The Latest Breaking News from Haiti

Migrants burst into southern Mexico asylum office demanding papers

Migrants, mostly from Haiti, have burst into an asylum office in southern Mexico to demand papers

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Poem of the week: To Toussaint Louverture by William Wordsworth

Published months before Louverture’s death in a French prison, Wordworth’s homage to the leader of the 1791 Haiti revolution is full of Romantic signifiers

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2023

Dominican Republic's president stands resolute on his closing of all borders with Haiti

The president of the Dominican Republic is defending his decision to close air, sea and land traffic with neighboring Haiti in a dispute over construction of a canal targeting a river that runs through both countries

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2023

Dominican president suspends visas for Haitians and threatens to close border with its neighbor

The president of the Dominican Republic says he has suspended issuing visas to Haitians, and he is threatening to shut down land, air and sea traffic between the two neighbors over their latest dispute

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

My New "The Hill" Article on Dubious Lawsuit Challenging Immigration Parole Program for Migrants Fleeing Socialism, Oppression, and Violence in Four Latin American Nations

The case was filed by 20 red states seeking to dismantle the CNVH program extending the successful Uniting for Ukraine policy to migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Haiti.

Reason · Sep 2, 2023

Mohamed Al Fayed obituary

Former owner of Harrods and Fulham FC whose stormy relationship with British institutions denied him citizenship

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2023

US deports dozens to Haiti despite telling citizens to leave country

Rights advocate says more than 60 Haitians were sent back to the Caribbean nation struggling with escalating violence.

Al Jazeera · Aug 31, 2023

UN says number of people killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti rose 14% in recent months

The U.N. says 1,860 people have been reported killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti from April to June

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023

Possible Kenya-led mission to Haiti prompts growing calls for safeguards

Rights advocates say framework needed due to Kenya’s domestic police record, grim history of intervention in Haiti.

Al Jazeera · Aug 30, 2023

Haitian judge interviews Colombian suspects for the first time since the president was assassinated

A judge in Haiti is for the first time interrogating some of the 18 Colombian suspects arrested more than two years ago in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023