Former mission worker in Haiti pleads guilty to more charges

Former Christian Aid Ministries worker Jeriah Mast of Millersburg, Ohio, pleaded guilty Sept. 8 in federal court in Cleveland to charges that he sexually abused two boys in Haiti while he oversaw a school program for CAM. Mast was arrested on the charges …

Sri Lankan Army Acknowledges Misconduct by Soldiers Deployed in Haiti as Troops Return Home

The Sri Lankan Army has officially acknowledged that a number of its soldiers committed crimes during their peacekeeping deployment in Haiti, as the troops make their return to the island nation following the conclusion of their mission. Army Confirms …

Less than 100 days from Haiti’s first election in a decade, doubts grow it will happen

Haiti’s first general elections in a decade are less than 100 days away, and already questions about preparations are fueling doubts about whether the country will be ready to vote as scheduled on Dec. 13. Among the biggest warning signs is a sluggish …

Caribbean Roundup: Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, and St Vincent and the Grenadines

Prime Minister Gaston Browne said that the US-Iran war is causing global energy prices to rise. As a result, Antigua and Barbuda is expected to increase fuel prices as the government can no longer afford to keep heavily subsidizing fuel prices. “We have …

HAITI-POLITICS-EPG ends visit to Haiti

Haiti’s wary LGBT+ activists brace for first elections in 10 years

Can gang-dominated Haiti really pull off meaningful elections? Armed security guards protect Haiti’s acting prime minister, Alix Didier Fils-Aime, center left, after an event in July. (Odelyn Joseph photo courtesy of AP and NPR) Haiti’s Provisional …

Latest Massacre in Haiti Reveals Cruelty U.S. Deportations

By Haiti Action Committee Heavily armed, paramilitary death squad Viv Ansanm on Sunday, Aug. 23, carried out another major massacre in the Kenscoff commune in the hills outside of Port-au-Prince. The death squad attacked survivors of previous violence who …

Haiti Is a Terrible Country. That's Not America's Problem to Solve.

I really need people to pick a lane here. Either some nations are dangerous s**tholes, or they're not. Either America is an evil colonizer, or it's America's job to fix other nations. Either America is a country populated with xenophobic …

UAE provides $10mn in urgent humanitarian aid to Haiti

Abu Dhabi: The UAE, through the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), is providing urgent humanitarian aid worth $10 million (AED 36.725 million) to the Republic of Haiti. The assistance is being provided under the directives of President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed …

OAS: Candidates with criminal ties should be barred from Haiti elections

Anyone who has links to criminal organizations in Haiti should not be allowed to participate in the country’s forthcoming elections, the head of the Organization of American States said Friday, stressing that it is ultimately up to Haitian authorities to …