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Haiti gang leader willing to cooperate with FBI
CNC 3
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August 18, 2025
The leader of one of the most notorious gangs in Haiti, Jimmy Chérizier, says he is prepared to cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) even after American law officials described him as a foreign terrorist in May this year. The...
Haitian filmmaker turns heartbreak into art, earning international recognition
Haitian Times
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August 18, 2025
Overview: With AbiZe, Haitian filmmaker Luc Junior Ségur transforms heartbreak into a powerful short film that blends silence, grief and resilience. Through this moving love story, AbiZe gives life to silence, regrets and tender gestures that...
HBA honors 233rd anniversary of Bwa Kayiman ceremony igniting the Haitian Revolution
Caribbean Life - New York
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August 18, 2025
Haitian Bridge Alliance Executive Director Guerline Jozef HBA/Guerline Jozef The San Diego, CA-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) on Thursday honored the 233rd anniversary of the Bwa Kayiman ceremony of August 14, 1791—the historic gathering that...
2025 MBA To Watch: Winnie PETIT PAUL, Warwick Business School
Poets&Quants - California
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August 18, 2025
“Purpose-driven student blending creativity, strategic thinking, and social impact to build inclusive, community-cantered business solutions.” Hometown: Port-au- Prince, Haiti Fun fact about yourself: Purpose-driven student blending creativity,...
Business incubator collective launches digital platform to strengthen Haiti’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
Haitian Times
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August 18, 2025
Overview: Port-au-Prince-based incubator Banj and its partners have launched Antreprann.ht, Haiti’s first digital database for entrepreneurs. The platform connects six key sectors to address resource gaps, training needs and funding shortages,...
Get That ‘Barbecue,’ US Offers $5 Million Bounty for Haitian Gang Leader
The Gateway Pundit
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August 18, 2025
Haiti’s most powerful gang leader, Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier. VOA, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons The U.S. government has announced a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Jimmy Cherizier, the notorious...
‘The Wild West’: Desperation is rampant in Haiti as gangs, vigilantes spread
The European Sting
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August 18, 2025
© UNICEF/Herold Joseph A UN staff member tours a building targeted by gangs in Port-au-Prince. This article is published in association with United Nations. With armed gangs expanding their influence, self-defence groups morphing into gang-like...
Defense Minister meets UN Secretary General’s special representative for Haiti in Santo Domingo, Blackwater contracted
DR1
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Defense Minister Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre met with Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the UN Secretary-General’s special representative for Haiti and head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), at the Ministry of...
Port-au-Prince Marks Two Months Without Electricity Amid Sabotage, Political Paralysis, and Mounting Public Anger
teleSUR
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August 17, 2025 Hour: 2:33 pm Haiti’s capital has entered its 62nd consecutive day without electricity, a crisis that has paralyzed daily life, deepened insecurity, and sparked growing outrage against the Presidential Transitional Council and the...
Haiti declares 3-month state of emergency
Haitian Times
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August 17, 2025
Overview: Haiti’s government has declared a three-month state of emergency across the West, Artibonite and Center departments as gang violence intensifies, devastating the nation’s agricultural heartland. The move follows the appointment of a new...
UN expert warns Haiti is ‘becoming the Wild West’ amid rising gang violence
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 17, 2025
Haiti is descending into lawlessness reminiscent of the “Wild West,” with armed gangs expanding their influence, self-defence groups acting like criminal organizations, and public officials operating with impunity, according to William O’Neill,...
Caribbean, China delegations strengthen trade ties
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 17, 2025
Business Mya Quamie 53 Minutes Ago Randall Karim, permanent secretary, Caricom and Foreign Affairs Ministry. - Delegations from both the Caribbean and China have agreed to strengthen ties by expanding education at the primary and secondary school...
Blackwater founder Erik Prince’s plan to fight gangs, collect taxes in Haiti: Report
Straight Arrow News
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The founder of Blackwater announced he has secured a 10-year deal with Haiti’s government to fight gangs that now control most of Port-au-Prince and reestablish the nation’s taxation structure. Erik Prince, who now runs private security firm...
Looming durum harvest weighing on market
The Prairie Star - Nevada
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As of Aug. 11, the northern durum harvest in the U.S. was just getting started, but its anticipation was weighing heavy on the market and putting pressure on local cash durum prices. Cash bids for durum were a bit lower than earlier in the month...
Haitians honor Bois Caïman with music, cultural heritage exhibition on new national holiday
Haitian Times
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August 16, 2025
Overview: Haiti marked Aug. 14 as a public holiday for the first time, commemorating the 234th anniversary of the Bois Caïman ceremony. Ann Reviv Ayiti Lontan (ARAL) —a sociocultural organization— celebrated with music, dance and a cultural...
«Haiti is becoming something like the Wild West» (Interview)
Haiti Libre
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Haiti - Social : «Haiti is becoming something like the Wild West» (Interview) 16/08/2025 10:05:40 As armed gangs expand their influence, some self-defense groups transform into gangs, and officials act with impunity, Haiti is slowly becoming a...
Fritz Alphonse Jean denies any connection to Erik Prince's Vectus Global contract
Haiti Libre
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Haiti - FLASH : Fritz Alphonse Jean denies any connection to Erik Prince's Vectus Global contract 18/08/2025 09:55:04 Fritz Alphonse Jean, the former President of the Transitional Council, stated in a memo that he was unaware of the existence of...
Haiti wants to hire private company to collect border taxes. Not everyone is on board
The Derrick and The News-Herald - Pennsylvania
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Haiti’s transitional government is brokering a deal to take control of its porous border with the Dominican Republic, which has become a gateway for illegal weapons, by giving a private business control of security and tax collection. A Haitian...
Blackwater’s Erik Prince to Send 200 PMCs to Haiti Hell, as US Indicts Gang Leader Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier, and Offers $5 Million to Information Leading to His Capture
The Gateway Pundit
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August 16, 2025
WANTED: Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier has ben indicted and has a US bounty on him – and now come the PMCs. There are troubled countries, there are dysfunctional countries, and then there are absolute hell-holes like Haiti. In fact, in a situation...
Haiti wants to hire private firm to collect border taxes. Not everyone is on board
Virgin Islands Free Press
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August 15, 2025
Haiti’s transitional government is brokering a deal to take control of its porous border with the Dominican Republic, which has become a gateway for illegal weapons, by giving a private firm control of security and tax collection. A Haitian...