Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has announced new sanctions against two more Haitian political elites. Facing sanction are former MP Arnel Bélizaire and Charles Saint-Rémy, a businessman associated with former president Michel Martelly, who is among the 13 others Canada has already sanctioned. The two will be barred from entering or undertaking financial dealings in Canada….
Canada Sanctions More of Haiti’s Political Elites, Bringing Total to 15
Former Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe Seeks to Contest Canadian Sanctions in Federal Court
Former Haitian prime minister Laurent Lamothe is asking a judge to strike down sanctions Canada imposed on him over claims he supported gangs that have unleashed a humanitarian crisis in Haiti. Lamothe filed a notice of application Thursday with the Federal Court in Montreal, arguing the sanctions were an arbitrary decision that did not give…
Ottawa Sanctions Two Haiti Cabinet Ministers Over Alleged Gang Ties
Canada is sanctioning two of Haiti’s cabinet ministers it accuses of helping violent gangs sow chaos in that country. Ottawa is barring Haiti’s Justice Minister Berto Dorcé and Interior Minister Liszt Quitel from entering Canada, and ordering any assets they hold in Canada to be frozen. The Trudeau government accuses the pair of “significant corruption…
Mayor: More Than 12 Killed in Haiti as Gangs Vie for Control
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—More than 12 people were slain and numerous homes set on fire in a community near Haiti’s capital as gangs fight to control more territory, a mayor told The Associated Press on Thursday. The incident occurred in the small town of Cabaret northwest of Port-au-Prince at nearly midnight Tuesday, Mayor Joseph Jeanson Guillaume said….
US Embassy Warns ‘Darker Skinned’ Americans About Deportations From Dominican Republic
The U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic issued a warning to “darker skinned” American citizens due to the island country’s immigration policies amid its attempts to curb illegal immigration from Haiti. In a bulletin this week, the Embassy wrote that “in recent months travelers to the Dominican Republic have reported being delayed, detained, or subject…
Quebec Man Charged With Terrorism, Planning to Overthrow Haitian Government
The RCMP say a 51-year-old Quebec man has been charged with planning a terrorist act to overthrow the Haitian government of Jovenel Moïse. Police say Gérald Nicolas will appear at the Quebec City courthouse on Dec. 1 to face three terrorism-related charges. Nicolas is charged with leaving Canada to facilitate a terrorist activity, facilitating a…
Shots Fired on US Embassy Vehicles in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE—Shots were fired on U.S. embassy vehicles in Haiti on Monday in an attack that also affected the Haitian police and commercial vehicles, an embassy spokesperson said. “No embassy personnel were injured,” Information Officer Kathryn Edwards said in a statement. “One Haitian commercial driver accompanying the convoy was injured. However, the injuries are not life…
Canada Sanctions Haitian Officials as MPs Told Gangs Are Wreaking ‘Civil War’
Canada is sanctioning two senior Haitian officials for their alleged support of gangs, which MPs have been told are exploiting children and wreaking havoc akin to a civil war. “Haitians are increasingly deprived of essentials, exposed to increasing violence, and feel abandoned,” said Patrick Auguste, head of a diaspora youth association, at a House of…
Trudeau Says Canadians ‘Have to Intervene’ Somehow in Haiti, Convenes Incident Group
Haiti’s ambassador to Canada faced stiff questioning Wednesday over his country’s controversial request for a foreign military intervention, as the Liberals argue Ottawa must respond to a cascade of humanitarian crises. “The violence orchestrated by armed gangs is blocking the country and plunging millions of Haitians into an acute humanitarian crisis,” ambassador Wien-Weibert Arthus told…
Delegation Returns From Haiti Amid High Expectations for Canadian Leadership
Canada’s ambassador to Haiti says a team tasked with assessing the situation in the beleaguered Caribbean nation has returned home. Ambassador Sébastien Carrière revealed the team’s return while testifying to a House of Commons committee this afternoon. Carrière says the team is now briefing senior officials as the government weighs next steps in assisting Haiti….
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