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Zellnor Myrie on creating 1 million homes and being ‘livid’ for Haitians: ‘This is personal for me’
Haitian Times
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June 18, 2025
Overview: In a conversation with The Haitian Times, State Senator Zellnor Myrie discusses how growing up in a Caribbean immigrant household shaped his priorities on housing, sanctuary city protections and community safety. Myrie emphasized his...
Haitian man in South Florida under parole program asked to self-deport despite having TPS
CBS 4 Miami - Florida
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A Haitian man living in South Florida under a temporary parole program said he was told to self-deport, despite being granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a directive that has left him fearful, confused and uncertain about his future in the...
Haiti faces growing threat of famine
United Press International (UPI)
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Dozens of people were dispersed by the Haitian National Police after fleeing their homes in 2023 due to violence by armed gangs, and stationed themselves in front of the United States embassy seeking safety. The World Food Program links Haiti’s...
After Labeling Transfers to Guantanamo as ‘Fake News,’ Trump Deports Haitians from There
Military.com
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June 18, 2025
Only days after Trump administration officials denied plans to transfer undocumented migrants to an American naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, before deporting them, a U.S. military plane flew 20 Haitians from the military installation to...
Lenise Toussaint, nationally renowned Haitian centenarian, dies at 109 in Pennsylvania
Haitian Times
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June 18, 2025
Overview: Lenise Aris Petit Toussaint, a Haitian centenarian and devoted community leader, died on June 10 a few weeks shy of her 110th birthday. A lifelong farmer, faith leader and matriarch, she will be remembered for her passion for herbal...
Malnutrition in Haiti
Independence Bulletin Journal - Iowa
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Malnutrition in Haiti Many countries around the world are experiencing malnutrition and poverty. Countries suffering from malnutrition include Haiti, Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia. As of 2022, 735.1 billion people are malnourished. 50%...
Nigerian Foreign Minister Woos US Govt With Mineral Resources In Exchange For Visa Access For Government Officials, Businessmen
Sahara Reporters
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Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has signalled a strategic offer to the United States: access to critical earth minerals in exchange for easing visa restrictions on government officials. Speaking during the 54th...
Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 58: Contracting of Former PMC Blackwater Founder Erik Prince by the Haitian Government for Port-au-Prince Intervention
Small Wars Journal
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June 18, 2025
Erik Prince, founder of the Blackwater private military company (PMC), has signed a contract with the Haitian government to intervene using lethal operations against the criminal gangs threatening to fully overrun Port-au-Prince.[1] The Haitian...
IDB Creates Fund to Strengthen Caribbean Integration, Provides R$1.6 billion to Haiti in Grants, and Prepares an Unprecedented Multi-Country Debt Exchange
Nevis Pages
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June 18, 2025
BRASILIA – As part of the Brazil-Caribbean Summit, with the participation of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced new measures to support the region through development and integration....
iciHaiti - Trade : DR exported 1,395 different products to Haiti in 5 months
Haiti Libre
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June 17, 2025
iciHaiti - Trade : DR exported 1,395 different products to Haiti in 5 months 17/06/2025 09:49:24 According to data from the Export and Investment Center (ProDominicana), 697 Dominican exporters exported 1,395 product categories to Haiti for a...
Sunrise resumes domestic flights, charging sky-high fares despite $11M backing from Haitian government
Haitian Times
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June 17, 2025
Overview: As planned, Sunrise Airways resumed its domestic flights on June 12, providing residents with a much-needed air travel solution to and from Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital. However, despite the country’s transitional government...
Haiti's president was killed 4 years ago. The questions around his death remain unanswered
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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Jean is one of six Haitian judges investigating whether there is enough evidence to warrant a trial for the 20 suspects held in the troubled Caribbean country. Authorities said some of the suspects envisioned a coup, not an assassination, leading...
Israel Commits ‘Highest Number’ of Violations against Children in 2024 – UN
The Palestine Chronicle
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June 20, 2025
Israel continued to carry out massacres in Gaza. (Photo: Social media, via QNN) By Palestine Chronicle Staff The UN report verified the use of 27 Palestinian boys by Israeli armed and security forces “as human shields” during operations in the...
Gangland: Painful lessons from the past as Kenyan leaders flirt with goons
Citizen TV Kenya
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June 20, 2025
Youth armed with crude weapons unleash terror on protesters as a policeman watches. On Tuesday, June 17, hired goons attacked and injured peaceful protesters who were demanding justice for the death of teacher, blogger Albert Ojwang at the hands...
New Haitian Ambassador to Washington
Haiti Libre
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Haiti - Diplomacy : New Haitian Ambassador to Washington 17/06/2025 09:53:31 Lionel Delatour, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Haiti to the United States, presented his credentials to U.S. President Donald Trump during a ceremony in...
Dialogue on Haiti crisis set for 23 June at Unicaribe
DR1
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A critical dialogue addressing the multifaceted Haitian crisis and its implications for the Dominican Republic is slated to commence on Monday, 23 June 2025 at 2pm, at the Universidad del Caribe (Unicaribe). This initiative, spearheaded by the...
AMERICA/HAITI - The humanitarian situation remains catastrophic: people are not giving up hope for a better future
Fides
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June 17, 2025
Tuesday, 17 June 2025 MM Pourcine-Pic Makaya (Agenzia Fides) - "Behind every number stands a person whose suffering is immeasurable: children, mothers, the elderly, many of whom have been forced to leave their homes more than once, often with only...
Sunrise Airways has never received a subsidy from the Haitian government
Haiti Libre
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Haiti - FLASH : Sunrise Airways has never received a subsidy from the Haitian government 17/06/2025 09:30:08 In a memo, private airline Sunrise Airways seeks to set the record straight amid rumors that the company received a "subsidy" from the...
Haitian repatriated from Portland tested positive for Malaria
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 16, 2025
One of the 42 Haitians who landed at Ross Craig, Long Bay, Portland, on May 18 tested positive for malaria before being repatriated to Haiti two days later. The disclosure was made by Dr. Sharon Lewis, Portland’s Medical Officer of Health, during...
When developing countries band together, lifesaving drugs become cheaper and easier to buy − with trade-offs
The Conversation
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June 17, 2025
Procuring lifesaving drugs is a daunting challenge in many low- and middle-income countries. Essential treatments are often neither available nor affordable in these nations, even decades after the drugs entered the market. Prospective buyers from...