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189 Haitians rescued off an overloaded boat in bad weather, US Coast Guard says

MIAMI — About 189 Haitians were rescued Saturday from bad weather and a sail freighter too small for such a large human load, the U.S. Coast Guard announced via Twitter.

Miami Herald

Seven U.S. members of Congress call on Biden to withdraw support for Haiti's Henry

A group of seven U.S. members of Congress on Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to withdraw support for Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry, saying he lacks legitimacy to organize the elections needed to resolve the country's political crisis.

Reuters

A new spending bill approved by Biden also has language on Haiti policy

A massive spending bill signed by President Joe Biden on Tuesday to fund the federal government and provide $13.6 billion to address Russia’s invasion of Ukraine also includes language on accountability on Haiti and modification to U.S. policy toward the crisis-wracked Caribbean nation.

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Haiti wants Jamaica to turn over second suspect in president’s assassination

Haiti wants a former politician accused in the brazen assassination of President Jovenel Moïse last July to be returned to the country from Jamaica.

Miami Herald

Haitians aiming for Florida Keys outpace 2021 migration

Haitian migrants are reaching Florida’s shores in repeated suspected human smuggling operations that are outpacing last year’s migration waves

The Independent UK

UN says women pay highest price in conflict , now in Ukraine

The head of the U.N. women’s agency says women and girls pay the highest price in all crises and conflicts from Myanmar and Afghanistan to the Sahel and Haiti

The Independent UK

More than 100 Haitian migrants land in Florida Keys, gather in yard of oceanfront home

MIAMI — For the second time in two weeks, a large group of Haitian migrants has come to shore in the Florida Keys.

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Recent arrivals of hundreds of Haitians in Florida Keys is a sign of new trafficking routes

MIAMI — The arrival of nearly 700 Haitians in a string of dramatic migrant landings near an exclusive wealthy enclave in the Upper Florida Keys over the past four months suggests that those behind the rise in Haitian boat migration are getting bolder, and using new trafficking routes to get…

Miami Herald

About 2,000 migrants from Haiti and Cuba have made the risky trip to Florida since October

MIAMI — About 2,000 migrants from Haiti and Cuba have risked their lives sailing to Florida to flee from political and economic turmoil in their home countries since Oct. 1, according to federal authorities.

Miami Herald

Boat carrying 300 Haitian migrants capsizes near Florida coast

Officials said women and children were aboard the wooden boat, and 163 people swam to the US shore.

Al Jazeera

More than 1,000 migrants have made the risky trip to Florida in 2022. Will they keep coming?

MIAMI — More than a thousand migrants from Haiti and Cuba have risked their lives sailing to Florida to flee from the political and economic turmoil in their home countries over the past year, according to federal authorities.

Miami Herald

More than 150 Haitian migrants land in the Florida Keys, officials say

MIAMI — A large group of migrants from Haiti arrived in a wooden boat off the shore of an exclusive gated community in north Key Largo Sunday afternoon.

Miami Herald

The world’s game, a global scandal: the struggle to be heard in football’s sexual abuse crisis

At all levels and in every corner of football, allegations of harassment and worse are being uncovered. But Fifa and the game’s authorities are ill-equipped to tackle them

The Guardian - UK

Paul Farmer obituary

Medical anthropologist and humanitarian dedicated to providing healthcare to some of the world’s poorest communities

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Dominicans turn over to Haiti ex-cop sought in Moïse slaying

Authorities in the Dominican Republic have handed over to Haiti a former Haitian police officer linked to the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, the latest suspect arrested in a crime still not solved after seven months

Inverse

'Black Panther 2' leak may confirm the film’s rumored villain

A new MCU leak claims that Marvel's 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' will feature scenes set in Haiti. Here's why the superhero film's story may call for a trip to the surprising location.

The Guardian - UK

Dominican Republic starts work on border wall with Haiti

Officials claim the controversial barrier will stop migrant crossings, as well as drugs and contraband, from crisis-hit Haiti

Miami Herald

A journalist covering a protest in Haiti is dead. Now police are investigating their own

The Haiti National Police force has begun an internal investigation into allegations that officers shot and killed a local photojournalist and seriously injured two others who were covering a garment workers protest in the capital over higher wages on Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

1 killed, 2 wounded as police clash with Haitian workers

Men wearing Haiti police uniforms have fired into a group of people and killed a journalist at a protest by Haitian factory workers who are demanding higher wages than those the prime minister announced earlier this week

Reuters

Haiti police open fire on demonstrators, one journalist killed

Haitian police on Wednesday opened fire on demonstrators protesting for higher wages in the capital Port-au-Prince, leaving one reporter dead and at least two others wounded, according to witnesses and a hospital official.

The Independent UK

Dr. Paul Farmer, global humanitarian leader, dies at 62

Dr. Paul Farmer, a physician, humanitarian and author renowned for providing health care to millions of impoverished people worldwide, has died

Miami Herald

Dr. Paul Farmer, who devoted his life to fighting deadly epidemics, has died. He was 62

Dr. Paul Farmer, the renowned infectious disease specialist who devoted his life to fighting deadly epidemics and spent the last several years working on four continents delivering health care to millions, has died in Rwanda, his organization Partners in Health confirmed. He was 62.

Reuters

Dominican Republic begins building border wall with Haiti

The Dominican government on Sunday began building a wall that will cover almost half of the 392-kilometre (244 miles) border with Haiti, its only land neighbor, to stop irregular migration and the smuggling of goods, weapons and drugs.

Miami Herald

UN Security Council tells Haiti to end political gridlock, start planning elections

Showing little patience with the ongoing political gridlock in Haiti, the United Nations Security Council made it clear Wednesday that it wants elections in Haiti before the end of the year and called on the country’s political and civic leaders to find a way to agree on the way forward.

Reuters

Haitian garment workers protest to demand higher wages

Thousands of Haitian garment workers protested in Port-au-Prince on Thursday to demand higher wages following weeks of similar demonstrations over pay and working conditions at firms that export to U.S. clothing retailers.

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