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Haiti Leader Says General Elections Planned for Nov.

Haiti leader says long-awaited general elections penned for November

Haiti's transitional council president Leslie Voltaire said in an interview on Wednesday that a date for the Caribbean nation's long-awaited general elections has been fixed for around Nov. 15 of this year.

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Haiti's Election Countdown: Democracy at a Crossroads

Haiti is gearing up for its much-anticipated general elections, slated for around November 15, as announced by Transitional Council President Leslie Voltaire. With the nation lacking elected officials since January and suffering from gang dominance,

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Haiti Leader Says General Elections Planned for November

Haiti has lacked elected representatives since January 2023 and has not held elections since 2016. The country's capital is almost entirely controlled by armed gangs, and leaders

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Haiti leader says elections can be held this year even as gangs continue their rampage

Leslie Voltaire acknowledged that the election plan amid Haiti’s ongoing gang violence and worsening humanitarian situation is ambitious.

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VOA Creole: Haiti's gangs have 'taken a step back,' transitional leader says

Leslie Voltaire, president of Haiti's Transitional Council, says the armed gangs who have terrorized Haitians for months have "taken a step back." Voltaire credited the national police force and the Kenyan-led multinational force for the progress made in confronting gang violence.

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Royal Caribbean keeps stopping in controversial port

Emergency forces Royal Caribbean ship back to port Unrest in Haiti, however, has led to that entire nation being placed under ...

Video: Why you should visit Royal Caribbean’s controversial port

Despite the very serious warning, Royal Caribbean continues to call on its private destination in Labadee, Haiti. Come Cruise With Me Executive Editor Dan Kline traveled to Labadee on Royal ...

Colombia's Petro visits southern Haiti as violence spikes in both countries

Colombian President Gustavo Petro arrived in Haiti's southeastern city of Jacmel on Wednesday afternoon in a rare visit by a ...

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Kenya deploys 217 more police officers to Haiti under UN-backed mission to tackle gang violence

Kenya’s interior minister says the east African nation has deployed 217 more police officers to Haiti as part of a Kenya-led multinational force to curb gang violence.

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IWU alum Kevin Adair builds a safer way to cook in Haiti and Dominican Republic

The president of a recycling and clean-cooking initiative emphasized the importance of nonprofits working closely with, and ...

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How Haiti gangs shattered peace in a mountainous region, exposed deadly police failings

One of our staff members had to hurriedly lay his wife to rest in a tomb without a coffin as he fled for his life.” ...

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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Colombian migrants deported from the United States arrived in Bogotá. Soldiers marched with torches in Havana to mark the ...

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