Le Point : Sur la fermeture de l'HASCO et la réponse de José Bouchereau
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- Title:
- Le Point : Sur la fermeture de l'HASCO et la réponse de José Bouchereau
- Alternative Title:
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- Le Point: Sou femèti HASCO ak repons José Bouchereau
- Le Point: On the closing of HASCO and the response of José Bouchereau
- Program Name:
- Le Point
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- Date:
- April 16, 1987
- Description:
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10 avril 1987, Charles Clermont ak Patrick Elie te pale nan Radyo Ayiti sou fèmti faktori sik Ayiti yo, pami yo Haitian-American Sugar Company (HASCO) a. Nan entèvyou sa a, yo deklare konpayi sik sa yo te fikse pri yo byen wo paske yo te gen monopòl. Aprè entèvyou sa a, direktè HASCO a, José Bouchereau, ekri yon nòt pou laprès kote li deklare Clermont ak Elie t ap pale yon bagay yo pa t konnen, epi li kritike Radyo Ayiti poutèt yo te difize entèvyou sa a, ki dapre li vle di Radyo Ayiti gen patipri. Men, Dominique konstate, Radyo Ayiti difize divès pèspektif sou kesyon sik la, pami yo vwa ouvriye ak plantè sik (ki te pè chomaj ki t ap vini a), ansanm avèk pèspektif Bouchereau li menm ak yon lòt responsab konpayi a, Georges D. Rigaud. Dominique pase yon ekstrè entèvyou Bouchereau ak Rigaud te bay la, kote yo pale pwoblèm pewòl, kredi, epi stokaj, epi yo lonje dwèt sou leta ayisyen ki pa fè regilasyon epi sou kontrebann k ap anvayi mache a. Sa vle di, kouvèti Radyo Ayiti a te byen ekilibre.
10 avril 1987, Charles Clermont et Patrick Elie étaient intervenus à Radio Haïti sur la fermeture des usines à sucre haïtiennes, dont la Haitian-American Sugar Company (HASCO). Dans leur interview, ils avaient déclaré que ces compagnies sucrières fixaient leurs prix à la hausse car elles avaient un monopole. Après cette interview, le directeur de la HASCO, José Bouchereau, a fait paraitre une note de presse, déclarant que Clermont et Elie parlaient d’un sujet qu’ils ignoraient, et il critiquait Radio Haïti d’avoir diffusé cette interview, ce qui signifie que la station avait un parti-pris. Mais, Dominique signale que Radio Haïti a diffusé diverses opinions sur la question du sucre, dont la voix des ouvriers et des planteurs de canne qui craignaient le chômage, de même que l’opinion de Bouchereau lui-même et d’un autre responsable de la compagnie, Georges D. Rigaud. Dominique passe un extrait de l’interview de Bouchereau et Rigaud, où ils parlent des problèmes de salaires, de crédit, de stockage, de contrebande, et critiquent l’État haïtien qui n’a aucune règlementation. Ce qui signifie que la couverture de Radio Haïti était bien équilibrée.
On 10 April 1987, Charles Clermont and Patrick Elie spoke on Radio Haiti about the closure of Haitian factories, including the Haitian-American Sugar Company (HASCO). In that interview, they claimed that sugar companies had been setting sugar prices artificially high because they had a monopoly. After that interview, HASCO's director, José Bouchereau, wrote a communiqué in which he claimed that Clermont and Elie did not know what they were talking about, and criticized Radio Haiti for bias in broadcasting the interview with Clermont and Elie. But, as Dominique points out, Radio Haiti had broadcast many sides of the sugar story, including the voices of sugar factory workers and sugar planters (who feared that they would soon be unemployed), as well as the perspectives of Bouchereau and another company leader, Georges D. Rigaud. Dominique plays a clip of the interview with Bouchereau and Rigaud, in which they discuss problems with payroll, seasonal credit, and storage, and blame both the influx of contraband and lack of regulation by the Haitian state for the closure of the sugar factories. In other words, Radio Haiti's coverage of the issue was balanced.
- Program Type:
- Editorial
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- Language:
- French
- Tape ID:
- RL10059CS1807
- Rights:
- Limited Re-UseCC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Rights Note:
- This recording may contain material that was not originally created by Radio Haiti and therefore not covered by the Creative Commons license indicated here. For more information see https://repository.duke.edu/dc/radiohaiti/about#copyright.
- Digital Collection:
- Radio Haiti Archive
- Source Collection:
- Radio Haiti audio recordings, 1957-2003
- Identifier:
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- 33fb8a4f0ad6f9062a7db0961f252b52
- radiohaiti
- duke:624253
- RL10059-CS-1807_01
- ark:/87924/r4n29t672
- ec8150f4-b069-4fe1-8a9a-c233867c51cf
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