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US should let Haiti reclaim its democracy

Haitians have a history of coming together to resolve crises — Washington’s meddling is just getting in the way Brian Concannon Mar 08, 2024 Haiti’s…

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Exclusive: Haiti ex-coup leader Guy Philippe demands PM resign, wants presidency

MEXICO CITY, March 8 (Reuters) – Guy Philippe, who helped lead a coup in Haiti in 2004 and returned to the Caribbean island last year…

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Blinken: ‘Untenable’ Ariel Henry remain Haiti prime minister

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Haiti’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, to announce his resignation and a political transition in a series of phone…

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Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least…

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US kidnaps president it imposed on Haitian people, as Western hemisphere’s poorest country descends into chaos

On Tuesday, the US government effectively kidnapped Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, a right-wing figure whom it had hitherto staunchly supported, a Miami Herald report…

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Republican funding hold imperils multinational Haiti force

The Biden administration is warning senior Republicans in Congress that a multinational force to Haiti cannot deploy unless they lift their long-standing hold on the…

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Caribbean leaders call a emergency meeting Monday on Haiti, calling the situation there ‘dire

By BERT WILKINSON Updated 7:50 AM PST, March 9, 2024 GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Caribbean leaders called for an emergency meeting in Jamaica with the United…

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Haitians shot dead in street and there’s no one to take the corpses away

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — On a ride through the gang-controlled streets of Haiti’s capital on Friday, past an improvised barricade, the motorcycle taxi reached a crossroad….

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Port au Prince: La dictature veut refaire surface avec le gouvernement Ariel Henry

Le gouvernement du de facto Ariel Henry, dans un arrêté du jeudi 06 mars 2024 a instauré l’état d’urgence sur toute l’étendue du département de…

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Firsthand Gangland Encounter in Haiti

With gangs in near total control of Port-au-Prince and the country in a state of emergency, I am reminded of my first encounter with a…

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US mulls deploying Marine security team to Haiti amid gang crisis

Correction Friday 9:45 a.m. ET: This story was corrected on Friday to note that the fleet has not actually deployed to Haiti. The defense official…

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Diplomatie Haïti: plusieurs policiers Kényans choisi de ne pas participer au Déploiement

La placentin Des policiers Kényans qui s’étaient portés volontairement pour participer au débarquement de la force internationale sur le sol haïtien, ont décidé de se…

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Haitian leader, unable to return to country, faces pressure to resign

By Widlore Mérancourt and Samantha Schmidt March 6, 2024 at 7:07 p.m. EST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The United States is urging Haiti’s embattled prime minister…

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U.S. fears Haiti could fall ‘at any time’ as doubts grow over Biden’s backup Kenya plan

Michael Wilner, Jacqueline Charles March 6, 2024 at 6:33 PM U.S. government officials have grown alarmed that the Haiti National Police could begin to crumble…

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It’s not just gang violence surging in Haiti. It’s a rebellion: ANALYSIS

Haiti is under a state of emergency amid a surge in gang violence. ByMatt Rivers ABC News Haiti is in the midst of a crisis that…

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US pushes Haiti’s prime minister on transition as gang leader warns of ‘genocide’

New York CNN  —  The US has called for “urgent” movement toward a political transition in Haiti, as gangs run amok in the nation’s capital…

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L’armée d’Haïti (FAd’H) finalement déployée dans l’ aire métropolitaine

  La Placentin En appui aux agents de la PNH, des soldats des Forces Armées d’Haïti (FAd’H) ont déployé en renfort pour repousser les tentatives…

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Haiti violence sees police ‘attacked with machetes’ as gangs wreak havoc in Port-au-Prince

EXCLUSIVE: A journalist in Haiti’s capital tells Daily Express US that gangs have been seen cutting police officers with machetes as they ‘cry for help.’…

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Haiti’s prime minister lands in Puerto Rico, official says, as gangs rampage at home

By Tara John, Morayo Ogunbayo and Michael Rios, CNN   A plane carrying Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry landed in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, its…

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Exclusive : Rushing home on a rerouted jet, Haiti’s prime minister is pressured by U.S. to resign

Miami Herald BY JACQUELINE CHARLES AND MICHAEL WILNER UPDATED MARCH 06, 2024 7:33 AM Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry was attempting to fly home on…