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Editorials/Letters
  • Letter to the Editor of the journal : Emerging Infectious Diseases


  • The Origin of Cholera and How it Arrived in Haiti

  • To Pardon or Not to Pardon-That is the Question


  • The History of Formal Education: From Ginen to Haiti

  • Kap Lawou Kanga: What's in a Name?

The Haitian Presidential Elections

  • Will Real Change Come to Haiti?
  • Holding Michel Martelly's Fondation Rose et Blanc and other NGO's Accountable
  • M&M Poll:  Manigat or Martelly for President?  Please Vote
  • The CEP and Ti Pas Kout: The Need for a Permanent Electoral Council


  • Our List of Questions for the Presidential Candidates


  • The Haitian Constitution: The Preamble and the Articles that Establish the Permanent Electoral Council

  • Holding Michel Martelly's Fondation Rose et Blanc and other NGO's Accountable

  • Independence Day Greetings

  •  The Importance of the Origin of the Cholera Epidemic

  • Pran Prekosyon ak  Malpalan
  • Beware of the Evil- gelicals

  • Call a Cyclone a Cyclone: Siklòn Rele Siklòn

  • Fact Checking Wyclef Jean on his Bid for the Presidency

  • Embracing God as Mother and Father: Something to Consider on Father's Day

  • The Measure of Our Wealth

  • A Note to Soledad O'Brian and CNN on  "Rescued"

  • Three Lies about Haiti: Something to Remember on Easter Sunday

  • Letter to the Wall Street Journal  - Religion and Underdevelopment: Separating Sense from Nonsense

  • Post- earthquake Haiti : Time to Regulate Missionary Activity

 

  • A Letter to Disney - This Disney Movie Warms the Heart but Wounds the Soul

                                          A Review of The Princess and the Frog  


This letter dates back to August 1791. It was written by the Maroon leader Jean Francois following the very important meeting at Bwa Kayiman.

      • A Letter from a Maroon of Bwa Kayiman

The following 3 letters were written in response to misinformation about Vodou among  some members of  Catholic and Protestant Churches.  Special thanks to Margaret Armand for initiating the dialogue and to Marguerite Laurent (Èzili Dantò) for providing the forum for the discussion:

        • Catholic Church Officials Misrepresent Vodou
        • What the Devil is the Reverend Talking About?
        • Understanding Christianity and Vodou
          Requires Open Minds


  • TPS for Haitians is Good American Foreign Policy

  • Dear President Obama

  • 10 Reasons to Say "Thanks but no Thanks" to Sarah Palin

  • Zombie: Separating Fact from Fiction

  • Sou Afè Zonbi: Twou Manti pa Fon

  • For the Sake of Laura: An Open Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Bush