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A beat-up truck with dark windows and no license plates pulls into the main market of Miragoâne, a hardworking coastal town in Haiti’s southern peninsula. The no-nonsense government commissioner, Jean Ernest Muscadin, steps out into the fierce August glare and shoulders his rifle for a patrol. Bald, clean-shaven, and muscled enough to fill the sleeves of his shirt, he walks with quick and…

The streets of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince bore witness to a rare phenomenon on November 18 — thousands of Haitians joyously celebrated the qualification of the Haitian national team for the 2026 World Cup. The team’s qualification is historic as they became the first Haitian side to qualify for the prestigious soccer tournament since 1974.   The Haitian team secured its qualification with a…

Gang violence leaves at least 84 dead in Haiti’s historical agricultural heartland Monday, October 13th 2025 – 10:29 UTC Violence expanding eastwards deepens the country’s food insecurity A report from the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) revealed that armed gangs in Haiti carried out 24 massacres and attacks in the Artibonite department between January and September this year,…

By Bloomberg Published October 1, 2025 Just hours after the Trump administration pushed a global “gang suppression force” by way of the United Nations to stabilize Haiti, US lawmakers gutted the nation’s final steady industry. Bloomberg A two-decade-old regulation that permits Haitian textiles to enter the US tax free expired Tuesday as the federal government in Washington shut down. In a…

Chaz Clifford On March 14th, 2024, an article was published in the Trinidad Express Newspapers titled “Caricom should do more for Haiti”. It is a title that echoes the belief of so many in the Caribbean, the wider diaspora, the world, and even including myself to an extent; but, inevitably, in this article,  one will discover that it is a weight too hard to lift for CARICOM.   As the sun sets…

[News] The self-defense groups, which have the backing of Port-au-Prince’s top prosecutor, are “a significant source of human rights abuses,” the United Nations says. [English News] Source link

[News] Security guards stand watch as Haiti’s Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime, center, talks with the Mexico’s Charge d’Affaires Jesus Cisneros after attending an event marking one year since the start of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Thursday. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption toggle caption Odelyn Joseph/AP UNITED NATIONS — Haiti’s gangs have…