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Some Haitians say de facto control by foreign ambassadors, local allies brought hunger and gang rule

We hope that a corrupt political system that relies on unfair advantages can be replaced by a functional democracy.

CSIS senior associate Georges Fauriol addresses the direction of U.S. policy toward Haiti in response to a frightening pace of bad news in the Caribbean country.

While U.S. missionaries and children continue to be held hostage in Haiti, most kidnappings target Haitian citizens.

[Episcopal News Service] At its first meeting with in-person attendance since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Episcopal Church Executive Council approve

Upheaval in Haiti is a product of its fractious politics, and those politics are deeply entwined with U.S. influence.

The challenges Haiti faces are immense and cannot be easily addressed without active international policy coordination, leadership by US diplomacy, and close and sustained interaction with key Haitian actors.

Both the assassination of Jovenel Moïse and the recent kidnapping of the Christian missionaries should be seen as a kind of blowback—blowback that has exposed our deplorable and failed policy in Haiti.

The heavy hand of history has fallen hard on Haiti once again. But this continuing series of devastating events are not simply natural disasters of earthquake and storm.

From NFL players to college presidents to think-tank heads, influential Haitian-Americans could be a powerful voice for reform.