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Only 10 percent of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, remains under the control of the Haitian government. And even this last stronghold is now on the verge of collapse, putting the entire ...
Historians suggest those conditions, and the need to constantly renew the supply of slave labour from Africa, ultimately planted the seeds of Haiti’s uniquely successful slave revolt. “They ...
With the capital of Haiti on the cusp of falling to gangs, authorities in the crisis-racked Caribbean nation are turning to a new weapon in their fight against the armed groups: weaponized drones.
A former special envoy to Haiti blames what he views as former President Joe Biden's absentee approach to decision-making for the current woes afflicting the Caribbean nation. Daniel Foote served ...
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has ruled out transitioning the multinational security support mission (MSS) in Haiti into a U.N. peacekeeping force for now, and is instead recommending ...
Credit: Facebook photo, Communist Party of Pilon, Cuba. The seismic activity ... including in the Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti, and the U.S. Miami meteorologist James Van Fleet posted a video of ...
In 2018, when our daughter was born, her father, Atibon, longed for Haiti. He’d been separated ... the rhythmic grind of the pilon, the smell of simmering garlic, thyme, and cloves, and ...
Diane Elise Pilon Nowlan, age 87, of the Villas of Hollybrook in East Peoria, died peacefully at the OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. She was born on St. Patrick’s ...
I often receive condolence-type calls, e-mails, and texts about Haiti. Many of these messages are in response to the increasingly dire news in the press, some of which echoes what many of us in ...
Others are stuck in countries in political turmoil, like Haiti. "It's a humanitarian issue," said Pilon. "Had they married someone from Ontario or New Brunswick, they would already be here.
But can a multinational security mission provide Haiti with a way out of its current crisis? My experience studying authoritarianism and democratization in Latin America and the Caribbean tells me ...
How could Haiti even get to the point that its capital, Port-au-Prince, is paralyzed by armed gangs? For at least part of the answer, take a look at its history. You may find it hard to believe.