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Council to nominate new Haitian leader forms as gang violence consumes nation

Caribbean leaders said Tuesday that all groups and political parties except one have submitted nominees for a transitional presidential council charged with selecting an interim prime minister for Haiti, which remains engulfed in gang violence. The original nine-member council was whittled down to eight members after the Pitit Desalin party, led by former senator and presidential candidate Jean-Charles Moïse, declined …

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Gaza and Haiti are on the brink of famine, experts say. Here's what that means.

Catastrophic hunger is so dire in two world hotspots that famine is imminent in northern Gaza and approaching in Haiti, with hundreds of thousands of people in both places struggling to avoid starvation. That’s according to international food security experts and aid groups, who are warning about the toll from hunger caused by the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas …

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Haiti, US Embassy entrance area plunge into darkness as vandals attack power plant and substations

Parts of Haiti – including an area outside the U.S. embassy – have now plunged into darkness following attacks by vandals on a power plant and four power substations in Port-au-Prince, the country’s national utility says. Électricité D’Haïti (EDH) said in a statement on X that “several of the company’s premises were sabotaged,” numerous materials were damaged and documents were …

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Florida congressman helps 13 more Americans escape Haiti, swipes at Biden 'pattern of abandonment'

A Florida Republican congressman says hehas helpedanother 13 Americans evacuate Haiti, vowing that U.S. citizens “deserve support from their government” and “not the pattern of abandonment this [Biden] administration has shown.” Rep. Cory Mills wrote on X that the Americans were airlifted from Port-au-Prince, which has become overrun by violent gangs in recent weeks despite Prime Minister Ariel Henry declaring …

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