The United Nations has said that efforts to address widespread economic and political dysfunction and debilitating violence in Haiti are falling far short, with a UN response plan receiving the lowest funding of any in the world.

In a briefing on Tuesday, coordinator Ulrika Richardson said that the UN hopes to raise more than $900m for Haiti this year, but that effort is just 9.2 percent funded.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Tuesday announced an indictment inWashington, D.C., accusing Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier and Bazile Richardson, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of conspiring to send U.S. funds to finance Chérizier’s Haitian gang.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Chérizier is a fugitive and is believed to be in Haiti.

Haiti’s transitional government has declared athree-month state of emergencyacross its central departments in response to escalating gang violence and a deepening food crisis. The measure, announced Saturday, covers theWest, Artibonite, and Center departments, including the country’s vital agricultural heartland known as the “rice basket”.

According to the United Nations, more than 1,000 people were killed and 620 kidnapped 

In May 2024, Caricom, under pressure from powerful international actors, decided it would be in the best interest of every neighboring country to intervene and establish an interim government composed of significant political figures. The mission was straightforward: implement a security apparatus and collaborate with a provisional electoral council to organize the election before February 7, 2026

Is a violent popular justice movement the answer to Haiti's prayers? What a terrible question to ask to start an op-ed. Ironically, we are using prayer and violence in the same breath. We have come to a point where we commingle the sixth commandment rule found in the holy scriptures with violent self-defense for peace and longevity. We have come to a point where we commingle the sixth commandment rule found in the holy scriptures

Haiti's Corruption Fight: Ethics Curriculum and Technological Convergence Adoption, a Case Analysis. “Corruption robs the poor” Joy Famador Written by HAMREC, Jul 27, 2023 The Miami Herald wrote on Aug 3, 2023, “Local residents reported that traders who want to cross the town of Liancourt with their goods must pay between 500 to 1,000 U.S. dollars to the police so that an

The US administration announced last week that it will terminate the TPS program for several
countries, including Haiti. When the deadline expires on September 2, 2025, the decision will leave
thousands stranded and fearing deportation, and, in many cases, will lead to family separation. It’s
important to note that nobody is certain if the verdict will be rescinded or the date will be pushed later. One can only hope it affects only a fraction of the projected number.

Written By Johnny Celestin.

As Haiti tries to turn the page with a new council, a new prime minister, and a new government, the perennial question resurfaces: How can this nation, rich in history, grapple with persistent poverty and unemployment? Can it turn the tide and build a prosperous future? The answers can be drawn from a global comparative analysis.

A well-known proverb with disputed origin reads as follows: "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." In Haiti, there is a stranglehold on the country's most valuable resources by those in power and the upper class, and to a lesser extent, foreign interests. Remittances representing 30% of the GDP are constantly under assault in the name of taxation.