Haiti Protests

• Haiti doesn’t need ‘outside intervention,’ Trudeau suggests ahead of Biden visit

  Canada has faced pressure in recent months to lead a military mission in the Caribbean nation, which has been plagued by gang violence.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2023
  
• Canadian military likely lacks capacity to lead Haiti mission: Gen. Wayne Eyre

  Officials in Ottawa say the U.S. has lobbied hard for Canada to take on the role, and U.S. President Joe Biden may carry that message again when he visits Ottawa.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2023
  
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• Haitian police protest, attack PM’s residence over officers killed by violent gangs

  Protesters in civilian clothes who identified themselves as police also flooded the airport in Port-au-Prince as Prime Minister Ariel Henry was arriving from a trip to Argentina.

  World

  Jan 26, 2023
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• Canada sanctions more of Haiti’s political elites as gang violence continues

  Violent gangs have taken over Haiti's capital, and Canada is seeking a consensus on how it can help after the country's unelected prime minister requested a military intervention.

  Canada

  Jan 13, 2023
• Haitians want new government but are torn on military intervention, MPs hear

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has sent Canada's ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae, to Haiti to try and find a path to consensus.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2022
• Canada sanctions Haitian gang leader Jimmy Chérizier over humanitarian crisis

  In September, gangs led by Cherizier blocked the entrance to the Varreux fuel terminal just outside the Haitian capital to protest a government announcement to cut fuel subsidies.

  World

  Nov 14, 2022
• Ottawa sanctions Haitian ‘political elites’ over suspected collusion with gangs

  The individuals Canada sanctioned Friday were Joseph Lambert, president of Haiti’s Senate, and Youri Latortue, former Senate president.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2022
• Haiti police gain control of key fuel terminal, ending gang blockade: sources

  Sources had earlier told Reuters that Haitian police launched a major operation to confront the gangs that resulted in heavy shooting.

  World

  Nov 4, 2022
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• He’s behind Haiti’s powerful gang alliance. Who is Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier?

  Haiti’s National Police fired Jimmy Chérizier in December 2018 and he still faces an outstanding arrest warrant for his alleged role in a 2017 massacre.

  World

  Oct 21, 2022
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• UN delays vote on sanctions package to curb violence in Haiti

  The president of neighboring Dominican Republic, which shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, recently described the situation as a “low-intensity civil war.”

  World

  Oct 19, 2022