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Vol. 30, Issue 31 BROOKLYN EDITION Aug. 9-15, 2019
Showing unity: Guyanese and Haitian NYPD offi cers fl ank, from left, Haitian-American
Assemblywoman, Rodneyse Bichotte, Guyanese-born New York State Senator, Roxanne
Persaud and Haitian-American New York City Councilmember, Farah Louis.
Offi ce of Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte
By Nelson A. King
Several Haitian-American
legislators in New York have
led outrage over a Guyanese
publication critical of what it
describes as the influx of Haitians
migrating to the Caribbean
Community (CARICOM)
member state.
An unauthored article published
in the Guyana Times
on Friday, under the headline,
“Influx of Haitians into Guyana
raises major health concerns,”
has drawn the wrath
of not only Haitian-Americans
but of other Caribbean-American
legislators and leaders.
The article states that
“Haiti is among the leading
countries for its high statistics
on Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) and the
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By Bert Wilkinson
With general elections
expected in months and with
racial politics always at the top
of life in Guyana, authorities
moved with alacrity this week
to defend the integrity of hundreds
of Haitian nationals transiting
the country to French
Guiana and Brazil saying racist
attacks against the Haitians
from the opposition and other
quarters are unwarranted.
The furor over planeloads
of Haitians arriving in Guyana
boiled over in the past
week when the Guyana Times,
a newspaper linked to the Indodominated
opposition People’s
Progressive Party (PPP),
warned that the Haitians with
their alleged high prevalence
for tuberculosis and AIDS will
bring serious health problems
to Guyana by their mere presence.
The PPP said it had also
feared that the Haitians will be
used to pad the voters list in
elections expected by year end,
charges officials vehemently
deny.
Minister of Citizenship, Winston
Felix rushed to place the
issue in context, contending
that most of the nearly 8, 500
Haitians who have flown to
fellow Caribbean Community
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Outrage over Guyanese publication
HAITIANS
UNDER
ATTACK
Guyana government defends
Haitians transiting the country
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