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Haiti hires Roger Stone’s firm for $65,000 a month to lobby U.S. officials
A federal filing shows a one-year contract with the Foreign Ministry. An opposition leader calls it "an absolute scandal."
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Haiti news today
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
Bangladesh plans to send 1,600 police and engineers to Haiti’s Gang Suppression Force
The pledge would bring the force closer to its authorized 5,550 personnel ahead of the Sept. 30 renewal vote.
EntertainmentFilm
Gessica Généus wins Best Film in Rome for “Marie Madeleine”
The Haitian director's reimagining of Mary Magdalene, set in Jacmel, took the top prize at the Villa Medici Film Festival.
HaitiSecurity
Before the UN vote, Haiti pushed for a fully deployed Gang Suppression Force
Update: the Security Council renewed the force for six months on Sept. 29. Before the vote, only about 1,000 of its 5,550 authorized personnel were in Haiti.
WeatherHurricane season
No Atlantic hurricane by Sept. 21 for the first time in 112 years
Record wind shear from a strong El Niño has kept storms from growing, but the season runs through Nov. 30.
HaitiJustice
18 suspects in President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination extradited to the U.S.
Former official Joseph Félix Badio and 17 Colombian ex-soldiers will face federal proceedings in Florida.
HaitiOn this day
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, founder of the first Black republic, was born Sept. 20, 1758
The general who declared independence on Jan. 1, 1804, is remembered as the father of the Haitian nation.
HaitiHuman rights
Rights group says 164 people were killed in two gang attacks on Kenscoff
A new report details the massacres in the farming town above Port-au-Prince and blames police inaction.
U.S.Education
Proposed U.S. rule threatens scholarships for Haitian students
Private schools that give aid based on race or origin would lose their tax-exempt status.
HaitiArtibonite
Armed violence forces new displacement in Saint-Marc and Verrettes
The UN migration agency tracked families fleeing the two Artibonite communes between Sept. 12 and 17.
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SportsBaseball
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.