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The United Nations has approved sanctions against Haiti’s most powerful gang boss for blocking fuel and aid supplies in the ailing Caribbean country but stopped short of ordering the deployment of a multinational security force to restore the nation’s security, the Wall Street Journal reported. The...

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The World Briefly

October 10, 2022

What Is Your Emergency?

Haiti

Haiti is considering begging foreign police forces for help dealing with its out-of-control security situation and rising gang violence, Al Jazeera reported. On Friday, Haitian Foreign Minister Jean Victor Geneus made a plea for international police support during an Organization of American States (OAS) summit in...

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The World Briefly

September 20, 2022

Spiraling

Haiti

Thousands of Haitians are facing water shortages this week following days of nationwide riots that virtually halted the distribution of water, with concern growing that the crisis will be worsened by an approaching hurricane, Reuters reported. Mass violent protests erupted in the Caribbean country last week...

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Need to Know

July 26, 2022

Cycles of Despair

Haiti

The gang warfare that has claimed more than 230 lives in Haiti recently has also threatened to cut off energy imports vital to transportation and electricity generation. As Agence France-Presse reported, the black market in gasoline in the Caribbean nation has become massive while gas...

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The World Briefly

July 18, 2022

No Quarter

Haiti

Gang wars in Haiti have trapped thousands of people in a slum in the capital without food and water even as the Caribbean nation reels from a fuel shortage, the Guardian reported Saturday. Officials said fighting in Port-au-Prince’s notorious Cité Soleil slum has left at least...

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