24 January 2024 - HAPPENNINGS! With an illegitimate Ariel Henry still at the helm, Haiti faces another chaotic year By Raymond A. Joseph He was to hold elections in November 2021, after the assassination of the de facto President Jovenel Moïse, on July 7 of that year, in murky circumstances, including his alleged implication in...
LITTÉRATURE INTERDITE par Daniel Milord Albertini De ROUMER à l’après Bernard-DARTIGUE Quand les cloches sonnent dans la dissonance du nouveau créole Il y a de cela près six mois que le débat linguistique du créole m’a atteint par la note d’un sénateur, en foi de quoi il m’a lancé un rictus de la douce dérision....
HAPPENINGS Haiti is officially becoming a gangster-state, apparently with international approval by Raymond A. Joseph Events of the past week indicate that the Haitian government is moving full speed ahead in officializing the gangs that have caused havoc in the country. More troubling, however, is the apparent involvement of the international community, including the United...
Obituary of a 106-year-old lady The funeral of Léociana Arnoux Castagne on March 28 was an indication of how lonely funerals can be in the age of COVID-19. Of her extensive brood that spans four generations, the 106-year-old popular matriarch drew only 25 of them to tell her goodbye forever. On Saturday March 28, family...
