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The latest Haiti news today: security, the Gang Suppression Force, the Dec. 13 elections, human rights, culture and daily life from Port-au-Prince to Petit-Goave.
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HaitiSecurity
Kidnappings rise in Haiti as elections approach
At least 81 people were abducted from April to June, 42% more than in the first quarter, the UN says.
LegacyHistory
89 years after the Parsley Massacre, the last survivors still ask: “Where is our justice?”
Trujillo's soldiers killed more than 20,000 Haitians in 1937. The promised reparations never reached the survivors.
SportsFootball
Dominican Republic bars Haiti’s national team from its stadiums
The ban came a day after Haiti's 4-1 win in Santo Domingo. President Abinader backed his sports minister.
HaitiMoïse case
Former U.S. Marine charged in connection with Jovenel Moïse’s assassination
Prosecutors say Jimmy Glenn Thompson Jr. knew about the plot and did not report it, the Miami Herald reports.
EntertainmentArt
Haiti at the Venice Biennale: Enock Placide’s “mental garden”
The installation by the Gonaïves-born physicist and painter is on view through November 22.
HaitiJustice
American missionary accused of abusing minors in Haiti due back in court Oct. 12
The FBI says three 14-year-old boys were abused in Gonaïves in 2025. He faces up to 30 years in prison.
SportsGrenadiers
Haiti crushes the Dominican Republic 4-1 in a sold-out Santo Domingo
Wilson Isidor scored twice as the Grenadiers made it three wins from three and joined Curaçao at the top of the group.
HaitiHuman rights
UN: at least 5,700 people killed or injured by gang violence in Haiti this year
Volker Türk calls for the full, accelerated deployment of the Gang Suppression Force.
EntertainmentFashion
Haitian American designer Daveed Baptiste puts New York street culture on Converse
He showed his Spring/Summer 2027 collection at a three-day pop-up in SoHo.
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Brewers lead Dodgers 2-0; Rays and Guardians tied
The National League series moves to Los Angeles. The World Series starts October 23.
WorldVatican
Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer after successful surgery
The lower lobe of his right lung was removed. He is expected to stay in the hospital for about a week.
U.S.U.S.
Federal agents search the home of Representative Ilhan Omar
The investigation reportedly concerns immigration paperwork. Omar calls it a weaponization of federal law enforcement.
WeatherHurricane
Hurricane Isaias strikes the Florida Panhandle; hundreds of thousands lose power
The season's first Atlantic hurricane came ashore near Destin as a Category 2 storm. Haiti was not affected.
BusinessEnergy
Trump announces a deal with Putin to buy Russian diesel
Zelensky calls it “a weak decision by strong partners.” Analysts doubt Russia can deliver.
WorldNobel Prize
Nobel Peace Prize goes to South African judge Navi Pillay; poet Anne Carson wins for literature
The former UN human rights chief is honored for her work for international law.
U.S.New York
ICE agent shoots a man in New York; the mayor calls it “an outrage”
The man's 5-year-old son was in the car. The shooting is under investigation.
TechNobel Prize
Nobel Prizes: physics honors the South Pole neutrino hunter, chemistry honors “mirror” molecules
Francis Halzen wins the physics prize. Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai share the chemistry prize.