Leslie Voltaire, president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council, said the Trump administration’s decision to end funding for aid programs, deport migrants, and block refugees represents a nightmare for the island nation.

For Constant, art-making is a statement of resistance within the context of Haiti's extreme political and economic instability.

President Gustavo Petro acknowledges Colombian mercenaries' role in killing of Haitian president in 2021 - Anadolu Ajansı

I want to thank you for helping my America, my Colombia, achieve freedom,” he said. “You even gave us our flag.”

Gangs in Haiti could overrun the capital, Port-au-Prince, leading to a complete breakdown of government authority without additional international support for the beleaguered national police, the United Nations chief warned.

Haiti's interim president warns that Trump's policies on aid and migration will worsen the country's dire humanitarian crisis.

We can do the election.” The power of gangs in Haiti has grown since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Some gangs have even indicated they want to be part of the political process.

Francisco de Miranda, considered to be the precursor of Venezuela’s independence, stitched the country’s first flag in Jacmel and set sail from the port city. A decade later, South American liberator Simón Bolívar launched his successful movement from Jacmel’s shores.

Petro is one of only a handful of heads of state that have visited Haiti recently given a surge in gang violence that has prompted a growing number of leaders in the international community to call for a U.N.-peacekeeping mission in the Caribbean country, noting that the current Kenyan-led mission lacks funds and personnel.

The United Nations warns that without increased international support, gangs in Haiti could take over the capital, leading to a collapse of government authority. Despite efforts from a multinational force,

Colombian President Gustavo Petro asks Haitians for “forgiveness” for the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Petro made a historic visit to the port city of Jacmel, Haiti ...

former soldiers accused in the July 2021 assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse, are locked up in a Haitian jail. Nevertheless Colombian President Gustavo Petro doesn’t seem to be ...