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Colombia, the world’s largest cocaine producer, faces a change in drug policy

The grizzled farmers had come on motorcycles and in pickups from jungle homesteads to a soccer field hours from the nearest town of any consequence….

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World powers at U.N. unanimously adopt arms embargo, travel ban and sanctions aimed at Haiti criminal gangs

United Nations – The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Haiti on Friday, with a targeted arms embargo, a U.N. Panel of Experts…

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UN chief calls for ‘armed action’ in Haiti amid growing crisis

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says action needed to end gangs’ blockade of port, allow in fuel and aid. Al Jazeera The head of the United…

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Biden administration drafts UNSC resolution to support deployment of rapid action force to Haiti

The United States has drafted a United Nations Security Council resolution that would support the deployment of a rapid action force to Haiti immediately as…

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STATEMENT BY SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN

October 12, 2022 Steps to Address the Humanitarian and Security Situation in Haiti As Haiti faces a deadly resurgence of cholera, malign actors continue to…

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PNH Fights For Survival

  Des individus lourdement armés ont attaqué, ce soir, la base de l’Unité Départementale de Maintien d’Ordre (UDMO) située à Habitation Leclerc ( Martissant). Aucune…

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Haiti wants U.S., Canada to lead anti-gang strike force, diplomat says

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 20,…

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U.N. chief suggests rapid action force to help Haiti

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9 (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed that one or several countries send “a rapid action force” to help Haiti’s…

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Haiti at the Crossroads: Civil Society Responses for a Haitian-led Solution

[9:36 AM, 9/30/2022] Tita: _Je demande de propager cette prière dans toutes les paroisses et les communautés. C’est la Vierge Marie qui demande aux chrétiens…

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Des manifestants attaquent les locaux de la Télévision Nationale d’Haïti

Des manifestants ont attaqué ce jeudi 15 septembre, les locaux de la Télévision Nationale d’Haïti (TNH). Ils ont emporté des matériels de la TNH et…

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Weapons smuggling to Haiti is on ‘alarming trend.’ Feds crack down, ask for public’s help

MiamiHerald.com A row of federal agents and prosecutors stood Wednesday behind tables displaying dozens of recently seized military-grade sniper rifles, belt-fed machine guns and semi-automatic…

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How a lavish pop-up picnic is bringing hundreds of tourists to Haiti this weekend

Hotel owner in Haiti calls the travel warning unfair Richard Buteau, owner of the Karibe Hotel in Petionville, Haiti, said the travel warning is affecting…

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CNN reporter witnesses Haitian gang violence from inside an armored car

Surging gang violence in Haiti’s capital has left hundreds dead and thousands forced to flee. CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh gives an inside look into the…

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Official: Gang kills, burns former Haitian senator, nephew

A Haitian official says a former senator who worked for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has been killed in an upscale neighborhood near…

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It’s like a warzone – Haitians surrounded by turf wars

BBC Packed with close to 400 parishioners, Sunday mass on 24 July was like any other at the Assembly of God on the outskirts of…

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Haiti gang violence: UN votes to ban small arms sales

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to ban some weapon sales to Haiti, rocked by deadly gang violence. The resolution calls on UN member…

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Haiti gang violence: Gun battles rage in Port-au-Prince UPDATED WITH VIDEO

A war between Haitian gangs which has left hundreds dead since it flared up three weeks ago has spread to the centre of the capital,…

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Haiti migrants: At least 17 Haitians die after boat capsizes in Bahamas

www.bbc.com At least 17 people from Haiti have died in a boat accident off the coast of The Bahamas, the government has said. Bahamian PM…

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At least 17 Haitian migrants found dead off Bahamas coast

Survivors from the capsized boat off the Bahamas island of New Providence. (CNN)Rescuers in the Bahamas have found the bodies of 17 Haitian migrants thought…

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Haiti gang violence: Children take shelter in school

Hundreds of children in Haiti are taking refuge at a high school in the capital Port-au-Prince after escaping gang violence that has claimed hundreds of…