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The end of USAID and IAF: Transformation, resistance, and construction
Even before funding cuts in 2025, USAID and IAF were struggling to support Latin America. Now, the region’s nonprofit sector reckons with a crisis of existence. In 2023 and 2024, USAID allocated around $1.7 billion to Latin America and the...

UN reiterates call to help ease hunger in Haiti
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The United Nations has reiterated its call for an improvement of the situation in Haiti, saying it is “once again warning that hunger continues to deepen across the country”. “The food crisis is compounded by ongoing...

Regional and U.S. Officials Warn: “Do Not Travel to Haiti” Amid Escalating Violence, Terrorism, and Breakdown in Order
By Deandrea Hamilton | Editor Regional and U.S. authorities are sounding a loud alarm: Haiti is unsafe for travel. July 17, 2025 – In two back-to-back warnings, the Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Department of State have advised...

The weaponization of displacement by gangs in Haiti
In 2024, crime-related violence triggered the displacement of at least 1.2 million people globally – more than twice the number recorded in the previous year. In a report to the Human Rights Council in June 2025, the Special Rapporteur on the...
Haiti - FNE : Presentation of the STEMM excellence scholarship program
Haiti - FNE : Presentation of the STEMM excellence scholarship program 15/07/2025 09:57:08 In a context where the development of intellectual capital is a key lever for national reconstruction, the National Education Fund (FNE) is building a new...

Removal of Temporary Protection Status sure to hit home
To the editor: The 2020 Census in Florida published a melting pot of immigrants in Lee County. Cubans, South Americans, Mexicans, Dominicans and Haitians reside in Lee County. There are 6,540 Haitians who live in Lee County. Soon the Haitians will...
Haiti - Politic : CPT President asks PM for explanations
Haiti - Politic : CPT President asks PM for explanations 10/07/2025 09:50:49 On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, Fritz Alphonse Jean, the President pro tempore of the Presidential Transitional Council (CPT), in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Alix...

Haiti: Setback for LGBT+ rights in the Caribbean
New penal code allows anti-LGBT+ discrimination without penalty Haiti has adopted a new penal code that strips LGBT+ people of protections against discrimination that they would have enjoyed under the previous draft of the law. Adoption of the new...

Time to bring an end to Haiti’s horror story
A man gestures toward armed members of the military in a pickup truck as protesters make their way to the Villa d'Accueil to demand increased security from the government, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 2, 2025. (Photo: AFP) We remain hopeful...

OAS Chief Albert Ramdin makes Haiti his top priority
Finding lasting solutions to Haiti’s deepening political, security, and governance crises is a top priority for Organisation of American States (OAS) Secretary General, Ambassador Albert Ramdin, during his 2025-2030 tenure. “I have made Haiti a...

Michael Hudson: How the Global Majority can free itself from US financial colonialism
Industrial capitalism was revolutionary in its fight to free Europe’s economies and parliaments from the hereditary privileges and vested interests that survived from feudalism. To make their manufactures competitive in world markets,...

Kelowna steps up to help Haitian kids get to school
Kelowna’s Strathcona Beach Park was full of energy recently, as nearly 100 walkers and runners turned out for the inaugural Lace Up for Haiti 5K Walk/Run. The June 22 event raised $22,725, about 70 per cent of its $33,000 goal, to help send 55...

Haitian Immigrants In Springfield Stay Resilient Amid Trump’s Deportation Threat
With their newborn son in tow, Michelet and his wife visited the St. Vincent de Paul Community Center in Springfield, Ohio, last week seeking assistance from its volunteers. Their goal was to apply for a U.S. passport for their baby — a document...

Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, stand firm as Trump threatens deportation
Accompanied by their newborn son, Michelet and his wife arrived at the St. Vincent de Paul Community Center in Springfield, Ohio, last week looking for help from the non-profit’s volunteers. They wanted to apply for a valuable document for the...

Haitian family fights back in Port-au-Prince land dispute case
Overview: Daphna Surin, a Haitian woman living in the Dominican Republic, is raising the alarm over the “arbitrary arrest” of four family members and two neighbors, detained for nearly two months amid a land dispute in a Port-au-Prince suburb. The...

Haiti in Crisis as Gang Violence Paralyzes the Capital
Haiti is unraveling. Gang violence has surged to unprecedented levels, effectively paralyzing the capital, Port-au-Prince, and displacing over 1.3 million people—more than a tenth of the country’s population. According to the United Nations...
AFRAA: Africa's aviation industry remains resilient
Key drivers include expanded routes, better connectivity, and rising domestic and international travel demand. In June 2025, seat capacity across Africa decreased by 3% compared to June 2024. However, intra-African routes recorded a slight...
Haiti - Economy : Everything you need to know about Savings and Credit Cooperatives
Haiti - Economy : Everything you need to know about Savings and Credit Cooperatives 07/07/2025 09:10:43 On Saturday, July 5, 2025, Haiti celebrated International Cooperatives Day, a special opportunity to highlight the role of these organizations...
Haitian Group Urges Action To End Racist Policies As Court Blocks Trump’s Attack On TPS
News Americas, BROOKLYN, NY, Mon. July 7, 2025: Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees, (HWHR), a Black, women-led grassroots organization in Brooklyn, is calling on elected officials to stand firmly against the racist immigration policies that...

Lawler to Haitians facing deportation: Get status straightened out now
For hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the U.S. and thousands in Rockland, permission to stay in the U.S. ends this fall. "The situation on the ground (in Haiti) is too dangerous, not just for Americans but for Haitians," said Lawler, noting...