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Caribbean Leaders Focus on Haiti at Bahamas Summit - Voice of America
Caribbean leaders with the regional bloc CARICOM are focused on helping Haiti deal with multiple crises during a Bahamas summit this week. The group is discussing Haiti’s struggle with armed gangs, hunger, a cholera outbreak and the country’s political vacuum. As VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy...
A Conversation with USIP's Keith Mines about Haiti - Voice of America
Carol Castiel speaks with Keith Mines from the US Institute of Peace (USIP) and former diplomat about the current state of play in Haiti as the island nation grapples with political and economic instability exacerbated by gang violence and an outbreak of cholera...
Sanctions Are Not the Way to Help Haiti - Reason Magazine
From cholera to gang violence to a potential economic collapse, the people of Haiti are enduring an ongoing existential crisis. Some members of Congress believe the best way to help the Caribbean nation is for the State Department to conduct an investigation that would "lay the groundwork for U.S. sanctions and cooperative...
Haiti’s Crisis Escalates - Foreign Policy
After weeks of escalating gang violence and the resurgence of cholera in the country, Haiti’s unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, and several of his officials last Friday authorized a request for a foreign military intervention. U.S. and U.N. officials said they were considering Henry’s request. Henry has been in power since July 2021, when former Haitian President...
Give Haiti another chance — and the support it needs - The Hill
In the midst of a clearly unfolding humanitarian disaster, many friends of Haiti are turning away from the impoverished nation, arguing that everything has been tried and little has worked. But turning our backs on Haiti now will only consign the country to misery, violence and hunger, with the ensuing outflow of emigrants. Based on...
Listen Keith Mines analysis about the situation in Haiti - Zoom Haiti News
Haiti is facing the biggest ccrisis in history according to the program director for Latin America at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Keith Mines is an experienced diplomate. He spent more than 30 years working at the US States Department. He has extensive knowledge about Latin America and the Middle East where...
Blinken Holding Final Day of Talks in Colombia - Voice of America
The United States and Colombia are holding high-level talks Thursday as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wraps up a trip to the region that has included a focus on migration policy and upholding democracy. Blinken told reporters Wednesday after meeting with Colombian President Ivan Duque that the two countries have many areas of potential cooperation, including in sectors such as cloud computing, health technology and agriculture...