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Haiti News Round-Up No. 17: Transitional Presidential Council Selects Prime Minister
Haiti’s transitional presidential council selects Gary Conille as prime minister. Learn about the process and the controversy surrounding it.
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Haiti News Round-Up 16: Transitional Presidential Council Is Sworn in, a President Is Selected, but Disagreements Ensue
Learn about Haiti’s transitional presidential council, plans for a new government, and the latest developments in the political landscape.
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Haiti News Round-Up No. 15: Presidential Council Awaits Installation After Weeks of Delays
Haiti’s transitional presidential council is expected to be formally established following weeks of internal discussions and delays.
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Haiti News Round-Up No. 14: Armed Groups Join Forces to Demand Ouster of PM
Haiti’s de facto prime minister Ariel Henry announced he would resign to make way for a transitional presidential council after armed groups came together to demand his ouster.
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Haitian Prime Minister Henry Agrees to Resign as CARICOM Announces Formation of Presidential Council
The announcement in Kingston late last night is unlikely to lead to a solution to the current crisis in Haiti by itself.
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CARICOM and Foreign Diplomats Set Haiti Election Timetable, Undermining Their Own Calls for Dialogue
CARICOM leaders announced Wednesday that Henry would remain de facto prime minister of Haiti until after elections held in August, 2025.
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Haiti News Round-Up No. 13: More Countries Pledge Support for Kenyan-Led Intervention, But Questions Remain
The US and other countries continue to push for an intervention force to Haiti, even as some CARICOM members call for Haiti’s de facto PM to step aside.
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Haiti News Round-Up No. 12: US Backs De Facto Prime Minister Amid Increasing Protests Calling for His Resignation
Haiti’s de facto prime minister Ariel Henry is vowing to stay in office despite mass protests the day that a democratic transition should have occurred. Henry’s government has not scheduled new elections.
Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti
How did Haiti’s state reach near-collapse, with armed groups overrunning the country, many government officials having fled after the 2021 assassination of President Moise and not a single elected leader holding office?
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Haiti News Round-Up No. 11: Congress Pushes Back on US-Haiti Policy
Several members of the US Congress have warned that “another armed foreign intervention in Haiti will not result in the necessary Haitian-led transition to a democratic government.”
