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  Charlito, Ange ou Démon? The Making – and Unmaking – of a Haitian Chivalry Hero By Patrick Prézeau Stephenson * (Le Francais et Créole suivent) OTTAWA By all the usual measures of public life in Haiti, Charles Henri “Charlito” Baker should have long ago become a tired political caricature. He is tall enough and broad‑shouldered enough to play the strongman; a businessman whose name has circulated around campaigns and protest marches since the GNB 184 movement shook Port‑au‑Prince in 2003–2004. For his enemies, this has made him an easy target: the “oligarch,” the “man behind the scenes,” a convenient villain in a country addicted to conspiracy. Yet the man you meet, riding out from Santo on an Arab horse with dust on his jeans and spurs on his cowboy boots, is a different figure entirely. Up close he is less political archetype than old‑world cavalier—part Clint Eastwood myth, part agronomist in a John Deere cap. I first rode with him in the late 1980s, from Châteaubland ...

  Haitian Industrialist Rebuts Drug and “Mass Grave” Allegations in Police Deposition By Patrick Prézeau Stephenson * (Le français suit) OTTAWA - In a sworn deposition dated November 25, 2025, Haitian businessman André M. Apaid moved to rebut a swirl of social‑media claims that he, his family, or their companies were involved in drug production or in concealing human remains on family property outside Port‑au‑Prince. The 14‑page statement, addressed to the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ) and the anti‑narcotics unit (BLTS), lays out a timeline of business ventures, regulatory filings, and the abrupt halt of operations following Canadian sanctions and rising gang violence. Core denial and family ties Apaid “formally” denies any involvement with marijuana or cocaine and rejects assertions about a supposed pit with human bones on the family’s 30‑hectare property in Santo 19 (Habitation Du Jour). He notes that his brother‑in‑law, Charles Henri “Charlito” Baker, ...