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Haiti faces record hunger, food stocks are dwindling and warehouses sit empty

Haiti, torn by violence and rampaging gangs, is one of five countries in the world facing catastrophic levels of hunger, with nearly half the population going without food, the regional…

John McCarthy June 9, 2025

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Trump’s ban stalls lifesaving treatment for Haitian children who need to travel for surgery

WASHINGTON (NBC) — Leaders of an aid organization that has sent more than 100 Haitian children with serious cardiac conditions to the U.S. for heart surgery said President Donald Trump’s ban…

John McCarthy June 7, 2025

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Trump banned citizens of 12 countries from entering the U.S. Here’s what to know

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Citing national security concerns, President Donald Trump on Wednesday banned citizens of 12 countries, primarily in Africa and the Middle East, from entering the United States and restricted access…

John McCarthy June 5, 2025

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Haitians with HIV defy stigma as they publicly denounce USAID cuts and dwindling medication

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A video showing dozens of people marching toward the office of Haiti’s prime minister elicited gasps from some viewers as it circulated recently on social media. The…

John McCarthy May 24, 2025

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‘Worst of the worst,’ Miami judge says as Haiti orphanage founder gets 210 years

One by one they spoke of their pain, their nightmares and shame, and the suicidal thoughts. Amid pleas for psychological help and justice, they described how the American founder of…

John McCarthy May 23, 2025

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Organization of American States under pressure from the US to help quell gang violence in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The Organization of American States came under pressure today to help quash gang violence in Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police in the troubled Caribbean country struggles with…

John McCarthy May 22, 2025

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Rubio suggests OAS play greater role in Haiti, including mobilizing ‘a force’

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested on Tuesday that the Organization of American States play a greater role in Haiti, where he acknowledged the country is being overtaken by…

John McCarthy May 21, 2025

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5 killed in Dominican border town in a suspected drug trafficking case

SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Five people were killed along the border that the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti in what authorities say is a suspected drug trafficking case. Police said…

John McCarthy May 19, 2025

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Haiti gang leader ‘Yonyon’ found guilty of kidnapping 16 U.S. missionaries

WASHINGTON (Miami Herald) — Germine Joly, once one of the most powerful gang leaders in Haiti — even when he was behind prison bars — has been found guilty of…

John McCarthy May 18, 2025

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Haiti gang leader denies ties to 400 Mawozo group, or role in kidnapping U.S. missionaries

WASHINGTON (Miami Herald) — Germine Joly, the Haitian gang leader who ran a gunrunning conspiracy and kidnapping racket from the inside of a Haitian jail, denied any gang affiliation or…

John McCarthy May 15, 2025