{"id":6922,"date":"2021-05-23T03:05:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T03:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.news\/?p=6922"},"modified":"2021-06-07T03:22:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T03:22:27","slug":"fighting-for-freedom-at-89-meet-ambassador-raymond-joseph-by-mike-blinder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.news\/?p=6922","title":{"rendered":"Fighting for Freedom at 89! Meet Ambassador Raymond Joseph by Mike Blinder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Fighting for Freedom at 89! Meet Ambassador Raymond Joseph<\/strong> <em>by Mike Blinder<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"byline\" class=\"byline\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>An \u00ab\u00a0E&amp;P Reports\u00a0\u00bb Vodcast with Mike Blinder<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Raymond Alcide Joseph<\/strong>\u00a0is arguably one of the most remarkable news publishers in our industry today. In 1971, while working as a reporter for the\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal,<\/em>\u00a0he founded, with his brother L\u00e9o, the\u00a0<em>Haiti Observateur,<\/em>\u00a0a weekly newspaper and 24\/7 website that publishes in three languages (Haitian Creole, French, and English). Today, it remains the free voice of the Haitian people.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For five years, Joseph served as Haiti&rsquo;s ambassador to the U.S., and during the massive 2010 earthquake, he was essentially the functioning government since the capitol, Port au Prince, was substantially damaged, and the country&rsquo;s elected leadership could not be reached.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Joseph is credited by The American Bible Society as the original translator of the New Testament with the Psalms from original languages and French to Haitian Creole. His autobiographical book, \u00ab\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Whom-Dogs-Spy-Dictatorships-Earthquake-ebook\/dp\/B00R3L7692\/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&amp;keywords=For+Whom+the+Dogs+Spy%2C&amp;qid=1621338011&amp;sr=8-3\">For Whom the Dogs Spy<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0\u00bb reveals Joseph\u2019s insider\u2019s account\u2014having served under four presidents\u2014of Haiti\u2019s struggle to build a democracy during the tyrannical reign of dictator Fran\u00e7ois \u201cPapa Doc\u201d Duvalier, who used the legend of voodoo to bewitch the country into fearing him.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>In this segment of \u00ab\u00a0E&amp;P Reports,\u00a0\u00bbpublisher\u00a0<strong>Mike Blinder<\/strong>\u00a0goes one-on-one with Joseph on topics that range from the start of his newspaper and how he influenced change during a cruel dictatorship to his opinions on the importance of a free press, not just in Haiti but here in the U.S. as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6929 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MikeBlinder4EP2-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MikeBlinder4EP2-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/haiti-observateur.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MikeBlinder4EP2-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/haiti-observateur.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MikeBlinder4EP2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">More information about Ambassador Raymond Alcide Joseph:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raymond_Joseph\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raymond_Joseph<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>View the Ha\u00efti Observateur&rsquo;s latest edition : <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mco-0lUqgj4\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/mco-0lUqgj4<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reproduced with the permission of Mike Blinder from the original : <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editorandpublisher.com\/stories\/at-89-raymond-joseph-is-still-publishing-and-fighting-for-the-haitian-people,193494\">https:\/\/www.editorandpublisher.com\/stories\/at-89-raymond-joseph-is-still-publishing-and-fighting-for-the-haitian-people,193494<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighting for Freedom at 89! Meet Ambassador Raymond Joseph by Mike Blinder An \u00ab\u00a0E&amp;P Reports\u00a0\u00bb Vodcast with Mike Blinder Raymond Alcide Joseph\u00a0is arguably one of the most remarkable news publishers in our industry today. 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