November 7, 2025 The Government of Haiti, in collaboration with development partners such as the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the European Union, and the United Nations, has published…
Category: HAITI
Melissa’s death toll close to 30 between Haiti and Jamaica
By: Staff Writer October 31, 2025 The death toll from Hurricane Melissa has continued to rise as the storm left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean as Jamaica and…
Statement on the Urgent Renewal of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) and Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Acts
October 24, 2025 CARICOM Heads of Government have called for the urgent renewal of the Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Enhancement for Haitian Prosperity (HOPE) and Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP)…
Statement by Dr. Jude Elie on the U.S. Textile Industry Withdrawal and the Fight Against Gang Violence in Haiti
October 7, 2025 In light of the recent expiration of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act and the Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Act, two cornerstone trade…
Statement | CARICOM Caucus of Ambassadors in support of the Adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution for a UN Support Office and Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti
October 3, 2025 Introduction: I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the fourteen (14) Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). CARICOM applauds the resounding support…
STATEMENT: Draft UNSC Resolution on Increased Security Assistance for Haiti
September 9, 2025 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) notes with great interest and anticipation the recent tabling of a draft United Nations Security Council resolution by the penholders, the United States…
Barbecue indicted by US
By: Staff Writer August 15, 2025 The United States Attorney for Washington DC issued an indictment against Haitian Gang leader Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier with a $5 million reward for Barbecue…
IDB Approves $44 million Grant to Support Over 200,000 Youth in Haiti
August 12, 2025 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $43.9 million grant to expand support for over 200,000 vulnerable youth between the ages of 15 and 35, with a…
UN calls for international community support for Haiti
By: Staff Writer July 18, 2025 A report, by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the UN Human Rights Office said that since March 2025, the Centre…
UN: Haiti’s Viv Ansanm gang coalition tops child gang recruitment
By: Staff Writer June 24, 2025 The United Nations Security Council in its “Children and armed conflict report,” points at the Viv Ansanm coalition of gangs as being a key…
UNICEF warns that escalating violence in Haiti is fueling food insecurity
By: Staff Writer May 20, 2025 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns that the escalating violence in Haiti has increased the already dire food security challenge in the embattled…
Golding not happy with Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council
By: Staff Writer March 28, 2025 Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, speaking on a World Bank online forum, said that he is not happy with the progress Haiti’s…