MIAMI — The United States has imposed sanctions on Michel Martelly, Haiti’s former president, “for his role in the global illicit drug trade,” the State
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String of Haitian migrant landings in Turks & Caicos lead to $2 million marijuana busts
COCKBURN TOWN — A string of migrant landings over the past four days in the sun-swept Turks and Caicos Islands is bringing more than just
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Federal government restarts parole program for Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and Nicaragua
MIAMI — The Biden administration has relaunched a humanitarian parole program for Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti and has strengthened the process’ security measures after
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Haiti’s army wants recruits to fight gangs, and youths jump at the rare job offer
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The announcement that Haiti’s military wanted recruits crackled through a small radio perched on a street stall in downtown Port-au-Prince where Maurenceley
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Haitian and Kenyan police try to oust gangs from a rough part of Haiti’s capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haitian forces working with police sent from Kenya have launched a joint operation to oust criminal gangs from one of the roughest
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UN renews appeal for help for Haiti as more people go hungry and homeless
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Half of the population in Haiti is not getting enough to eat and barely a quarter of the hospitals are operating at normal
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US military to deliver 24 more armored vehicles to Kenyan police in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The U.S. military said that it would deliver 24 additional armored vehicles to Kenyan personnel deployed in Haiti who are heading a long-delayed security operation
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Haiti arrests a suspect in the May killings of a US missionary couple and a nonprofit chief
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Police in Haiti have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a U.S. missionary couple and a Haitian man who headed
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Haiti bribery scandal needs ‘speedy resolution’ to save transition
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A bank bribery scandal involving members of Haiti’s ruling transitional government, which threatens efforts to stabilize the country through presidential elections next year, could not
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Haitian ex-President Martelly hit with U.S. sanctions, accused of facilitating drug trade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. imposed sanctions on the former president of Haiti, Michel Joseph Martelly, Tuesday following accusations that he abused his influence to
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