FIVE MONTHS AFTER A DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI KILLED OVER 200,000 AND LEFT MORE THAN A MILLION HOMELESS,THE CAMERAS AND THE PRESS ARE GONE FROM HAITI AND THERE IS LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNTRYS RECONSTRUCTION BUT NEWS FILTERED THIS WEEK THAT A LARGE DEMONSTRATION OF AT LEAST 10,000 FARMERS HAD OCCURRED IN CENTRAL HAITI ON FRIDAY, JUNE 4. ORGANIZED BY "MOUVMAN PEYIZAN PAPAY" OR MPP, THE PEASANTS AND A CONTINGENT OF YOUTHS FROM THE CAPITAL MARCHED FOR THREE HOURS TO THE TOWN OF HINCHE TO PROTEST THE AMERICAN MULTINATIONAL COMPANY MONSANTO AND DEMAND THE BURNING OF 475 TONS OF ROUNDUP READY GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDS THE COMPANY WAS TRYING TO "GIVE" HAITI. YESTERDAY, CHAVANNES JEAN-BAPTISTE, THE LEADER OF THE MPP, SPOKE AT THE LAFAYETTE AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN BROOKLYN. WBAI FRED NGUYEN WAS THERE AND HE FILED THIS REPORT:
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