Author: Wadner Pierre

PhotobyWadnerPierre.JPG By Wadner Pierre- originally published by The Maroon For the first time in two years, a group of Loyola students traveled to a US military- sponsored school in Fort Benning, Ga. to protest the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests and their two workers. Hundreds of thousands protesters continue

By Wadner Pierre When will the U.S. Department go after U.S. officials for the $6.6 billion in “lost” for the reconstruction of Iraq in 2004? The U.S. Justice Department has failed to investigate. This money is still missing and no one can account for it. American taxpayers deserve to be

WadnerP_HaitiPostQuake_2.JPG WadnerP_HaitiPostQuake_3.JPG WadnerP_HaitiPostQuake_1.JPG By Keane Bhatt Photos by Wadner Pierre For decades, Noam Chomsky has been an analyst and activist working in support of the Haitian people. In addition to his revolutionary linguistics career at MIT, he has written, lectured and protested against injustice for 40 years. He is co-author,

DSC_0776.JPG By Wadner Pierre 41-year-old Haitian Lawmaker, Arnel Belizaire arrested at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport Port-Au-Prince on Nov. 27, 2011 upon his return from participating at an even in France where he presented other members of the Haitian Chamber of Deputies. Belizaire accused of escaping prison. Belizaire’s colleagues accused

WadnerP copy.jpg By Wadner Pierre Part I Left Dorgilles Wichmie, Melissa Jeonnat, and right Nathalie Jonnat and Jean Michelda. Reverend Gerard Jean-Juste. Rev. Jean-Juste died two years ago from Leukemia because he was jailed for his political views and was not allowed by the 2004-2006 U.S deposed Gerard Latortue to

WadnerPUNTropps.jpg Editorial and photo by Wadner Pierre As calls mount in Haiti to demand that UN troops to leave the country, other prominent Latin Americans have raised their voices in sign of solidarity with Haitian people. Nobel Peace Prize laureates Argentinean Adolfo Perez Esquivel and Irish Betty Williams, Uruguayan writer

byWadnerPierre.JPG By Wadner Pierre Haiti’s first-twice democratically elected President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide will be speaking about Education next month according to former Sen. Dr. Louis Gerald Gilles. The Senator told Associated Press that the former Head of State’s speech will be focusing on Education. The event seems most likely to be

Wad_pi.jpg By Wadner Pierre This year Haiti will celebrate its two-hundred-seventh anniversary of Battaille de Vertieres Battle of Vertieres) in which the former slaves and colored people proudly defeated the French army and broke the slavery chain. Battaille of Vertieres was the last battle after which Haiti proclaimed its Independence

Wadner_Pierre_Pre_Martelly.JPG By Wadner Pierre Published by IPS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 22, 2011 (IPS) – Almost three months since he was sworn in as the country’s president, Michel J. Martelly has already attempted to appoint two prime ministers to guide his government. Bernard Gousse, a minister of justice under the Gérard Latortue

Wadner_ Pierre_2.jpg Article and photo by Wadner Pierre Did Bishop Louis Kébreau, President of the Haitian Episcopal Conference, call on Haitian President Martelly to be ruthless and dictatorial? In an article published on August 11 by the Haitian daily Newspaper Le Nouvelliste, Bishop Kébreau, a close friend of President Martelly

Wad_1.JPG Wad_3.JPG Article and photos By: Wadner Pierre First publihsed on San Francisoc Bay View In 2004, I was in Haiti living under the injustice Bernard Gousse inflicted on his own people while serving the Haitian elite and the “International Community”. Like many of Gousse’s victims, I was driven into