News release February 28, 2025 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada The relationship between the Caribbean region and Canada is deep and multifaceted. It increases employment opportunities, advances economic growth, and strengthens global stability and security. It aims to reduce global climate change effects, protect ecosystems, empower communities and promote gender equality, benefiting both … Continue reading Minister Hussen announces support for development projects in the Caribbean Region
Category: Haiti
Story by Jacqueline Charles Invasive brown algae is destroying their sandy coastlines, emanating toxic gasses that are killing corals and turning hotel guests away, while increasingly deadly tropical storms and uncharacteristic hurricanes are threatening to sink their already vulnerable economies. But as governments across the Caribbean region find themselves grappling with the destructive impact of climate … Continue reading Trump’s climate-change moves, other foreign policy shifts pose challenge for Caribbean
Source: UN News © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Young Haitians are calling for peace and stability in the troubled Caribbean nation. 19 February 2025 Peace and Security In an address on Wednesday to Caribbean leaders meeting in Barbados, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced a potential plan to support an “effective force” in Haiti as armed gangs continue to … Continue reading Guterres urges Caribbean leaders to keep pushing for peace, climate action
A long form article on Haiti by the International Crisis Group. Summary What’s new? A violent siege of Haiti’s capital in early 2024 triggered the creation of a transitional government and the eventual arrival of a Kenyan-led mission to help counter the gang threat. But infighting has paralysed the government, empowered the gangs and made it … Continue reading Locked in Transition: Politics and Violence in Haiti
Feb 6, 2025 The United States said Wednesday it was making an exemption in President Donald Trump's aid freeze to support a security mission in troubled Haiti, although some assistance was put on hold. Rubio greenlighted $40.7 million in foreign assistance to benefit the Haitian National Police and the Multinational Security Support mission, a State … Continue reading Haiti security mission gets US lifeline despite Trump’s aid freeze
A good long-form article by the Globe and Mail's Eric Andrew-Gee Published January 14, 2025 The elites of Haiti - While the roles of foreign powers and corrupt politicians are well known, the oligarchy has received little attention outside Haiti. Now, with bodies in Port-au-Prince’s streets, the question of how the country spiralled into violence … Continue reading Haiti’s elites loom large in the country’s history of strife – The Globe and Mail
Source: Haiti Libre January 9, 2025 Barbados, which had initially committed to the UN to send a contingent of the Barbados Defense Force (BDF) to Haiti https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42217-haiti-flash-7-countries-from-africa-asia-and-the-caribbean-will-support-the-pnh.html as part of the Multinational Mission to Support the Haitian National Police (PNH) under the auspices of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has just suspended its decision to send troops to … Continue reading Barbados suspends its decision to send troops to Haiti
Source: CNN January 10, 2025 Story by Jacqueline Charles When Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier announced on the 221st anniversary of Haiti’s independence that the country’s most powerful gang coalition would soon become a political party, the New Year’s Day announcement by the ex-cop who became a warlord didn’t go unnoticed — but it also didn’t generate the … Continue reading Can Haiti’s gangs help solve the political crisis? Some politicians seem to think so
In 2024, the Caribbean region grappled with alarmingly high murder rates, particularly in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Haiti. These nations faced significant challenges due to escalating violence, primarily driven by gang activities and the proliferation of illegal firearms. Jamaica reported 1,039 homicides by November 23, 2024, reflecting a slight increase from 995 during the … Continue reading Jamaica, Trinidad, and Haiti Topped Caribbean Murder Rates In 2024… Gangs, Guns, And Drugs To Blame
Source: CNN. Police patrol around Bernard Mevs hospital where armed gangs have spread violence in Port-au-Prince on December 17, 2024. Clarens Siffroy/AFP/Getty Images By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN December 17, 2024 CNN — Security forces from Guatemala and El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Friday to reinforce a multinational mission tasked with tackling the country’s rampant gang violence, the … Continue reading Guatemalan and Salvadoran forces arrive in Haiti to join fight against violent gangs