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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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

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'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.

Inverse

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Miami Herald

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

The Independent UK

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.

Reuters

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

The Independent UK

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.

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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.

The Independent UK

UN, Haiti seek $2 billion to help in earthquake aftermath

The U.S., European Union and others have pledged $600 million in additional funds to help hundreds of thousands still struggling six months after a powerful earthquake struck Haiti's southern region

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Haiti asks donors to help fund $2 billion earthquake rebuild plan

Haiti began a donor conference on Wednesday to raise some of the estimated $2 billion needed for reconstruction in its southern peninsula after an earthquake that killed thousands of people.

The Independent UK

How many countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list

Countries such as Haiti and Saudi Arabia are set to make their first appearance at a Winter Olympics

Daily Mirror

Alpine skier beams with pride as he becomes first man to represent Haiti at Winter Olympics

Richardson Viano, 19, took on Team GB's Dave Ryding among others as he competed in the alpine skiing men's slalom event at the Winter Olympics in Beijing

Miami Herald

Haiti seeks $2B from international donors to rebuild quake-ravaged southern peninsula

Six months after a deadly earthquake devastated communities along Haiti’s southern peninsula and created new challenges in an already troubled country, the government will lead an international donors’ conference Wednesday in hopes of raising billions of dollars toward recovery and reconstruction.

The Guardian - UK

Skiing outsiders make their mark as arrival of real snow causes setbacks

Skiers from Haiti, Jamaica and Saudi Arabia raced in the giant slalom, one of many events disrupted by blizzard conditions

Miami Herald

In exclusive interview, Haiti prime minister says he’d hand assassination suspects to US

MIAMI — In a statement likely to stir up a political storm, Haiti’s interim prime minister told the Miami Herald he would support sending suspects in the assassination of Haiti’s president to Miami to face murder conspiracy charges if U.S. authorities ask.

Miami Herald

Haiti prime minister and opposition group meet, each with different plans for exiting crisis

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry says he wants members of a powerful opposition coalition seeking his removal from office, replaced by a two-year transitional government, to join his election push to steer Haiti out of its current crisis and back to popular rule.

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