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Latin America · OttawaCanada has sanctioned former Haitian President Michel Martelly and two former prime ministers for financing gangs, Canadian authorities said on Sunday, the latest in a series of measures targeting alleged backers of Haitian criminal groups.See the Story
Canada sanctions Haiti ex-President Martelly for financing gangs
46% Left coverage: 18 sources
Latin America · Port-Au-PrinceThe director of Haiti’s National Police Academy was shot and killed at the doors of a police training facility in a gang-controlled neighborhood in the country’s capital of Port-au-Prince, Haitian police said Friday night. The killing of Harington Rigaud is just the latest in a number of attacks against law enforcement. It also comes as Haitian and international authorities grapple with how to control rampant gang violence in the Caribbean nation.See the Story
Head of Haiti's police academy killed at training facility
44% Center coverage: 16 sources
Europe · Port-Au-PrinceUNICEF says 40 percent of confirmed cholera cases have been in children. Nine in 10 were reported in parts of the country also hardest hit by malnutrition and hunger. Cholera and malnutrition are a lethal combination, one leading to the other, UNICEF said.See the Story
UN: Children in Haiti hit by cholera as malnutrition rises
50% Center coverage: 14 sources
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Business · Port-Au-PrinceDozens of trucks lined up at a main fuel terminal in Haiti's capital Tuesday to fill up their tanks for the first time since a powerful gang seized control. Government officials said that gas stations. which have been closed since mid-September, would be resupplied Wednesday through Friday and open to customers on Saturday.See the Story
Key fuel depot in Haiti reopens for 1st time since September
60% Left coverage: 5 sources
US & Canada · WashingtonThe sanctions target Haitian Senate President Joseph Lambert and Youri Latortue, who served as president of the chamber from 2017-2018. The U.S. Treasury Department said the two men had engaged in activities that have contributed to the international proliferation of illicit drugs. Canada did not identify which Haitian gangs it believed the two officials were helping support.See the Story
U.S., Canada impose sanctions on two Haitian politicians
55% Center coverage: 29 sources
Latin America · Port-Au-PrinceHaitian police have taken control of the Varreux fuel terminal and ended a gang blockade that had halted distribution of petroleum products, the Haitian government said on Thursday, adding that fuel distribution will resume on Monday.See the Story
Haiti police end gang blockade at fuel terminal, government says
40% Center coverage: 25 sources
Latin America · Port-Au-PrinceReporters at the scene identified the slain journalist as Romelo Vilsaint. His body was lying face down inside the parking lot of a police station in Delmas. As journalists and citizens surrounded the police station, officers fired tear gas. Robest Dimanche, who works at local Radio Tele Zenith, was covering a protest.See the Story
Witnesses: Journalist killed after police in Haiti open fire
70% Left coverage: 10 sources
Gun Violence · Port-Au-PrinceEric Jean Baptiste, a former presidential candidate and leader of a political party in Haiti, has been killed in a shooting, a party official said Saturday. The killing stunned many in a nation already in crisis.See the Story
Political leader, lottery owner fatally shot in Haiti
47% Left coverage: 19 sources
Crime · Port-Au-PrinceGangs are believed to control some 60% of Port-au-Prince, raping women, children and men. Government this month requested help from foreign troops after one of Haiti's most powerful gangs surrounded a key fuel terminal. Concerns growing over the unhealthy state of government shelters where thousands of people have been living for months after fleeing gang violence.See the Story
Report: 96K Haitians flee homes amid spike in gang violence
Coverage: 6 sources
US & Canada · OttawaEfforts to organize a multilateral military intervention in gang-ravaged Haiti are ongoing - but neither Antony Blinken nor Melanie Joly was willing to say publicly Thursday whether Canada would be tapped to lead it. The U.S. secretary of state and his Canadian foreign-affairs counterpart met in Ottawa on day 1 of Blinken's two-day visit north of the border, his first in person since becoming the Biden administration's top diplomat last year.See the Story
Blinken, Joly dodge question of Canada's possible role in military mission in Haiti
47% Left coverage: 15 sources
US & Canada · WashingtonWashington is confident of securing a U.N. Security Council resolution and finding nations to lead a task force in early November to address the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, Assistant Secretary of State Brian Nichols said on Wednesday.See the Story
U.S. confident of U.N. Security Council resolution, task force on Haiti in early November -official
50% Center coverage: 4 sources
