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Haitian political leaders seek a balanced and inclusive transition
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 18, 2025
Representatives of the political community, civil society, the farmer sector, religious communities, youth, the private sector, and the Haitian diaspora signed the treaty. It emerged after several months of consultation and was called the August...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
President Abinader taps new Banreservas chief in major leadership shuffle
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- In a significant move for the country’s financial sector, President Luis Abinader on Sunday appointed Leonardo Aguilera Batista as the new Executive President of Banreservas, the Dominican Republic’s largest bank. The designation,...
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,...
President announces new appointments in government
DR1
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The Presidency issued Decree 461-25 on Sunday, 17 August 2025 with numerous key appointments in government. These are: Leonardo Aguilera Batista has been appointed the new executive president of Banreservas, the government commercial bank. Since...
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...
Haiti’s gangs: “Beyond the reach of law, not the reach of the Gospel”
Mission Network News
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August 18, 2025
Haiti (MNN) — Recently, an Irish missionary and eight others — including a three-year-old child — were kidnapped from an orphanage compound. As believers around the world pray for their release from captivity, here are a few testimonies to...
Family Sets U.S. Funeral for Fallen Minister of State
Front Page Africa
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August 18, 2025
The Honorable Sylvester Mondubue “Greg” Grigsby – A Life of Service, Integrity, and Love Held lovingly by his wife Cleopatra and their daughters, Diana and Mayumi, the Honorable Sylvester Mondubue “Greg” Grigsby, Liberia’s Minister of State for...
Will the US Blacklist Bar Political Leaders & Delegates from UN’s 80th Anniversary Summit?
Inter Press Service
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August 18, 2025
Democracy, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations The preambular words of the UN Charter displayed at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York. Credit: UN...
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...
President Ali calls for bold UN reforms
Guyana Chronicle
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August 17, 2025
—amid global crises in Ukraine, Gaza & Haiti GUYANA’S President Dr. Irfaan Ali has warned that the ongoing global conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, along with the decades of instability in Haiti, are not only directly affecting these nations but...
Haiti needs to get the attention of the US
DR1
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"America First!" All countries would be wise to remember that during diplomatic relations with the current administration running the United States of America. The strongest move, that Haiti could make would be to hint they are considering...
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,...
High-level Kenyan delegation to Haiti
Haiti Libre
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Haiti - Politic : High-level Kenyan delegation to Haiti 17/08/2025 09:26:54 Kenyan Deputy National Security Adviser Joseph Boinet Kipchirchir led a delegation of six senior government officials on a three-day official visit to Haiti this week. The...
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...
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...