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Feds crack down, ask for public’s help as weapons smuggling to Haiti rises to unprecedented levels

MIAMI — 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 pistols — all originally destined for Haiti.

Miami Herald

US officials warn of uptick in weapons smuggled to Haiti

U.S. investigators say they've spotted an uptick in the amount and caliber of weapons being smuggled from Florida to Haiti in recent months

The Independent UK

Members of Congress asking Biden to appoint new special envoy to Haiti

Almost a year after a top U.S. envoy to Haiti resigned in protest of the Biden administration’s Haiti policy, four Democratic lawmakers are asking President Joe Biden to name a replacement.

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Texas university student adopts infant he found in the trash in Haiti

Jimmy Amisial, 27, said he ‘took a leap of faith’ when he decided to start the process to adopt baby Emilio back in 2018

The Independent UK

OAS chief Almagro has more to say about the international community’s failure in Haiti

The Organization of American States, based in Washington, has a reputation for toeing the U.S. policy line when it comes to countries in the hemisphere, especially where Haiti is concerned.

Miami Herald

Why some Haitian boat refugees are allowed into the US and others are sent back

MIAMI — A worrying rise in the number of Haitian refugees arriving by boat off the Florida coast is raising questions about a long-standing immigration practice that determines why some fleeing migrants are processed into the United States and others are quickly returned back to Haiti despite making it into…

Miami Herald

Another large group of Haitian migrants arrives off the Keys for second time in three days

MIAMI — A migrant sailboat overloaded with people arrived in the shallow waters Monday evening off the Middle Florida Keys, federal officials said.

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Gangs kill former Haitian senator amid spike in violence

Gangs killed a former Haitian senator who led a government housing program on Saturday in an affluent area of Port-au-Prince, the prime minister said on Sunday, amid a spike in violence by criminal groups in the Caribbean nation's capital.

Reuters

Bogeyman review – Haiti and the price of revolution

The first country to abolish slavery has been demonised and minimised, as Emily Aboud’s alternately fascinating and frustrating play reveals

The Guardian - UK

Boat with more than 100 migrants arrives offshore of the Florida Keys

MIAMI — A group of between 100 and 200 Haitian migrants arrived offshore of the Florida Keys Saturday afternoon, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Miami Herald

Turkey frees man wanted by Haiti after Moise's assassination -lawyer

A man wanted by Haiti over his alleged involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise has been freed from a Turkish repatriation centre and returned to the United States, one of his lawyers said on Saturday.

Reuters

Canada’s international disaster responders have skills and experience that could be deployed in emergencies here at home

Responding to international emergencies following natural disasters gives health-care workers knowledge and skills that are crucial in a crisis. They are uniquely prepared for the unpredictable conditions that follow disasters.

The Conversation

Magnolia species lost to science for 97 years rediscovered in Haiti

Conservationists find native magnolia for first time since 1925 after original habitat destroyed by deforestation

The Guardian - UK

Emily Aboud on Bogeyman: ‘I don’t want to traumatise the people I’m trying to empower’

The writer-director’s new Edinburgh fringe show switches between the 18th-century Haitian revolution and a haunted modern London

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As Bahamas charges 4 men in Haitian migrant boat tragedy, family of 1-year-old mourns

The first time her phone rang, Lenise Georges didn’t believe the news. Her sister and 1-year-old niece were dead, the caller, another niece, said, explaining that their boat had capsized off the coast of Nassau, Bahamas, and that everyone onboard had died.

The Independent UK

5 dead, 68 Haitians rescued from waters near Puerto Rico

Authorities say at least five Haitian migrants have drowned and 68 others have been rescued after a suspected human smuggling boat dropped the group off in waters near an uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico

Reuters

Anger grows in Haiti over weapons trafficking from U.S. after guns shipped as church donations

A string of recent arms-trafficking scandals in Haiti, including the discovery of weapons in a shipping container labeled as church donations, has ignited anger over a steady flow of U.S. guns that are fueling rampant gang violence.

Reuters

Haiti gangs wage battles in downtown Port-au-Prince

Haitian gangs waged intense gun battles on Wednesday in Port-au-Prince, shuttering main avenues and a municipal market in the downtown area of the capital.

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A Haitian Baby That Was Saved From A Trash Can Awaits Adoption

The student said the child was covered in ants and the crowd of people around him were reluctant to get involved.

Miami Herald

Why are more Haitian women dying in migrant boat tragedies? An expert has an answer

MIAMI — Nearly all of the dead victims recovered from a Miami-bound migrant boat that overturned Sunday in the Bahamas were women, the second time in two months that an overwhelming number of Haitian women have lost their lives in a vessel that capsized.

Daily Record

Man who found baby in a bin covered in ants and crying now wants to adopt child

Jimmy Amisial found an abandoned baby in a bin and took him in when he was just 22 years old has now applied to legally adopt the little boy and officially become his dad.

Miami Herald

Bahamian authorities continue search and recovery after suspected migrant boat capsizes

MIAMI — Nearly all of the dead victims recovered from a Miami-bound migrant boat that overturned Sunday in The Bahamas were women, the second time in two months that an overwhelming number of Haitian women have lost their lives in a vessel that capsized.

Reuters

Turkey has not freed man wanted by Haiti despite court ruling -lawyer

Turkey has not released a man wanted by Haiti over his alleged involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, his lawyer said on Monday, despite a court rejecting his extradition and ruling he should be freed three weeks ago.

Daily Mirror

'I found a baby in a bin covered in ants and screaming - now I want to be his dad'

A man who found an abandoned baby in a bin and took him in when he was just 22 years old has now applied to legally adopt the little boy and officially become his dad

Miami Herald

‘Typically it doesn’t end well’: The seas migrants cross aren’t safe. Neither are the boats

MIAMI — The capsizing of a boat near the Bahamas on Sunday that killed at least 17 people — suspected to be Haitian nationals trying to land in Miami — underscores the dangers that migrants on illicit sea voyages face trying to reach American shores.

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