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A new leadership is appointed in Haiti as gangs threaten to overthrow the government
A wealthy businessman was slated to become president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council on Thursday, marking the ...
Haiti replaces police chief with former head of palace security
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Haiti's former national palace security chief, Vladimir Paraison, was appointed national ...
$93 million in aid to fight malnutrition headed to 12 African countries, Haiti, State Dept says
New $93 million food aid initiative will provide ready-use therapeutic food to combat child malnutrition across Haiti and 12 ...
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Even the dead must pay: Haiti’s burial crisis amid gang control
In Haiti, grieving families now face a deadly negotiation: burying loved ones has become a costly and dangerous ordeal. Since ...
Haiti businessman takes over presidency as gangs threaten transition
Haitian businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr took over his country's leadership on Thursday, the last phase of its transition before ...
Haiti ushers in last phase of transitional government amid color, class tensions
The latest transition of power in Haiti is highlighting long-standing fault lines between the country's Black majority and ...
Dominican Republic rattled by 5.7 earthquake hours after smaller quake off Haiti
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic early Tuesday, jolting residents awake in ...
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Haiti names new head of transitional council ahead of scheduled elections
Laurent Saint-Cyr is meant to be the last head of the council as it prepares for a nationwide vote to elect a president.
Dispute over a major port contract threatens Haiti’s fragile political stability
The leader of Haiti’s transitional presidential council claims a communications employee was threatened to publish a press ...
He fled Haiti and became integral to a conservative community. Now they’re fighting his deportation.
Students, churchgoers and community members across a Republican county are dreading — and fighting — the deportation of a ...
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Laurent Saint-Cyr assumes leadership of Haiti’s presidential council with familiar promises
Saint-Cyr became president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council on Aug. 7 amid criticism and calls for reform. A ...