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How was May Day celebrated around the world?

On May 1, workers, labour unions, and leftist demonstrators marched through major cities in recognition of May Day, traditionally an international celebration of labourers and the working class.

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Tourist hub Bahamas sees spike in migrant smuggling by boat to the United States

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Haitians struggle to find food, shelter amid new gang battle

Heavy gunfire is echoing in a once quiet neighborhood in Haiti’s capital that has become ground zero in a gang fight that has killed at least 20 people, injured more than a dozen and forced thousands to flee their homes this week

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Mexican government’s response to Haitian migrant wave was chaotic, report claims

Mexican authorities had limited capacity to manage the country’s recent wave of Haitian migrants, who lived in dire conditions and struggled with the country’s immigration system, said a report published Thursday by an international refugee advocacy organization.

Miami Herald

‘It’s a long path forward,’ Blinken tells US senators as Haiti gang conflict intensifies

An ongoing conflict between heavily armed Haitian gangs on the eastern outskirts of Port-au-Prince has left at least 18 civilians dead and forced several hundred individuals, including children, from their homes, the country’s Office of Civil Protection and the United Nations humanitarian organization said.

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US seeks to keep Moïse assassination suspects’ FBI, DEA ties under wraps

MIAMI — The undercover work of former U.S. government informants suspected of plotting to kill Haiti’s president has compelled Miami federal prosecutors to seal off evidence about their past activities in the interest of U.S. national security, saying the information is classified and cannot be turned over to the defense…

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Risking it all: migrants brave Darién Gap in pursuit of the American dream

Last year a record 133,000 people risked their lives on a perilous trek through a lawless jungle – and the numbers keep rising

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Haiti’s deadly gang violence spikes, families caught in crossfire

Criminal violence in Haiti worsened this week. with fighting among gangs in part of the capital chasing thousands from their homes and killing at least 20 people, including children.

France 24

Chaos, gang violence again erupt in Haiti. Even the nation’s disarmament chief is a target

Chaos and violence is once more erupting in Haiti, where armed clashes between warring violent gangs are once more forcing residents to flee their homes under a hail of bullets.

Miami Herald

Haiti grounds private flights amid probe into deadly crash

Haiti’s National Civil Aviation Office is banning all private aircraft from flying while it investigates the crash of a small plane tht killed at least five people and injured several others

The Independent UK

Small plane crashes on a major road in Haiti capital, killing at least 7

A single-engine airplane crashed in Haiti Wednesday along a major road on the southern outskirts of the capital, leaving at least seven people dead, including the pilot, who later succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital.

Miami Herald

5 dead after small plane crashes into soda truck in Haiti

A small plane has crashed in the bustling Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, killing at least five people and injuring several others

The Independent UK

Plane crashes into busy street in Haitian capital

A small plane crashed onto a busy street in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said, adding that the incident had caused both deaths and injuries.

Reuters

‘We are fighting the system’: Haiti lawyers taking rape to the courts

In a society riven with poverty and where armed gangs use sexual violence as a means of control, three women are working for justice

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Coast Guard returns 109 Haitian migrants who were stopped at sea days earlier

MIAMI — Another large group of Haitian migrants was stopped at sea this week on an overloaded sailboat heading for South Florida.

Miami Herald

Traveling to Haiti or Jamaica? They just changed their COVID-19 testing requirements

Haiti and Jamaica are joining a growing list of countries that are once again revising their COVID-19 travel protocols in hopes of making it easier for visitors, and to boost revenues and vaccination rates.

The Independent UK

Murder, motive and mystery: Why the US is trying to find answers to a Haitian assassination

Haitian investigations into the killing of president Jovenel Moise have so far hit dead ends – but in America, efforts are moving forward, reports Widlore Merancourt

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Israeli Medical Team Rushes To Help Haitian Burn Victims

Their mission was to perform various surgeries and train local physicians in the latest treatment methods.

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Colombia president: evidence implicates ex-soldiers in Haiti

Colombian President Iván Duque says there is evidence and testimony that seriously implicate “practically all” of the former Colombian soldiers being held in Haiti in the assassination of that country’s president, Jovenel Moïse

Miami Herald

Nearly 90 Haitian migrants returned 4 days after they were stopped at sea

MIAMI — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter returned 89 people to Haiti on Tuesday who were stopped at sea days earlier aboard an overloaded sailboat off the southeastern coast of Cuba.

Reuters

CDC eases COVID travel assessment for Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Haiti

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday eased its COVID-19 travel ratings for Saudi Arabia, Myanmar and Haiti.

Miami Herald

Coast Guard sends back to Haiti nearly 90 migrants — including children — rescued at sea

A U.S. Coast Guard video shows Key West crews returning nearly 90 migrants to Haiti on Sunday, according to the military branch.

Miami Herald

A convicted Haitian drug trafficker is brought to US to face new narcotics charges

A convicted Haitian cocaine smuggler who had assisted a U.S. investigation of drug trafficking in the administration of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has been brought once again to the United States to face new narcotics charges.

Reuters

Colombian man pleads not guilty to conspiring to kill Haiti's Moise

A former Colombian soldier pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges by U.S. prosecutors that he conspired to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: As Biden moves to end Title 42, administration must prepare to humanely deal with migrant influx

Over the past few days, migrants fleeing the war in Ukraine have made their way to northern Mexico and been waved through the U.S. southern border, putting an end to a short but harrowing journey to seek safety in a foreign land. Yards away, equally desperate travelers from Central and…

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