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UN Security Council delays vote on Haiti political mission

The U.N. Security Council has postponed its vote on extending the U.N. political mission in crisis-wracked Haiti after China called for closed consultations on the resolution

The Independent UK

Dozens dead, injured in Haiti's capital in gang clashes

Local officials in Haiti say dozens of people have died in four days of gang battles in a violent neighborhood of the capital

The Independent UK

Gang violence in Haitian capital cuts off food aid, UN says

The United Nations has been forced to move humanitarian aid and workers across Haiti by air and ship because gang violence has become so bad in the capital Port-au-Prince, an aid official said on Tuesday.

Reuters

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Haiti gang violence leaves more than 50 dead, mayor says

Gun battles between rival gangs have killed more than 50 people since Friday near Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, a local mayor said on Monday, amid a continuing escalation of violence gripping the Caribbean nation.

Reuters

Biden administration extends TPS protection for Venezuelans

Temporary Protect Status extension shields Venezuelans in US as of March 2021 from deportation for 18 more months.

Al Jazeera

‘Luck and God’: How Haitians survive gang violence, kidnappings in their nation’s capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — This teeming Caribbean capital, with its hair-raising traffic, army of sidewalk vendors and once vibrant nightlife, is now a metropolis that lives only by daylight.

Miami Herald

Report finds agents used improper force against Haitian migrants

Several Border Patrol agents used undue force against Haitian migrants along the southwest border last fall.

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They lack guns, bullets and body armor. How are Haiti’s cops confronting gangs?

TABARRE, Haiti — When a bloody gang war erupted in a busy business district east of Haiti’s capital not far from the U.S. Embassy, Haitian police officers were forced to mount a military-style assault just to reclaim one intersection.

Miami Herald

US charges Haitian man for role in missionary kidnappings

US Justice Department says Jean Pelice, alleged member of Haiti’s 400 Mawozo gang, was involved in October abductions.

Al Jazeera

Who killed Haitian President Jovenel Moïse? Two key suspects speak out from jail

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Five days after returning to Haiti from South Florida, where he had delivered a letter signed by a Haiti Supreme Court justice seeking help to overthrow Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, James Solages was at the airport in Port-au-Prince headed back to the U.S.

Miami Herald

Accused of killing Haiti President Jovenel Moïse, Colombian ex-soldier breaks his silence

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Retired Sgt. Edwin Blanquicet Rodríguez had spent 20 years in the Colombian military when he received an offer: Travel to Haiti as part of a security team to protect a politician and guard electrical infrastructure projects.

Miami Herald

Haiti marks anniversary of Moise murder as gang violence spirals

Haiti on Thursday commemorates the one-year anniversary of the murder of President Jovenel Moise, whose killing created a power vacuum and allowed the country's gangs to expand their territory and even take over the headquarters of the nation's courts.

Reuters

Haiti's struggle worsened in year since slaying of president

A year has passed since President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated at his private home

The Independent UK

Turkey Rejects Request to Extradite Haiti Assassination Suspect

A Turkish court rejected on Monday a request to extradite a man wanted by Haiti over his alleged involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. Moise, the 53-year-old former businessman who took office in 2017, was shot dead in July 2021 at his private residence and his wife was…

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Turkish court rejects request to extradite Haiti assassination suspect

A Turkish court rejected on Monday a request to extradite a man wanted by Haiti over his alleged involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.

Radio France Internationale

Podcast: Paris attacks verdict, quidditch in France, Haiti's 'independence debt'

Reflecting on the end of the trial of those involved in the 2015 Paris attacks; developing quidditch in France, where some are wary of a sport involving a broom between the legs. And the day that Haiti was forced to pay its former slave masters for its independence.

Reuters

IMF says Haiti staff-monitored program may lead to loan deal

The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday its management had approved a staff-monitored program for Haiti to establish a track record of policy implementation that could lead to an IMF-supported loan program.

Chicago Sun-Times

This week in history: Dancer Katherine Dunham heads to Haiti

While studying at the University of Chicago in 1935, Dunham, born this week on June 22, 1909, won a fellowship to research native dances in Haiti and the West Indies.

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A federal law requires translated voting ballots, but not in Arabic or Haitian Creole

The Voting Rights Act requires some states and local areas to offer election materials in more than just English. But the support for voters is limited to Spanish, Asian and Native American languages.

The Independent UK

Official: 8 more die as Haiti prisons lack food, water

An official says at least eight inmates have died at an overcrowded prison in Haiti that ran out of food two months ago

The Guardian - UK

Sex for a job: the scandal of Haiti’s exploited US garment workers

Women paid a pittance for making clothes for top US brands are often forced to have sex by bosses to keep their jobs, say unions

Tribune News Service

For Haitian migrants, waiting in Tijuana brings fear, discrimination, even death

TIJUANA, Mexico — In the last phone conversation that Pethou Archange had with her younger brother, he told her that he had a surprise for her birthday.

Wales Online

Welsh war surgeon helping to save lives on the frontline in war-torn Ukraine

Dr David Nott has worked in some of the dangerous conflict zones in the world including Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Chad, Iraq, Libya, Haiti, Gaza and Syria

Orlando Sentinel

Experts fear for safety of missing Special Olympics Haiti delegation members

ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s been over a week since six delegates of the unified Haitian Special Olympics soccer team were reported missing in Osceola County and experts say cause for concern about their safety will only grow the longer the investigation drags on.

The Independent UK

UN: Haiti police need immediate help amid surge in violence

A U.N. special envoy is warning that Haiti’s police force needs immediate help to fight crime and violence, noting that gangs have grown so powerful they recently seized control of a local courthouse

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