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Jamaica ready to send soldiers, police to quell Haiti chaos
FILE PHOTO: Members of security forces guard the streets as Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday declared a state of public emergency in parts of the capital Kingston, and in some parishes in the central and western parts of the country, in a bid to control rising crime linked to gang violence, in Kingston, Jamaica November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy/File Photo
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In Haiti, gangs take control as democracy withers
Jimmy Cherizier, the leader of the "G9 et Famille" gang talks with members of his gang while taking a ride on the back of a motorcycle, in his neighborhood of Delmas 6, a district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Cherizier, best known by his childhood nickname Barbecue, has become the most recognized name in Haiti. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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Haiti police block roads, burn tires in protest
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Canada sharing confidential dossiers in bid to convince UN peers to sanction Haiti’s elites, Rae says
Ottawa is trying to convince countries like France to sanction Haiti's elites by sharing the confidential dossiers Canada has used to list them, says Canadian ambassador to the United Nations Bob Rae. Rae speaks to media at the United Nations in New York on Sept. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Bob Rae: Major military intervention in Haiti would not have sustainable impact
FILE - A police convoy escort fuel trucks filled with gas as they drive from the Varreux fuel terminal, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 8, 2022. U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, speaking to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, urged countries to urgently consider Haiti’s request for an international armed force to help restore security in the country troubled by gang violence. A U.N. special envoy said intentional killings and ransom kidnappings have increased sharply, armed gangs control the main roads entering or leaving the capital, the police force is shrinking, and a third of schools are closed.(AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
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Trudeau hedges on military mission to Haiti
Canadian Primer Minister Justin Trudeau smiles upon his arrival for an agreement signing ceremony with Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the National Palace in Mexico City, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
u.s. politics
Biden to use Three Amigos summit meeting with Trudeau to push for security force in Haiti
US President Joe Biden (center right) and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (center left) participate in a bilateral meeting at the National Palace in Mexico City on January 9, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Biden toughens border rules, offers legal path for 30,000 a month
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the news media before boarding Marine One for travel to Kentucky from the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, U.S., January 4, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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Wealthy nations must help build Haiti consensus, former governor-general Michaëlle Jean says
Former governor general Michaelle Jean is shown in Paris, France on Monday, April 16, 2018. Jean says Western countries must admit mistakes they've made in Haiti and pressure that country's elite to find a path out of an ongoing humanitarian crisis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Former Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe seeks to contest Canadian sanctions in Federal Court
Laurent Lamothe, a former prime minister of Haiti, speaks during an interview in Miami Beach, Fla. on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Former Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe is asking a judge to strike down sanctions Canada imposed over claims he had supported gangs that have taken over the capital of Port-au-Prince. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Lynne Sladky
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UN deputy urges countries to consider Haiti’s request for international armed force to help restore security
FILE - A police convoy escort fuel trucks filled with gas as they drive from the Varreux fuel terminal, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 8, 2022. U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, speaking to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, urged countries to urgently consider Haiti’s request for an international armed force to help restore security in the country troubled by gang violence. A U.N. special envoy said intentional killings and ransom kidnappings have increased sharply, armed gangs control the main roads entering or leaving the capital, the police force is shrinking, and a third of schools are closed.(AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
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Canada imposes new sanctions on two former Haitian government ministers accused of corruption
Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly attends the second day of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest, Romania on Nov. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Andreea Alexandru
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The world needs to let Haiti write its own story
Greg Beckett
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Canada beefing up Haiti embassy in push for political consensus
A USN helicopter flies overhead during a protest against the arrival of the USNS Comfort hospital ship in Jeremie, Haiti, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. The USNS Comfort is on a humanitarian mission to provide dental and medical services. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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Trudeau seeks Europe sanctions on Haiti leaders, says Ottawa won’t repeat ‘mistakes’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press in Ottawa on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Gangs control about 60 per cent of Haiti’s capital, UN aid chief says
FILE - A protester carries a piece of wood simulating a weapon during a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in the Petion-Ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 3, 2022. Close to 60% of Haiti’s capital is dominated by gangs whose violence and sexual attacks have caused thousands to flee their homes, the U.N. humanitarian chief in the Caribbean nation said Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
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U.S. expands deportation relief, work permit access for Haitians
Ñ EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, NOV. 29, 2022. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS Ñ People make their way along a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nov. 7, 2022. Fearing a mass exodus from increasingly lawless Haiti, some U.S. officials are pushing to send in an armed multinational force Ñ but do not want to U.S. troops included. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times)
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Canada imposes sanctions on three of Haiti’s wealthiest people, accuses them of empowering gangs
Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly arrives for the first day of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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Former Haitian PM sanctioned by Canada denies wrongdoing, says Ottawa provided no evidence
Laurent Lamothe, a former prime minister of Haiti, speaks during an interview in Miami Beach, Fla., following the news that Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Dominican Republic expels 1,800 children to Haiti: UNICEF
FILE PHOTO: A UNICEF logo is pictured outside their offices in Geneva, Switzerland, January 30, 2017. Picture taken January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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Canada could not mount a whole Haiti mission even if it wanted to
Campbell Clark
canada
Haitian political parties must all agree to Canadian military intervention, says Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laughs with fellow leaders as they take part in the family photo during the Francophonie Summit in Djerba, Tunisia on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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RCMP charges Quebec man with planning a terrorist act to overthrow the Haitian government
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018.Two Ontario men face charges after a truck was pulled over in southeastern Saskatchewan hauling 5.4 million illegal cigarettes.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Eighth journalist reported killed in Haiti so far this year
Police patrol after recovering the bodies of slain journalists in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Two journalists were killed by gangs on Jan. 6, according to Godson Lebrun, President of AHML, the Haitian Online Media Association. A Montreal-based online radio station says one of its journalists was killed on the job in Haiti. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Odelyn Joseph
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Canada sanctions Haitian officials as MPs told gangs are wreaking ‘civil war’
Bullets and bullet fragments recovered from the bodies of patients that were shot sit atop their medical reports at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in the Tabarre neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. Ottawa is sanctioning at least two senior Haitian officials, allegedly for supporting gangs in the country, while MPs at the House subcommittee on international human rights heard of deteriorating conditions akin to a civil war and exploitation of children. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ramon Espinosa
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Trudeau says Canadians ‘have to intervene’ somehow in Haiti, convenes incident group
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question from the opposition during Question Period, Wednesday, November 2, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Delegation returns from Haiti amid high expectations for Canadian leadership
A man rides his bicycle a burning barricade during a protest over the death of journalist Romelo Vilsaint, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Odelyn Joseph
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Witnesses say journalist killed after police in Haiti open fire
A protester throws a stone at police during a protest over the death of journalist Romelo Vilsaint, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Vilsaint died Sunday after being shot in the head when police opened fire on reporters demanding the release of one of their colleagues who was detained while covering a protest, witnesses told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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Political leader Eric Jean Baptiste fatally shot in Haiti amidst ongoing crisis
Haitian National police officers deploy tear gas during a protest demanding the resignation of Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry after weeks of shortages in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 17, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
canada
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken highlights shared interests with Canada during Montreal visit
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau take part in a bilateral meeting, in Ottawa, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Blinken is in Montreal today as he continues his two-day trip to Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Justin Trudeau says clear action plan needed to address Haiti crisis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends and speaks at the opening ceremony of the Triennial Congress of Ukrainian Canadians at the Delta hotel in Winnipeg, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Haiti security high on agenda as Blinken makes first in-person trip to Canada
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Canada staying mum on security force in Haiti
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly speaks during a joint press conference as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on, in Ottawa, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Blinken, Joly will not say if Canada will have role in possible military mission in Haiti
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference with Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, at the State Department in Washington. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Ottawa today, where he will meet with Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jacquelyn Martin
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Haitian journalist hospitalized after assassination attempt
Police forces patrol the streets during a demonstration amid a health and security crisis in Port-au-Prince on October 21, 2022. - The UN Security Council on October 21, 2022 agreed unanimously on a sanctions regime targeting the gangs terrorizing the population in Haiti -- including an asset freeze on a powerful gang leader. The Council has been debating for two weeks how best to address a spiraling health and security crisis in the poorest country in the Americas, which is battling a fast-growing outbreak of cholera. (Photo by Richard Pierrin / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD PIERRIN/AFP via Getty Images)