Sep 28 Haiti prime minister says elections, referendum to be held next year By Dánica Coto, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press Haiti's prime minister says he plans to hold a referendum to modify the country's constitution by February, and he hopes to organize presidential and legislative elections early next year. Continue reading
Sep 27 At U.N., turmoil in Haiti, Ethiopia draws global concern By Sally Ho, Associated Press Anticipation was high over the weekend for the world leaders speaking on behalf of some of the most unstable and unsettling current conflicts. Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch 4:29 How the expulsion of Haitian migrants is affecting the crisis-torn nation Thousands of Haitian migrants who have been deported by the U.S. have been arriving home as authorities scramble for resources including food and medical supplies. Haiti is reeling from a convergence of crises -- a presidential assassination, an earthquake and… Continue watching
Sep 25 Leaders at UN face global concern over regional conflicts By Sally Ho, Associated Press In today’s world, few conflicts stay local. There’s India’s fight over the Kashmir region with bitter rival Pakistan, Haiti’s inner turmoil spilling into a migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border and questions about the Ethiopian government’s role in reported starvation… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 5:13 Here’s the latest on the fate of Haitian migrants in Texas, Biden response to backlash By PBS NewsHour Daniel Foote, the U.S. special envoy to Haiti, resigned in protest Thursday, over the Biden administration's move to deport Haitian migrants back to their troubled home country. Foote called the handling of migrants in Del Rio, Texas, “inhumane” and “counterproductive.”… Continue watching
Sep 23 U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns, citing ‘inhumane’ deportation of Haitians By Yamiche Alcindor “Our policy approach to Haïti remains deeply flawed, and my recommendations have been ignored and dismissed, when not edited to project a narrative different from my own.”… Continue reading
Sep 21 Options shrink for Haitian migrants straddling Texas border By Juan A. Lozano, Eric Gay, Elliot Spagat, María Verza, Associated Press The options remaining for thousands of Haitian migrants straddling the Mexico-Texas border are narrowing as the United States government was ramping up expulsion flights to Haiti on Tuesday and Mexico began busing some away from the border. Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch 4:30 U.S. authorities accelerate removal of Haitian asylum-seekers from Texas-Mexico border By PBS NewsHour Weekend Thousands of migrants, mostly from Haiti, have gathered under a bridge in the border town of Del Rio, Texas, where officials have declared a local state of emergency. The crisis has spotlighted Biden's continued use of a Trump-era deportation policy,… Continue watching
Sep 18 US ramps up plan to expel Haitian migrants gathered in Texas By Associated Press The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that it moved about 2,000 of the migrants who had gathered under and near a bridge in the border city of Del Rio to other locations on Friday for processing and… Continue reading
Sep 14 Haiti prosecutor asks judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in president’s slaying By Evens Sanon, Dánica Coto, Associated Press Haiti’s chief prosecutor has asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the president and asked other officials to bar him from leaving the country. Continue reading