Archiv: Haiti


30.03.2024 - 22:00 [ United Nations ]

Bold action needed now to address ‘cataclysmic’ situation in Haiti

With gang violence intensifying, and the national police unable to counter it, so-called “self-defence brigades” have continued to emerge and take justice into their own hands, the report said. At least 528 cases of lynching were reported in 2023 and a further 59 this year.

Additionally, despite an arms embargo, there is a reliable supply of weapons and ammunition for the gangs coming through porous borders, resulting in the groups often having superior firepower to the police.

The report calls for tighter national and international controls to stem weapons and ammunition trafficking into Haiti and reiterates the need for the urgent deployment of a multinational security support (MSS) mission to back up the police force.

The UN Security Council authorised the mission’s deployment in October 2023, and Kenya has offered to lead it.

15.03.2024 - 20:27 [ Wikipedia ]

United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti

The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (French: Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti), also known as MINUSTAH, an acronym of the French name, was a UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti that was in operation from 2004 to 2017.

15.03.2024 - 20:20 [ CBC.ca ]

Canada‘s UN ambassador says gangs now control Haiti. What will the international community do?

(10.03.2024)

Haiti is gripped by chaos and disorder, as criminal gangs increasingly assert control over the country. Haiti‘s acting leader, Ariel Henry, is outside the country and attempting to negotiate a way home, even as the United States calls for him to resign and plan elections for a new government.

On Sunday, the U.S. said it had deployed additional security to its embassy in Port-au-Prince and airlifted some non-essential diplomatic staff out of the country.

15.03.2024 - 20:16 [ ModernDiplomacy.eu ]

Haiti: Gangs, Violence and a State in Total Chaos

(16.07.2023)

A few days ago, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made an official visit to Haiti, trying to shed light on the situation for the world to see. Tweeting from Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, Guterres expressed his solidarity with the Haitian people and called for an international response against the lawlessness and violence that has swallowed the country. It is not the time to forget Haiti, he said, but have his words fallen on deaf ears?

15.03.2024 - 20:10 [ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ]

Haiti: Nearly half of the population is facing acute hunger

(29.05.2023)

According to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis (March 2023), 4.9 million people in Haiti – nearly half of the country‘s population – are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity. This figure represents an increase of 200 000 people in just five months. And of the total number of people affected, 1.8 million are in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) – up from the analyses in the last three years.

15.03.2024 - 19:45 [ Al Jazeera ]

Haiti President Moise’s widow, ex-PM among 50 charged in his assassination

(20.02.2024)

Joseph and the former director-general of the national police, Leon Charles, were also found to have “sufficient indications” of involvement in the killing. AyiboPost specified that the document did not clearly identify the masterminds of the assassination, nor their financiers.

15.03.2024 - 18:11 [ Associated Press ]

The widow and aides of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are indicted in his killing

(20.02.2024)

A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others, according to a report obtained Monday.

Others who face charges including murder are Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Haitian-American pastor who visualized himself as Haiti’s next president and said he thought Moïse was only going to be arrested; Joseph Vincent, a Haitian-American and former informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Dimitri Hérard, presidential security chief; John Joël Joseph, a former Haitian senator; and Windelle Coq, a Haitian judge whom authorities say is a fugitive.

15.03.2024 - 17:43 [ Vice.com ]

Two US Citizens Are Accused of Assassinating Haiti’s President

(09.07.2021)

Solages also worked as a security guard for the Canadian Embassy in Port-Au-Prince. (…)

Despite an obvious failure in police operations, the masthead of the police force has not changed, with Charles remaining the Chief of Police, despite claims from Haitian journalists that he gave the order to allow the caravan of assassins into the President’s neighborhood. In February, the Haitian National Police began a partnership with Colombian police forces, but it is unknown if any of the mercenaries arrested participated in this arrangement.

In the two days since the attack, former Prime Minister turned interim President Joseph has consolidated power. In 2004, Joseph was a member of the group Grenn Nan Bouda (GNB) which means “balls up your ass” in Haitian Creole. GNB participated in the coup to oust President Jean-Bertrand Aristide that same year.

Joseph was not elected to his position, but was appointed in April by Moïse, and served only three months as Prime Minister. After declaring himself interim President, he has been breezily accepted by the international community, including the United States.

15.03.2024 - 17:04 [ Jacobin ]

Were Haiti’s Capitalists Behind the Assassination of President Moïse?

(07.09.2021)

Claiming to be agents with the US Drug Enforcement Agency (the DEA, which maintains a presence in Haiti to assist with counter-narcotics operations), the group gained entry to the home and killed the president.

(…)

What happened in Haiti on July 7?

KIM IVES There was a band of mercenaries with brand new Nissan Patrol vehicles. They clearly had knowledge of the layout of the presidential compound, where Moïse lived. They were clearly well-financed, well-prepared. It was a very sophisticated operation.

Who had the money to do that? And who would want to do that?

Haiti Liberté’s working hypothesis is that the mercenaries, more than likely, were hired by one or a consortium of the bourgeois families who are opposed to Moïse. Reginald Boulos is one. Dimitri Vorbe is another. There are several others who were unhappy with Moïse.

If this hypothesis is correct, their fear is of the uprising that is coming out of Haiti’s vast shantytowns, where the lumpenproletariat is organizing itself into armed gangs, which have now vowed to carry out a revolution against the bourgeoisie and “the rotten system,” as they call it in Haiti.

15.03.2024 - 16:30 [ MoneyInc.com ]

The 9 Richest People in Haiti (Updated 2023)

Once upon a time, Haiti was called the Jewel of the Antilles because it was the richest colony in the world. However, much of this wealth was built through slave labor, and the roots of Haiti’s French colonial past put in place a caste system of the “elites and noirs,” which grew into the socioeconomic disparity that Haiti struggles with today. The richest Haitian families hold most of the wealth, while a much larger portion of the population struggles with poverty, resulting in food insecurity, health problems, and educational deficiency.

15.03.2024 - 16:07 [ International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ]

How US lawyers and bankers aided powerful Haitian tycoons now sanctioned over corruption by Canada

(07.02.2023)

In the early 1990s, the U.S. government sanctioned Bigio, his wife, son and others for their support of a military coup that ousted Haiti’s first democratically elected president. Years later, a member of a Haitian militia ‒ or private army ‒ accused Bigio and another businessman of paying for the 1993 assassination of a prominent democracy activist, according to Jeb Sprauge, author and University of California Riverside research associate. Authorities in Haiti did not charge Bigio with or accuse him of wrongdoing.

15.03.2024 - 15:30 [ New Republic ]

The Billionaire Oligarch Who’s Enabling Haiti’s Murderous Gangs

(16.12.2022)

For years, Haitians have said Bigio and other oligarchs are complicit in the violence strangling the nation: This year 1,448 people have been killed, with another 1,005 kidnapped for ransom. Until now, however, the international community has stayed mostly silent about Haiti’s corrupt elite. (…)

Daniel Foote, the former U.S envoy to Haiti who resigned in September 2021 to protest against the disastrous American policy, told me that he thinks Canada and the U.S. State Department are working together to economically punish Bigio and the others. But he suspects that the United States cannot follow Canada’s example by imposing stiff sanctions, possibly because Bigio may be a U.S. citizen and thus entitled to due process. In theory, however, U.S. prosecutors could bring cases against Bigio and other oligarchs for funding the vicious gangs whether these defendants have U.S. citizenship or not. As things stand, inaction is much more likely.

15.08.2021 - 20:10 [ Portal amerika21.de ]

Neues Datum für Wahlen und Referendum in Haiti festgelegt

Die Präsidentschafts- und Parlamentswahlen sowie das Verfassungsreferendum in Haiti sollen am 7. November dieses Jahres stattfinden. Vor der Ermordung von Präsident Jovenel Moïse am 7. Juli waren sie für den 26. September geplant, wurden wegen des anhaltenden politischen Chaos jedoch verschoben.

14.08.2021 - 10:35 [ ORF ]

Präsidentenmord in Haiti: Ermittlungsrichter gibt auf

Der mit der Untersuchung des Mordes an Haitis Staatschef Jovenel Moïse beauftragte Ermittlungsrichter hat nur wenige Tage nach seiner Einsetzung den Fall abgegeben.

07.08.2021 - 20:24 [ ORF ]

Haitianische Justiz findet keinen Richter für Präsidentenmord

Die infrage kommenden Juristen haben demnach Angst um ihre Sicherheit und die ihrer Familie.

23.07.2021 - 16:25 [ teleSUR ]

President Moise‘s Official Funeral Begins In Cap-Haitien City

The funeral honors are taking place in the gardens of the Habitation Village SOS, the private residence of the Moise family, which is guarded by a heavy security apparatus. The coffin covered with the Haitian flag was carried by a funeral cortege of six soldiers of the Armed Forces in full dress.

22.07.2021 - 22:58 [ ORF ]

Haitis ermordeter Präsident wird beigesetzt

Moise war in der Nacht auf 7. Juli in seinem Haus in der Hauptstadt Port-au-Prince von einem Mordkommando erschossen worden. Nach Polizeiangaben gehörten „26 Kolumbianer und zwei US-Bürger haitianischer Herkunft“ zu dem Kommando.

22.07.2021 - 18:48 [ Democracy Now! ]

Four Colombian Mercenaries Tied to Moïse Assassination Were Trained at Fort Benning in U.S.

The Pentagon has confirmed four of the Colombian mercenaries accused of assassinating Haitian President Jovenel Moïse once received U.S. military training at Fort Benning in Georgia while they were members of the Colombian armed forces.

20.07.2021 - 20:30 [ France24 ]

Haiti‘s new prime minister to be sworn in, form government

Henry, named by Moise days before the controversial president was shot dead in his home in Port-au-Prince in the early hours of July 7, will lead a cabinet of 18 officials, five of them women.

19.07.2021 - 19:14 [ Junge Welt ]

Haiti: Diplomaten wollen andere Regierung

Am Sonnabend – zehn Tage nach der Ermordung des Staatspräsidenten Jovenel Moïse – »ermutigte« die sogenannte Kerngruppe einer Mitteilung zufolge nachdrücklich den Exinnenminister Ariel Henry, eine »konsensuelle und inklusive« Regierung zu bilden. Der Kerngruppe gehören unter anderen die Botschafter Deutschlands, der USA und der EU in Haiti sowie ein Vertreter des UN-Generalsekretärs an.

19.07.2021 - 19:10 [ ORF ]

Bericht: Ariel Henry wird Haitis neuer Premier

Interimsministerpräsident Claude Joseph werde auf seinen bisherigen Posten als Außenminister zurückkehren. Die neue Regierung werde „so bald wie möglich“ Wahlen organisieren.

19.07.2021 - 19:07 [ USA Today ]

Official: Ariel Henry to take over as Haiti‘s prime minister as Claude Joseph steps down

The Core Group is composed of ambassadors from Germany, Brazil, Canada, Spain, the U.S., France, the European Union and representatives from the United Nations and the Organization of American States.

19.07.2021 - 16:05 [ Jacobin ]

Were Haiti’s Capitalists Behind the Assassination of President Moïse?

(09.07.2021)

Haitian president Jovenel Moïse was assassinated this week by alleged mercenaries. In an interview with Jacobin, the English language editor of Haiti Liberté says he suspects that some of Haiti’s richest families hired the attackers to preempt a potential revolution — and possibly even trigger US military intervention.

19.07.2021 - 15:52 [ Amerika21.de ]

Stecken Haitis Kapitalisten hinter der Ermordung von Präsident Jovenel Moïse?

„Reginald Boulos ist einer der reichsten Männer Haitis und derjenige, der am meisten mit Moïse verfeindet ist. Ich glaube, er ist aus dem Land geflohen. Gegen ihn lag ein Haftbefehl vor, was ihn auch motiviert haben könnte, eine Söldnereinheit zu unterstützen, um Moïse zu töten. Vielleicht war jedoch mehr Geld nötig, als eine Familie allein aufbringen konnte. Es könnten mehrere Familien beteiligt gewesen sein. So wie es bei früheren Putschen passiert ist, wie etwa dem gegen den ehemaligen Präsidenten Jean-Bertrand Aristide ‒ damals wurde in der Bourgeoisie eine Sammlung gemacht, und sie bekamen Zehntausende Dollar zusammen, um den Putsch 1991 zu unterstützen.“

17.07.2021 - 16:57 [ Portal amerika21.de ]

Haiti-Affäre: Hat Rekrutierer von Söldnern Verbindungen zu Iván Duque und Juan Guaidó?

Duque und Intriago kannten sich offenbar von früher. Laut La Nueva Prensa trafen sie sich am 10. Februar 2018 bei einer Veranstaltung der Präsidentschaftswahlkampagne von Duque in Miami. Der Pressesprecher von Duque, Hassan Amín Abdul Nassar, gab das Treffen zu. Es sei aber eine bedeutungslose Begegnung gewesen, von der es keine fotographische Aufzeichnung gebe.

13.07.2021 - 13:21 [ CNN ]

Several tied to Haiti assassination plot were previously US law enforcement informants

Haitian President Jovenel Moise was killed last Wednesday in an operation that Haitian authorities say involved at least 28 people, many of them Colombian mercenaries hired through a Florida-based security company.

At least one of the men arrested in connection to the assassination by Haitian authorities previously worked as an informant for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the DEA said in a statement in response to CNN.

12.07.2021 - 16:53 [ Washington Post ]

Mystery surrounds suspected mastermind of Haiti presidential assassination plot

Sanon, who reportedly has lived on-and-off in Florida for about two decades, landed in Haiti on a private plane in early June with “political objectives,” Haiti’s police chief, Léon Charles, told reporters Sunday. He recruited the team through a Venezuelan security firm based in the United States, but its mission changed when one member was presented with an arrest warrant for Moïse.

12.07.2021 - 16:47 [ New York Times ]

Live Updates: Haitian Officials Say U.S.-Based Suspect in President’s Killing Was Seeking Power

The national police chief indicated that he believes a Florida-based doctor, Christian Emmanuel Sanon, was plotting to assume the presidency. The U.S. dispatched a team to assist in the investigation.

10.07.2021 - 07:28 [ Antiwar.com ]

Hands Off Haiti!

Nonetheless, the American political and media establishments seem to blithely assume that Haiti’s internal affairs are very much America’s business. State Department spokesman Ned Price says “It is still the view of the United States that elections this year should proceed.” An “electoral timetable” proposed by Moïse was “backed by the Biden administration, though it rejected plans to hold a constitutional referendum.”

10.07.2021 - 07:23 [ teleSUR ]

Haiti Govt Asks US, UN To Send Troops In

The US State Department and Pentagon both confirmed receiving a request for „security and investigative assistance“ and said officials remain in contact with Port-au-Prince, but did not specify whether military troops would be deployed.

The UN did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

09.07.2021 - 08:18 [ NPR.org ]

2 Americans Are Among Those Arrested In The Assassination Of Haiti‘s President

Two men believed to be Haitian Americans — one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince — have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti‘s president, a senior Haitian official said Thursday.

09.07.2021 - 08:14 [ .theGuardian.com ]

Haiti police say 26 Colombians, two US-Haitians took part in Jovenel Moïse assassination

A heavily armed commando unit that assassinated Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, was composed of 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans, authorities have said, as the hunt goes on for the masterminds of the killing.

Moïse, 53, was fatally shot early on Wednesday at his home by what officials said was a group of foreign, trained killers, pitching the poorest country in the Americas deeper into turmoil amid political divisions, hunger and widespread gang violence.

08.07.2021 - 17:59 [ Antiwar.com ]

The Assassination of Haiti’s President

A quarter of a century later, when the people of Haiti longed to elect Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power, the CIA, with the authorization of President Reagan, funded candidates to oppose him, according to William Blum in Killing Hope.

08.07.2021 - 17:10 [ antikrieg.com ]

Die Ermordung des haitianischen Präsidenten

Als 1959 eine kleine Gruppe von Haitianern versuchte, den grausamen, von den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika unterstützten Diktator „Papa Doc“ Duvalier zu stürzen, half das US-Militär, das in Haiti war, um Duvaliers brutale Truppen auszubilden, nicht nur, die Rebellen ausfindig zu machen, sondern beteiligte sich auch an den Kämpfen, die sie niederschlugen.

08.07.2021 - 07:27 [ ORF.at ]

Tote und Festnahmen nach Präsidentenmord in Haiti

Der Einsatz in der Hauptstadt Port-au-Prince dauere an. Die Polizei machte keine Angaben zur Identität der mutmaßlichen Angreifer oder zu möglichen Tatmotiven.

07.07.2021 - 20:33 [ Common Dreams ]

Assassins of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse Reportedly Posed as US Agents

In an appearance on Democracy Now! Wednesday morning, Haiti Liberté journalist Kim Ives said that while it is not yet clear who was behind the killing, „clearly this was a fairly sophisticated operation.“

07.07.2021 - 16:08 [ teleSUR ]

Haitian President Jovenel Moise Assassinated

„This morning, at one o‘clock in the morning, July 7, a group of unidentified persons, speaking in Spanish and English, assassinated the President of the Republic. The president has died of his wounds,“ said acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph.