with different colors and patterns in your ties. This is mainly for the fellas, but ladies can play around with ties too. Remember, the tie doesn’t have to exactly match the shirt. It just has to look good.

Hats The possibilities are endless with hats. There are so many different hat styles that are great for different occasions. My two favorite are newboy hats and fedoras. They work for both men and women and are timeless. Again, if you put on a with t-shirt and jeans and put on a hat, it’s a whole new look.

Leo

July 23 - Aug. 22

You may feel a bit stodgy today, Leo, but things are going to pick up tonight. There will be a great deal of air to fuel your fire, and you're ready to burn! You could be like a desert of dry sagebrush just ready to be set alight.

The whole mountainside is about to go up in a beautiful blaze of glory. You're ready to shine like the brilliant star that you are.

Virgo

Aug.23 - Sept.22

Get things taken care of in the morning so you can be carefree and laid back in the evening. It's important for you to square things away in your head so you can communicate important information to others later.

Feel free to take an unconventional approach. It's important to march to the beat of your own drum and not anyone else's.

December 1-7, 2010

Turbans and Headwraps A new trend that popping up for the ladies is the turban. Now, African and Caribbean people have been wearing head wraps since the beginning of time, but now they are chic. The cool thing about this new look is that you can use so many things as a head wrap. You can use a sheet, a scarf, a shirt or an actual head wrap. I especially like head wraps because they can make you look great even with a bad hair day.

Now when you’re putting together your accessories make sure your outfit is appropriate for the venue and your age. No newsboy hats or at black tie events. I mean it. Another thing to watch out for is over accessorizing. If you’re on the fence about whether to add another accessory, remember that less is more.

I’m sure everyone has at least one of these accessories in their closet. So get into your closet and put them to use. You’ll instantly have a new outfit. And next time you go shopping, you might spend less. Instead of buying a bunch of clothes, you can get fewer clothes and more accessories for more combinations.

Until next time, cheers to a better you!

For questions, ideas, comments or concerns feel free to email Onyi at onyi@ okeeki.com.

Libra

Sept.23 - Oct. 22

Your usual lazy attitude is apt to receive a burst of energy tonight, Libra. It's in your nature not to want to lift a finger, but for some reason you may be compelled to get up and get moving. You will find that when you connect with others, you're more motivated to make things happen for yourself. When you get the attention you feel you deserve, your devotion is strong.

Scorpio

Oct. 21 - Nov 20

You may find your emotions difficult to deal with, Scorpio, especially later in the day. Consider taking an intellectual instead of emotional approach.

Your feelings could send you into a drastic mood swing from one end of the spectrum to the other. The thing you really need right now especially tonight - is balance. Tie up any loose ends to maintain more equilibrium.

Sagittarius

N o v. 2 2 - D e c . 2 1

Communication with others could be extremely rewarding, Sagittarius, especially later in the day. Project more of your energy outward and join others in projects that you might otherwise try to tackle on your own.

Things should flow smoothly as long as you take a lighthearted, optimistic approach. Move forward with projects instead of just contemplating their completion.

Capricorn

Dec. 22 - Jan 19

Make sure you solidify your affairs early in the day, Capricorn, because the sparks are going to fly after sunset. People might try to throw you off balance with fast talk and fancy ideas.

You need to make sure you're on solid ground before you take the next step upward. Balance your emotions so you don't take your frustration out on others. Focus on your goals

The Haitian Times

December 1-7, 2010

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THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM? Weight can be managed in most cases through diet and exercise, but some doctors and others say such lifestyle changes can be difficult and that a medicine could help, especially as U.S. obesity rates soar.

Orexigen Chief Executive Officer Michael Narachi told Reuters earlier this year that he was closely watching his rivals' panel meetings to gain a better sense of the FDA's stance on obesity products.

In late October, the FDA rejected Arena and partner Eisai Co Ltd's drug, lorcaserin, citing potential concerns about cancer risk following tumors that were found during the company's animal studies.

A few days later, it shot down Vivus' Qnexa, which also combined two known drugs -- appetite suppressant phentermine and anti-seizure drug topiramate, and asked for more data on its heart risks.

Both moves followed negative FDA advisory panel recommendations.

They also came just weeks after FDA removed Abbott Laboratories' controversial diet pill, Meridia, from the market

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”That’s like a precious thing to have. Any one of them will find a job because there aren’t a lot of university graduates in Haiti.”

A Model for the Future University of the People plans to open up more student computer centers in Haiti; hoping to accommodate 250 students. The organization is already talking with four additional partners.

One potential partner is a foundation that has built a program for students who weren't able to continue with their education after the earthquake. That organization would like to use University of the People to help students resume their

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les irrégularités qui ont empêché à 20 % de l'électorat d'exercer leur droit de vote. A Jacmel les manifestants ont érigé des barricades de pneus enflammés pour protester contre les fraudes. Rassemblés à l'initiative de l'organisation Cros, les manifestants ont également réclamé le départ de René Préval et le renvoi des conseillers élector-

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citing dangerous heart side effects.

BioMedTracker estimates that while Contrave's likelihood of approval has dropped in the wake of its rivals, it still stands a 75 percent chance of getting on the market. Wall Street, too, holds hope in going last before the FDA. ”We've long felt it's a significant strategic advantage to be third in the obesity regulatory queue,” J.P. Morgan analysts wrote earlier this month.

Orexigen ”appears focused on applying knowledge gained from recent FDA panels for Qnexa, lorcaserin, and Meridia to prepare for its” own meeting, especially in managing Contrave's potential risks, they said.

But known side effects of Contrave's two drugs could still trip it up.

Naltrexone is known to cause a variety of reactions from confusion and hallucinations to vomiting and headaches.

Bupropion, like other depression drugs, already carries a strong boxed warning about possible suicidal behavior that Contrave would also likely carry if approved -- something that could hinder use. ”Somehow or other that box will follow it,” said Loss. studies. Another partner has talked about facilitating more student computer centers in other parts of Haiti.

Reshef says that University of the People intends to expand the centers to other parts of the world that, like Haiti, could benefit from online education if ”online” were more accessible.

Charles, who found the job as the learning center administrator when one of the students needed a recommendation for his application, is optimistic about the model: ”Sincerely, everything is going well. Students are really excited. They always come. And they are there on time...

I am optimistic that this program will help Haiti. We really need that. We can't talk about rebuilding Haiti without good education.”

aux. A Petit-Goave Plusieurs centaines de manifestants ont revendiqué la victoire de Mirlande Manigat. Les protestataires ont lancé des slogans hostiles au chef de l'Etat et à la plateforme Inité. A Port-au-Prince, Carrefour et Delmas des attroupements ont été enregistrés. Les manifestants ont provoqué un climat de panique en lançant des jets de pierres. A Carrefour une manifestation a été dispersée par les forces de l'ordre.

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and succeed according to their abilities.

We no longer need to tip the scale toward minorities to make up for what happened long ago. To do so is reverse discrimination, and creates new injustices.

On human nature and justice The conservative view • We have the power to choose between right and wrong and are responsible for our choices. Those who violate the law must pay the penalties. Too much leniency results in a culture of disrespect for the law and social disorder.

The liberal view • Human beings are capable of both selflessness and brutality. Even the best of us is far from perfect. Knowing this, we rely on the rule of law – and ask that justice be tempered with mercy.

On America's future The liberal view • Most of the world's most successful, prosperous nations are liberal democracies that provide their citizens with a strong safety net. This represents the natural progress of civilization. It's time for us to catch up with northern Europe.

The conservative view • What makes America great – a country so many yearn to live in – is the vastness of opportunity here. Freedom of opportunity requires freedom from government interference. We aren't Europe, and it would be wrong to follow Europe's lead.

On ideals The conservative view • Duty, honesty, hard work, self-sacrifice, love of country, loyalty, and self-restraint.

The liberal view • Justice, compassion, equality of opportu-

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are also contributing tens of thousands of dollars to help prevent the spread of cholera in the neighboring Dominican Republic,” Meltzer said.

The Red Cross has been a leader in prevention activities. For weeks, teams of Haitian health promoters managed by the American Red Cross have been going tent to tent in the camps of Port-au-Prince to personally teach vulnerable Haitians about basic hygiene practices as well as preven-

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nity, and clear vision: what’s great about our country, and what could be better.

The middle zoneThis list of polar disagreements leaves me with – fittingly – two opposite reactions. The first, more obvious conclusion is that there's no hope, common ground, or room for compromise.

And so nothing will get done in Congress over the next two years.

But these opposing viewpoints also suggest a different idea: Contradictory statements can both be true. Yes, America's success lies partly in its dynamism and opportunity – and yes, progress requires that we provide for those who have lost their jobs or their health. In other words, if you set your dogma aside, you may find some truth in the ideals of people you've always disagreed with.

Which reminds me of something the extreme partisans would prefer we forget: governing in America has happened mainly in the middle zone, between the far left and far right. Yes, the differences are significant and worth negotiating over, but what we're really talking about is a few percentage points in tax rates, not a choice between socialism and the abolition of all taxes.

Contempt for the opposition may be profitable on talk radio, but it doesn't help the rest of us. All it accomplishes is to drive people further into their angry, fanatical corners.

This is the next political insight I'll be sharing with my kids.

Michael Laser is a novelist and the creator of News-Basics.com, which provides concise overviews of major news topics.

More notes on liberal and conservative values can be found there.

tion and response tips for cholera.

These face-to-face interactions have been reinforced by 2.7 million text messages sent to hundreds of thousands of cell phone users in Haiti by the global Red Cross network, as well as weekly Red Cross radio broadcasts, special advertisements and sound trucks that drive through Haitian communities in order to share cholera prevention messages quickly and to as wide an audience as possible.

During the response, the Red Cross has also been providing safe, chlorinated water each day to an estimated 280,000 displaced survivors throughout Port-au-Prince.

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