U.N. approves militarized force to take on Haiti’s gangs

The Security Council vote was an acknowledgment that the police mission it once backed had failed to wrest back control of ...
Florida Today

Royal Caribbean won't sail to this Caribbean location 'out of abundance of caution.' What to know

Royal Caribbean cancels scheduled visits to its private destination in Labadee, Haiti. The decision was made "out of an abundance of caution." The U.S. State Department has listed Haiti as a "do not ...
csis.org

The Trump Administration Wants to Establish a UN Support Office in Haiti—Now What?

The announcement late last week of a Trump administration plan to move forward with a push in the UN Security Council to establish a UN Support Office in Haiti is significant. The immediate policy ...
The Conversation

Until Haiti tackles systemic corruption and bad governance, its people will remain impoverished

Ruolz Ariste does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
CounterPunch

Disaster Capitalism in Haiti

Senior research associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington D.C., Jake Johnston, is the author of Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control ...
Los Angeles Times

Blackwater founder to deploy nearly 200 personnel to Haiti as gang violence soars

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — 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 ...
PBS

Haiti sends 150 soldiers to Mexico for training as gang violence surges

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government announced Friday that it has sent 150 soldiers to Mexico for training in the latest effort to fight back gangs that have gained almost entire control of ...
CNN

Haiti sends troops to Mexico for training as gang violence rages on

Haiti has sent 150 soldiers to train in Mexico as the Caribbean country grapples with rampant gang violence. The troops departed Port-au-Prince on Thursday and will spend the next three months on a ...
NJ.com

U.S. warns tourists ‘do not travel’ to sections of this Caribbean island

If you’re thinking of traveling to Haiti anytime soon, take note that this might be a country you want to avoid. The U.S. State Department reissued its highest travel advisory to the Caribbean nation ...
Miami Herald

Homeowners in Little Haiti are aging. Here’s what the next generation is facing

Little Haiti resident Ashley Toussaint is renovating his dad’s home after moving back to Miami from Brooklyn, NY. Toussaint says he received multiple requests to sell but refused offers while ...
CBS News

Haiti's historic Grand Hôtel Oloffson reduced to ashes by gang violence

Haiti's once-illustrious Grand Hôtel Oloffson, a beloved Gothic gingerbread home that inspired books, hosted parties until dawn and attracted visitors from Mick Jagger to Haitian presidents, was ...
Los Angeles Times

Gangs in Haiti burn beloved Gothic gingerbread hotel that rose to international fame

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s once illustrious Grand Hôtel Oloffson, a beloved Gothic gingerbread home that inspired books, hosted parties until dawn and attracted visitors from Mick Jagger to ...