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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...
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 Taps New Interim Leader
Foreign Policy
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Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Haiti inaugurates a new interim leader, Bolivia readies for presidential elections, and the legacy of rock endures in Argentina. Who Holds Power in Port-au-Prince?...
Haiti is “Hell on Earth,” Claims UN Expert
Modern Tokyo Times
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August 15, 2025
Haiti is “Hell on Earth,” Claims UN Expert Nuray Lydia Oglu, Kanako Mita, and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times William O’Neill, the United Nations-designated expert on human rights in Haiti, describes the situation in the country as “hell on...
Flatbush Flavor: Haitian duo powers Black Business Month with Rogers Burgers
Caribbean Life - New York
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August 16, 2025
Signage of Rogers Burgers on 801 Rogers Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11226. Photo courtesy Rogers Burgers As August marks National Black Business Month, a powerful new chapter in Black entrepreneurship is written in Flatbush, Brooklyn — one mouth-watering...
Haiti looks to founder of controversial security firm Blackwater to help battle gangs
CBC/Radio-Canada
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August 15, 2025
The security firm of former U.S. Navy SEAL Erik Prince will soon deploy nearly 200 personnel from various countries to Haiti as part of a deal to quell gang violence there, a person with knowledge of the plans said Thursday. The deployment by...
Caribbean Matters: How to support Haitians fighting deportation from the US
Daily Kos
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August 16, 2025
Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of the Caribbean. While much of the media’s focus...
Silence is survival in Haiti
Haitian Times
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August 16, 2025
Overview: Originally published by Index on Censorship, this report investigates how USAID funding cuts under Donald Trump’s administration have weakened Haiti’s media, LGBTQ+ and health services sectors—leaving civil society voiceless amid gang...
Kenyan team meets new Haiti president amid surging gang operations
Star
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A Kenyan delegation met and held talks with the newly elected head of Haiti’s transitional presidential Laurent Saint-Cyr over the operations against surging criminal gangs. The delegation was led by Joseph Boinnet, who President William Ruto's...
What We’re Watching: Haiti turns to foreign fighters, China’s economy slumps, protests flare-up in Serbia
GZERO Media
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August 15, 2025
Haiti turns to foreign guns as gangs tighten grip Blackwater founder Erik Prince is ramping up his private security firm’s presence in Haiti, deploying hundreds of fighters from the US, Europe, and El Salvador to battle gangs controlling much of...
Haitian ex-mayor Rosemila Petit-Frére transferred to Haitian authorities
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- The General Directorate of Migration (DGM) handed over Haitian citizen Rosemila Petit-Frére, former mayor of Arcahaie and owner of Radio Téle Monopole, to the Haitian National Police on Wednesday after determining she faced no...
Feared Haitian Gang Leader Jimmy Barbecue Reacts To U.S. $5 Million Bounty On His Head
AllHipHop
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August 15, 2025
Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier got slapped with a $5 million bounty by the U.S. government after being hit with federal charges tied to gang violence and dirty money in Haiti. The notorious ex-cop runs the Viv Ansanm gang, a ruthless alliance of armed...
As legal status is set to end for many Haitians, Mass. health care sector braces for staffing shortages
WBUR - Massachusetts
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In the living room of a Randolph apartment, a 3-year-old boy beams as he shows off his electric tricycle. His father, Jacques, smiles, but he has big worries. His boss at a Boston hospital just told him he’ll be let go if he can’t secure a new...
Gang violence in Haiti is so bad the government is hiring 200 armed men from Blackwater founder Erik Prince to quell the crisis
Fortune
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The security firm of former U.S. Navy Seal Erik Prince will soon deploy nearly 200 personnel from various countries to Haiti as part of a one-year deal to quell gang violence there, a person with knowledge of the plans said Thursday. The...
UM janitors vote to authorize strike amid contract dispute
CBS 4 Miami - Florida
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Janitors at the University of Miami are preparing to strike after voting to demand higher wages during ongoing contract negotiations with ABM, the company that employs them. On Monday, 364 of the 516 members of SEIU Local 32BJ authorized a strike...
Imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti threatened in cell, Trump meets Putin in Alaska, and mercenary Erik Prince's plans for Haiti.
Drop Site
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August 15, 2025
Israel has killed 21 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn. Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the cell of political prisoner Marwan Barghouti—who has been imprisoned since 2002 and is the most unifying Palestinian resistance...
Foreign mercenaries will stay in Haiti for 10 years
Haiti Libre
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Haiti - FLASH : Foreign mercenaries will stay in Haiti for 10 years 15/08/2025 09:36:33 Erik Prince, a former U.S. Navy SEAL and founder of Academi (formerly Blackwater Worldwide), the world's largest private military company, which he sold in...
Trump ally Erik Prince plans 10-Year Haiti mission
FBC News
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August 14, 2025
[Source: Reuters] The prominent Donald Trump supporter and private security executive Erik Prince says he has a 10-year deal with Haiti to fight the country’s criminal gangs, and then take a role in restoring the country’s tax-collection system....
Blackwater founder Erik Prince’s hired guns to target Haiti’s gangs amid growing chaos
Firstpost
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August 15, 2025
Prince’s new security firm, Vectus Global, which is already present in Haiti, will intensify its operations in the Caribbean nation to help authorities battle heavily armed criminal groups and win territories back from them US President Donald...
Blackwater founder Erik Prince reveals details on 10-year contract with Haitian authorities
Haitian Times
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August 15, 2025
Overview: In an interview with Reuters, Erik Prince, CEO of Vectus Global, confirmed on Thursday the existence of a 10-year contract with the Haitian transitional government to restore security and assist with tax reform. Since March 2025, his...