Tag: Haiti
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🇭🇹 Anderson Cooper on the assassination of his Haitian math teacher Yves Volel
In Port-au-Prince, hidden in a guarded enclave, the orphanage Have Faith Haiti stands as a refuge from the gang violence just outside of its walls that has nearly consumed the country’s capital. “Most of these kids have not left this orphanage for four years because of the security situation in Haiti,” correspondent Anderson Cooper told…
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🇭🇹 Gangs use sexual violence to control communities in Haiti
Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald reports on how gangs in Haiti are using sexual violence as a tool of terror amid the country’s deepening political and humanitarian crisis. TAMARA KEITH, HOST: The island nation of Haiti is in crisis. There are food shortages, a crumbling government, and gangs are expanding their reach. The Miami…
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North Texas Men Accused of Plotting Atrocities on Haitian Island
In a case that echoes the darkest chapters of colonial violence, two North Texas men have been indicted for allegedly conspiring to invade a Haitian island, murder its male population, and enslave women and children for sexual purposes. The detailed plot, described by one criminologist as the most bizarre he has encountered in nearly three…
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🇭🇹 Hundreds of voodoo worshipers mark Day of the Dead in Haiti
Hundreds of Voodoo worshipers gathered at the main cemetery in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on Saturday to mark the annual Day of the Dead festival. Celebrations were more subdued following the passage of Hurricane Melissa and amid ongoing violence across the country. A tomb in the cemetery is believed to house the remains of the guardian…
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🇭🇹 Antreprann: The Digital Revolution of Haitian Entrepreneurship Coming August 11, 2025
In Haiti, launching an entrepreneurship business is often a real challenge. Lack of financing, scattered information, a lack of visibility for local startups, and difficulties finding mentoring or reliable partners… Many entrepreneurs find themselves facing their challenges alone, which hinders innovation and the country’s economic growth. In response to this, Antreprann was born. Accessible at https://antreprann.ht,…
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🇭🇹 Blackwater founder Erik Prince to send hundreds of fighters to strife-torn Haiti
Hundreds of combatants from the US, Europe and El Salvador will reportedly be deployed to Haiti in the coming weeks to battle the country’s gangs as part of a mission led by the controversial Blackwater founder and Donald Trump backer Erik Prince. According to Reuters, Prince’s new security firm, Vectus Global – which has been…
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🇭🇹 Haiti gang leader “Barbecue” challenges FBI after U.S. charges
U.S. charges Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier and American collaborator in sanctions-busting scheme One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders, Jimmy Chérizier, known as “Barbecue,” has openly challenged U.S. authorities after being indicted by a federal grand jury for violating sanctions and financing gang operations in the crisis-ridden Caribbean nation. In a video statement, Chérizier defiantly declared,…
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🇭🇹 Haiti declares three-month state of emergency as gang violence spikes
Government says move aims to boost ‘fight against insecurity’ as armed gangs continue to carry out attacks across the country. Haiti’s government has announced a three-month state of emergency in several parts of the country as it battles surging gang violence. The measure will cover the West, Centre and Artibonite departments, the latter of which…
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🇭🇹 US designates two powerful Haitian gangs as terrorist groups
Rubio calls Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif ‘threat to US national security’ and says support for groups could lead to charges The United States has designated a powerful Haitian gang alliance, whose members have taken control of almost all the capital city as a “transnational terrorist group”. The criminal coalition known as Viv Ansanm (Live…
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🇭🇹 Haiti’s gangs have ‘near-total control’ of the capital, U.N. says
UNITED NATIONS — Haiti’s gangs have gained “near-total control” of the capital and authorities are unable to stop escalating violence across the impoverished Caribbean nation, senior U.N. officials warned Wednesday. An estimated 90% of the capital Port-au-Prince is now under control of criminal groups who are expanding attacks not only into surrounding areas but beyond…
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