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IMF approves $105 million to fight food shortages in Haiti

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) executive board approved $105 million to help Haiti address severe food insecurity, the institution said on Monday, as the Caribbean country faces widespread shortages amid a humanitarian crisis.

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UN chief insists on special armed forces as Haiti spirals

U.N. Secretary General António Guterres is insisting on the deployment of an international specialized armed force to Haiti and calling on governments to consider halting deportations as the country’s situation spirals

The Independent UK

Coast Guard stops boat with 400 Haitians off the Bahamas that was likely headed to Florida

The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a migrant boat carrying nearly 400 people from Haiti near an isolated island in the Bahamas, according to Bahamian officials.

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As Haitian gangs expand control, cop's family is left shaken

One of the country’s nearly 200 gangs ambushed his police unit that morning, sending gunfire echoing through the streets in an unexpected area: A mansion-lined stretch of the country’s capital Port-Au-Prince

The Independent UK

Homeland chief: Cubans, Haitians who come by sea are disqualified from new parole program

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned that Cubans and Haitians who illegally come to the United States by boat will be disqualified from applying to a recently announced parole program, a public declaration that follows a wave of migrant landings in the Florida Keys.

Miami Herald

They stole and they freed criminals. Now these Haiti judges are being singled out

In a historic blow to Haiti’s already dysfunctional judicial system, a judicial oversight board has rebuked more than two dozen judges for misconduct and paved the way for their firing — a clean-up of the nation’s judiciary that will likely affect its handling of pressing legal matters, from corruption to…

Miami Herald

As its only remaining elected officials depart, Haiti reaches a breaking point

In the years since Haiti last held a democratic election, the challenges facing the country have spiraled: gang violence, inflation, a cholera outbreak. "It's a collapse," one outgoing senator said.

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For peace in Haiti, first win the war on hunger

Letters: The millions of Haitians facing food insecurity need our help, says Jean-Martin Bauer of the UN’s World Food Programme, while Selma James urges robust reporting on the crisis

The Guardian - UK

For 15 years, Milena Sandler and Joel Widmaier welcomed some of the biggest international names in jazz and R&B to Haiti amid political turmoil, fuel shortages and protests, musicians like Branford Marsalis, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Joss Stone.

Miami Herald

Immigration spike has created an unexpected wave of enrollment at Miami-Dade schools

MIAMI — Since the start of the 2022-23 school year, nearly 10,000 students from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela have enrolled in Miami-Dade County public schools — about 2,500 more students than who arrived in the entire 2021-22 year, reflecting the surge of immigrants coming from those four countries over…

Miami Herald

Canada sanctions ex-President Martelly’s brother-in-law and a former Haitian politician

The Canadian government added more names Friday to its sanction list involving Haitian political figures and business people.

Miami Herald

Canada imposes new sanctions on two ‘Haitian elites’

Canadian government accuses two Haitian nationals, including associate of ex-President Martelly, of enabling gangs.

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Canada sanctions two Haitians over alleged corruption

Canada imposed additional Haiti-related sanctions on Friday in response to alleged corruption, targeting an associate of the island nation's former president and a former member of the Haitian parliament, Ottawa's foreign minister said.

Reuters

Big group of Haitian migrants arrive on Virginia Key near Key Biscayne, Border Patrol says

MIAMI — A group of up to 70 Haitians arrived Thursday afternoon in a migrant sailboat off Virginia Key, a barrier island off Miami that leads to Key Biscayne.

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Haiti crisis: how did it get so bad, what is the role of gangs, and is there a way out?

Caribbean country has been in turmoil since the assassination of the president, Jovenel Moïse, in 2021

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Editorial: Haiti, rudderless with no elected leaders, needs our help — and also to help itself

Alarmed and clear-eyed Americans have said that they are fighting to preserve the foundation of our democracy. In fact, across most of the country, save Florida, they voted that sentiment in November’s general election.

Reuters

Canada sends armored vehicles to Haiti to fight gang violence

Canada delivered armored vehicles to Haiti on Wednesday to help combat criminal gangs as the Caribbean nation faces a humanitarian crisis, the Canadian foreign ministry said.

The Independent UK

Haitians seizing on legal path to US rush to secure passport

Hundreds of Haitians are flocking daily to the sole immigration office in Port-au-Prince to secure a passport in hopes they will soon be chosen to live legally in the U.S. under a new immigration plan

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Florida says it’s helping feds deal with migrant surge but not directly intervening

MIAMI — Florida’s emergency response to the influx of migrants from Cuba and Haiti arriving by boat will be one of surveillance and not interdiction as 150 to 200 troops and officers work with federal Homeland Security officials “to increase coastal vigilance and provide improved situational awareness on migrant activities,’’…

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Canada, allies preparing plan in case Haitian situation worsens -Trudeau

Canada is working with allies including the United States to prepare for "options" if the situation in Haiti deteriorates, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, adding any definitive solution must come from the Haitian people.

Miami Herald

Haiti’s ‘instability’ among the topics Biden and Trudeau discuss in Mexico City

The ongoing instability in Haiti became a focal point of discussions Tuesday between President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the two kicked off a North American leaders summit in Mexico City.

The Independent UK

Political vacuum in Haiti deepens as senators' terms expire

Haiti has been stripped of its last democratically elected institution

Miami Herald

With not a single elected leader left, Haiti is becoming a textbook case of a ‘failed state’

For years, Haiti has suffered from a disastrous economy, a struggling police force and a practically invisible government.

Miami Herald

Florida troopers at scene of migrant landing on Key Largo following governor's emergency declaration

KEY LARGO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ state response to the latest influx of Cuban, and sometimes Haitian, migrant landings in the Florida Keys appears to have begun.

Miami Herald

Haitians can now get parole to enter the United States. Here is how the program will work

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services released details on Friday about the new parole program for Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans that was announced Thursday by President Joe Biden.

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