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CARICOM Leaders Split on Haiti’s Election Viability Amid Gang Dominance

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders clashed this week over the feasibility of Haiti’s planned November 15 elections, as the nation’s escalating gang violence and institutional collapse overshadowed regional talks aimed at stabilizing its political future. The divide dominated discussions at the bloc’s three-day summit, where leaders acknowledged that Haiti’s crisis now threatens regional…

Haiti’s Government Launches ‘All-Out Offensive’ Against Gangs Amid Spiraling Violence

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Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Haiti’s government announced a sweeping security crackdown on Monday, vowing to deploy a “rapid and large-scale mobilization” of police and military forces to wrest control of gang-dominated neighborhoods, as violence paralyzes the capital and fuels a deepening humanitarian crisis. Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who also chairs the Superior Council of the…