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Haitian filmmaker turns heartbreak into art, earning international recognition
Haitian Times
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August 18, 2025
Overview: With AbiZe, Haitian filmmaker Luc Junior Ségur transforms heartbreak into a powerful short film that blends silence, grief and resilience. Through this moving love story, AbiZe gives life to silence, regrets and tender gestures that...
Get That ‘Barbecue,’ US Offers $5 Million Bounty for Haitian Gang Leader
The Gateway Pundit
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August 18, 2025
Haiti’s most powerful gang leader, Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier. VOA, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons The U.S. government has announced a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Jimmy Cherizier, the notorious...
‘The Wild West’: Desperation is rampant in Haiti as gangs, vigilantes spread
The European Sting
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August 18, 2025
© UNICEF/Herold Joseph A UN staff member tours a building targeted by gangs in Port-au-Prince. This article is published in association with United Nations. With armed gangs expanding their influence, self-defence groups morphing into gang-like...
Port-au-Prince Marks Two Months Without Electricity Amid Sabotage, Political Paralysis, and Mounting Public Anger
teleSUR
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August 17, 2025 Hour: 2:33 pm Haiti’s capital has entered its 62nd consecutive day without electricity, a crisis that has paralyzed daily life, deepened insecurity, and sparked growing outrage against the Presidential Transitional Council and the...
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 • Student helps bring healing to Haiti’s children
Lassen County Times - California
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August 17, 2025
Publisher’s note: This story originally appeared in the Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 edition of the Lassen County Times. Sarah Quale spent three weeks in Haiti using music to help bring healing and hope to children, many who had been affected by a...
UN expert warns Haiti is ‘becoming the Wild West’ amid rising gang violence
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 17, 2025
Haiti is descending into lawlessness reminiscent of the “Wild West,” with armed gangs expanding their influence, self-defence groups acting like criminal organizations, and public officials operating with impunity, according to William O’Neill,...
Haitians honor Bois Caïman with music, cultural heritage exhibition on new national holiday
Haitian Times
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August 16, 2025
Overview: Haiti marked Aug. 14 as a public holiday for the first time, commemorating the 234th anniversary of the Bois Caïman ceremony. Ann Reviv Ayiti Lontan (ARAL) —a sociocultural organization— celebrated with music, dance and a cultural...
«Haiti is becoming something like the Wild West» (Interview)
Haiti Libre
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Haiti - Social : «Haiti is becoming something like the Wild West» (Interview) 16/08/2025 10:05:40 As armed gangs expand their influence, some self-defense groups transform into gangs, and officials act with impunity, Haiti is slowly becoming a...
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?...
Kaytranada’s ‘Ain’t No Damn Way’ Is an Airy Amble Through Dance Music History
Rolling Stone
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August 16, 2025
Influential DJ-producer's latest runs on house and a tweaked version of disco, returning to the crisp, fluttering tracks he made his name on Kaytranada makes music designed for club systems that can still translate to people who never go out. Born...
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...
Fashion Industry on Edge: AAFA Warns About China-US Tariff Agreement
The MDS
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August 14, 2025
Uncertainty and concern over tariffs in the United States. The American Apparel and Footwear Association (Aafa) has issued a statement warning of the instability facing the industry in response to the latest executive order signed by President...
Bob Rae masters the art of reinvention Five years into his term as Canada’s UN Ambassador, Bob Rae says it’s been an incredibly busy time fraught with crises, but that it’s also been a wonderful opportunity.
Mid North Monitor
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Life Five years into his term as Canada’s UN Ambassador, Bob Rae says it’s been an incredibly busy time fraught with crises, but that it’s also been a wonderful opportunity. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded...
Henfrasa transformed into a giant altar for Haiti into praise 2025
BGospel Magazine
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August 14, 2025
This Sunday, August 10, the Henfrasa center turned into a real adoration altar on the occasion of the new edition of Haiti in praise. Despite a covered and threatening sky at the time of launch, the event attracted a large and determined crowd,...
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...
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 -...
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 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...
Blackwater founder Erik Prince to send forces to Haiti to fight gangs
Al Jazeera
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August 15, 2025
A private security company run by Blackwater founder Erik Prince will send hundreds of fighters to violence-racked Haiti to combat the country’s gang violence problem and restore its tax collection system, according to United States media reports....