Ovi magazine; Wednesday September 20th, 2023

The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems, the thoughts, the reviews, the photos, the paintings and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Wednesday September 20th, 2023

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Haiti: Gang Violence Prevents Needed Structural Changes by Rene Wadlow

Violent crime has long beset Haiti, but in the past two years, it has risen to unprecedented levels.  An estimated two hundred gangs are now active, and they dominate as much as ninety per cent of the capital Port-au-Prince.  There has often been a link between armed gangs and political leadership, state power intertwined with violence.

A key example was the Presidency of Francois (Papa Doc) Duvalier – a former doctor who became president in 1957.  He built his power on a philosophy of “Black Pride” to eliminate the dominant role of the mixed-race Metis who made up the country’s elite.   When I worked for the Ministry of Education of newly independent Gabon in Equatorial Africa in the early 1960s, there were a good number of Haitian Metis who had been forced to leave the country and were working as teachers or technical advisors in French-speaking Africa.  A “brain drain” of disastrous consequences for Haiti.

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Bucolic Paradise #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios

“The golden field 
Shimmered in the 
Swirling breeze
Like a wave as
Dandelion spores
Floated like 
Delicate angels 
To the shore
Through broken 
Red doors.”

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Worming #74 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas

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Food riots deadly in Haiti

At least four people were killed and 20 wounded when demonstrations against rising food prices turned into riots in southern Haiti, officials say.

Reports say scores of people went on the rampage in the town of Les Cayes, blocking roads, looting shops and shooting at UN peacekeepers. The UN said its personnel had opened fire at some of the armed protesters.

For two days running, parts of Haiti have been erupting into violence triggered by the soaring cost of food. The prices of rice, beans and fruit have gone up by 50% in the last year. Earlier this week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued a report saying that the food crisis threatened the Caribbean nation's fragile security.

This is to remind how important is NATO summit, long rich presidential lunches that there are people starve to death and that IS IMPORTANT!