A new report has found that nearly 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the country’s population of more than 11 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse, as gang violence smothers life in the capital of Port-au-Prin...
The trip by President William Ruto of Kenya came against a bleak backdrop in Haiti, where gangs operate with impunity and the Kenyan officers remain largely out of sight.
Ohio state police will help protect schools in a city that has endured dozens of violent threats in the wake of a national political furor over Haitian migrants.
The US has often singled out Haitian immigrants. GOP attacks are the latest example.
The injured are transported to hospital after explosion near Miragoane in Haiti’s southern Nippes region, officials say.
Former President Trump's baseless comments about immigrants eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio, have prompted outrage among Florida's large Haitian population.
Remarks made by former President Trump about migrants eating pets are sparking outrage across the Long Island Haitian community.
Paywalled, but the beginning of the article is interesting enough as far as learning about that family.
During the presidential debate, Donald Trump doubled down on the false claim that migrants from Haiti are stealing and eating people's pets in Springfield, Ohio.
This occurred during the debate on Tuesday, September 10th.
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness says his country will send two dozen soldiers and police officers to Haiti this week to boost a U.N.
A local official said there was “absolutely no evidence” that Haitian migrants have stolen and eaten pets, an outlandish claim amplified by the Trump campaign on Monday.
I think it's important to highlight this story, as there seems to be a massive disinformation campaign on a certain social media platform (rhymes with "heX") currently underway.
For example, the body cam footage of the woman who allegedly ate the cat? Yeah, she wasn't Haitian (and, in fact, is an American citizen who is also a registered voter who was experiencing a psychotic episode).
As a reminder, this Community is not just about Haiti, but Haitians and anything to do with the news, history, art, music, and culture wherever Haitians can be found.
Antony Blinken arrived in the capital of Port-au-Prince to meet with Haiti’s transitional government amid gang violence.
The Bahamian government is readying a contingent of troops to deploy to Haiti as signs that the presence of additional personnel from other nations are
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Many would agree with you.
I'm going to say that this is truly tragic, what happened to these missionaries. They stayed in spite of the dangerous conditions around them, which truly speaks to their selflessness. They didn't go to Haiti to make a political statement or try to make money/profit off of the people. They went because they believed in helping others.
There's no direct link between the two countries. It's been argued that Kenya wants to increase its presence on the global stage and sees a peacekeeping/law enforcement mission in Haiti as an opportunity to showcase its capabilities in that space.
To be fair, that statement can apply to a number of places around the world (including in the US).
There has been a very unfortunate series of catastrophes that have been environmental, political, and economical....mostly overlapping.
Going after Barbancourt is unforgivable.........
Someone's feelings must have gotten hurt for this post to get downvoted to zero...
Two substantial points that this opinion piece makes stand out to me:
1- Pushing the gangs into controllable areas (by centralization) for the Haitian National Police to better handle.
2- Decentralized problem solving to reduce the vice grip that the entrenched power structure currently has.
The reasons for this are both internal and external, unfortunately. Yes, there are foreign interests that have taken advantage over the years but there's also the corruption that has persisted for decades. Until the government can start from scratch and keep the crap elements out, this will continue to happen and people will continue to suffer.
Here's a other source from ABC News:
So, what it appears you are saying is that the kidnapping is contributing to the mission not being popular? Just trying to understand the context of your comment in relation to the post.
Until the gang situation (and other issues) gets sorted, kidnappings such as this one (which has been happening for a number of years, now) will continue to occur, which is unfortunate.