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Haiti Taps New Interim Leader
Foreign Policy
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Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Haiti inaugurates a new interim leader, Bolivia readies for presidential elections, and the legacy of rock endures in Argentina. Who Holds Power in Port-au-Prince?...
Flatbush Flavor: Haitian duo powers Black Business Month with Rogers Burgers
Caribbean Life - New York
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August 16, 2025
Signage of Rogers Burgers on 801 Rogers Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11226. Photo courtesy Rogers Burgers As August marks National Black Business Month, a powerful new chapter in Black entrepreneurship is written in Flatbush, Brooklyn — one mouth-watering...
Caribbean Matters: How to support Haitians fighting deportation from the US
Daily Kos
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August 16, 2025
Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of the Caribbean. While much of the media’s focus...
Silence is survival in Haiti
Haitian Times
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August 16, 2025
Overview: Originally published by Index on Censorship, this report investigates how USAID funding cuts under Donald Trump’s administration have weakened Haiti’s media, LGBTQ+ and health services sectors—leaving civil society voiceless amid gang...
Haiti looks to founder of controversial security firm Blackwater to help battle gangs
CBC/Radio-Canada
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August 15, 2025
The security firm of former U.S. Navy SEAL Erik Prince will soon deploy nearly 200 personnel from various countries to Haiti as part of a deal to quell gang violence there, a person with knowledge of the plans said Thursday. The deployment by...
They Can't Let Sydney Sweeney Be Hot
Hot Air
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August 18, 2025
Sydney Sweeney is, objectively, hot. That isn't a controversial statement. I say this as someone who doesn't go for the blonde hair/blue-eyed type. When I was younger, Phoebe Cates was my dream girl, and I think Penelope Cruz is unimaginably...
Expections At United Nation General Assembly 80th Session Kudus Research And
Modern Ghana
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th Session by way of anticipate and forecasting possibly to discuss major issues at the UNGA and also at the United Nation Security Council among other issues of interest to the United Nation General Assembly 80th Session. The UN General Assembly...
Haitian nationals convicted of overstaying and 42 foreign nationals deported
ZNS
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August 14, 2025
On today’s date, seven Haitian men appeared in Magistrate’s Court No. 2 before Assistant Chief Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux on charges of Overstaying. All pleaded guilty and were convicted. All individuals were ordered to be handed over to...
Haiti’s Most Wanted: Barbecue, Bounties, and the Fragile Theater of Power
LatinAmerican Post
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August 14, 2025
As Port-au-Prince teeters under the weight of curfews and gunfire, the man at the center—once a police officer, now Haiti’s most notorious gang leader—issues video missives like press releases, daring the world to arrest him without telling...
South Shore nonprofit that serves adults with disabilities fears losing Haitian workers
WBUR - Massachusetts
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Many Haitian immigrants in Massachusetts work as aides in skilled nursing facilities, hospitals and group homes. But as legal protection for Haitians to live and work in the U.S. is slated to end in February, and the human services industry is...
As legal status is set to end for many Haitians, Mass. health care sector braces for staffing shortages
WBUR - Massachusetts
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In the living room of a Randolph apartment, a 3-year-old boy beams as he shows off his electric tricycle. His father, Jacques, smiles, but he has big worries. His boss at a Boston hospital just told him he’ll be let go if he can’t secure a new...
Haitian ex-mayor Rosemila Petit-Frére transferred to Haitian authorities
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- The General Directorate of Migration (DGM) handed over Haitian citizen Rosemila Petit-Frére, former mayor of Arcahaie and owner of Radio Téle Monopole, to the Haitian National Police on Wednesday after determining she faced no...
Gang violence in Haiti is so bad the government is hiring 200 armed men from Blackwater founder Erik Prince to quell the crisis
Fortune
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The security firm of former U.S. Navy Seal Erik Prince will soon deploy nearly 200 personnel from various countries to Haiti as part of a one-year deal to quell gang violence there, a person with knowledge of the plans said Thursday. The...
Imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti threatened in cell, Trump meets Putin in Alaska, and mercenary Erik Prince's plans for Haiti.
Drop Site
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August 15, 2025
Israel has killed 21 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn. Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the cell of political prisoner Marwan Barghouti—who has been imprisoned since 2002 and is the most unifying Palestinian resistance...
Archbishop prays rosary outside Alligator Alcatraz
Florida Catholic
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MIAMI | To ensure pastoral care and chaplain visitation privileges at the so-called Alligator Alcatraz detention facility, Archbishop Thomas Wenski visited the site on July 20, 2025, which is situated at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition...
Blackwater founder Erik Prince reveals details on 10-year contract with Haitian authorities
Haitian Times
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August 15, 2025
Overview: In an interview with Reuters, Erik Prince, CEO of Vectus Global, confirmed on Thursday the existence of a 10-year contract with the Haitian transitional government to restore security and assist with tax reform. Since March 2025, his...
Haitian Archbishop thanks Pope for appeal amid kidnapping Crisis
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 13, 2025
The Archbishop of Haiti, Monsignor Max Leroy Mésidor, has expressed gratitude to Pope Leo XIV for voicing concern over the worsening situation in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, particularly in Haiti. - Advertisement -...
Celebrate rum culture at Brooklyn Rum Festival this weekend
AM New York Metro
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August 15, 2025
The Brooklyn Rum Festival is back this weekend. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Rum Festival Rum lovers, mark your calendars! The 6th Annual Brooklyn Rum Festival is back and bigger than ever on Aug. 16, offering an immersive journey into the...
Haiti mourns tireless human rights advocate Bishop Joseph Willy Romélus
Haitian Times
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August 13, 2025
Overview: Bishop Emeritus Joseph Willy Romélus, former leader of the Diocese of Jérémie—Grand’Anse Department— and champion of Haiti’s poor, died Aug. 11 at age 94 in his native Arniquet, a commune of the South Department. Ordained in 1958 and...
Haitian or Jamaican? From Dutty Bookman to Ayetian: A shared Caribbean story
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 13, 2025
By Norman “Humble Lion” Lawrence August 13, 2025 There’s a new name ringing in the Dancehall world, Ayetian. Born and raised in Montego Bay, Jamaica, to Haitian parents, the young artist has quickly built a reputation as one of the most lyrically...