Por: NBC News Politics April 14, 2023
Associates of the Russian mercenary outfit Wagner Group planned to visit the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti to seek out possible government contracts that could see them fighting local gangs, according to leaked classified U.S. documents. The account of the Wagner Group’s alleged interest in Haiti, only 800 miles south of Florida, is one of several references to the mercenaries in the trove of Defense Department documents that... + full article
Associated Press USA Politics March 16, 2023
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N.’s special envoy to Haiti warned Wednesday that the ongoing training and resources the international community is providing to Haiti’s national police force is not enough to fight increasingly violent gangs.Helen La Lime, head of the... + más
Lafayette native founded Respire Haiti, a nonprofit that provides education, support, and more | The Advocate
Official: Haiti to seek foreign armed forces to quell chaos | ABC News
Los Angeles Times USA World February 17, 2023
Canada will send navy vessels to Haiti for intelligence gathering as part of efforts to quell worsening gang violence in the Caribbean nation, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday. Trudeau made the announcement in the Bahamas at an annual meeting of... + más
Canada to deploy navy vessels to Haiti as violence worsens | Associated Press
The New York Times USA World January 31, 2023
Mercenaries from the Wagner private military company may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the West African nation of Mali along with the country’s military, United Nations experts said on Tuesday, calling for an independent investigation into multiple... + más
They Said They Went to Mali to Keep the Peace. Now They’re Jailed as Mercenaries. | The New York Times
46 Ivorian soldiers sentenced to 20 years in Mali prison | ABC News
Portland Press Herald USA World January 31, 2023
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 district of Delmas 6 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 24. Cherizier, best known by his childhood nickname Barbecue, has become the... + más
NBC News USA World December 23, 2022
North Korea has delivered rockets and missiles to the Russian private military company known as the Wagner Group for use in Ukraine, according to White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby. “Today we can confirm that North Korea has completed an initial arms... + más
White House: Russia's Wagner received arms from North Korea | WPLG Local 10
U.S. officials: Russia is increasingly relying on Wagner in Ukraine | Politico
The New York Times USA World November 29, 2022
After days of gunfights in early November, Haitian police officers emerged triumphant: They had finally liberated the nation’s biggest port from the gangs that had taken it over for two months.But when members of Haiti’s SWAT team returned to the shantytown that surrounds... + más
The Advocate USA Entertainment October 10, 2022
At 24 years old, Megan Boudreaux Anderson founded Respire Haiti, a nonprofit created to fight for the freedom of Haiti’s estimated 300,000 child slaves. After moving to Haiti in 2011, Anderson started a feeding program and transformed a barren hillside into a refuge including... + más
Official: Haiti to seek foreign armed forces to quell chaos | Los Angeles Times
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