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As Caribbean leaders meet to discuss Haiti, gang violence has new victim: a rural hospital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Three weeks after seven police officers were killed in a single attack on a rural police station in Haiti’s Artibonite Valley, the repercussions are still being felt.

Miami Herald

Haiti at fore as Caribbean leaders tackle regional issues

Top officials from Canada, the U.S. and Haiti are meeting behind closed doors to talk about the spiraling chaos in Haiti

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US senators reintroduce sanctions bill targeting Haitian gangs and their supporters

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Florida Republican Marco Rubio, are reintroducing legislation that would go after criminal gangs in Haiti and those in the country’s political and private sectors who collude with them.

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Suspect in assassination of Haiti president tried to get FBI involved in 'regime change' plot

MIAMI — Arcángel Pretel Ortiz, one of 11 defendants accused in the plot to kidnap and kill Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, was so emboldened as an FBI informant that the Miami-area resident met with agents and promoted “regime change” in Haiti ahead of the brazen presidential assassination.

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US arrests four more suspects tied to assassination of Haitian president - bringing total to 11

US authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company that hired former soldiers from Colombia for the mission

The Independent UK

Haitian Creole classes serve as connection to heritage for Philly Haitian diaspora

PHILADELPHIA — Haitian culture was all around Alain Joinville when he was growing up in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

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U.S. arrests 4 in Florida over the assassination of Haitian president

U.S. authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company, prosecutors announced.

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At Bahamas summit, Caribbean leaders to seek international push on Haiti

Caribbean leaders will appeal for international assistance on Haiti at an annual meeting in the Bahamas later this week, the prime minister of the host nation said Tuesday.

Reuters

US arrests four suspects linked to assassination of Haiti’s Moise

Officials say, while ex-President Jovenel Moise was killed in Port-au-Prince, plot against him was mostly planned in US.

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US arrests 4 tied to assassination of Haitian president

U.S. authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company that hired former soldiers from Colombia for the mission

The Independent UK

4 arrested in South Florida in connection with Haitian president’s assassination

MIAMI — More than a year and a half after launching their investigation, U.S. federal agents arrested four suspects in South Florida Tuesday on charges of playing key roles in a plot to kill Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, who was shot to death in his home by an alleged team…

Miami Herald

U.S. arrests four more suspects in plot to kill Haitian President Moise

U.S. federal agents arrested four suspects in Florida on charges of playing key roles in the plot of the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, authorities said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Jean-Bart’s lifetime Fifa ban lifted amid claims of threats to alleged victims

Human Rights Watch has questioned the court of arbitration for sport’s decision to overturn Fifa’s ban on Yves Jean-Bart, a former president of the Haitian FA

The Guardian - UK

New US parole program for Haitians leads to long passport lines, cops fleeing the country

A hastily created U.S. policy to curb irregular migration at the United States’ border with Mexico is having unintended consequences in Haiti, one of the four countries whose nationals can apply for the program and where the Biden administration is spending tens of millions of dollars to help the police…

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War for control of Haiti's capital targets women's bodies

Haiti’s toxic slate of gangs are plundering the Caribbean nation

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Caribbean leaders to tackle Haiti's woes amid migration

Top Caribbean leaders are expected to debate Haiti’s spiraling chaos and its impact on the region during a meeting this week

Miami Herald

US is training Haiti police to combat gangs, but that’s not its only security worry

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Kidnappings are rampant, averaging one every six hours last year, while killings are up, with 2,200 homicides in 2022, a dramatic increase over the previous year.

The Independent UK

Migrants seeking US sponsors find questionable offers online

An underground market has emerged for migrants seeking U.S. sponsors since the Biden administration announced last month that it would accept a limited number of people from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti

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OAS members recommit to helping Haiti through gang violence

The Organization of American States (OAS) on Friday passed a resolution to support Haiti on its path to long-delayed elections and help the Caribbean country manage widespread gang violence that is driving a humanitarian crisis.

The Independent UK

UN human rights chief calls for special forces to Haiti

The U.N.’s human rights chief is urging the international community to consider deploying a specialized force to Haiti

Reuters

Haiti needs outside help to end 'nightmare' of gang violence -OHCHR

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called on the international community on Friday to "urgently consider" sending a specialized support force to impoverished Haiti, which has been gripped by a "living nightmare" of gang violence.

Miami Herald

In Haiti, schools increasingly being targeted for looting, kidnapping, violence by gangs

In Haiti, schools have traditionally been considered respected safe zones, regardless of the country’s crisis of the moment. Not anymore.

Miami Herald

About 100 Haitians arrive in the Florida Keys on overloaded boat

MIAMI — An overloaded migrant sailboat with at least 100 people from Haiti on board arrived Thursday morning in the Florida Keys.

The Independent UK

Passport rush blamed on US policy stalls adoptions in Haiti

Children are stuck in orphanages across Haiti, unable to leave the increasingly volatile country and start new lives with adoptive parents

Miami Herald

US is training Haiti police to combat gangs, but that’s not only security worry

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Kidnappings are rampant, averaging one every six hours last year, while killings are up, with 2,200 homicides in 2022, a dramatic increase over the previous year.

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