Haiti

Haiti faces worsening chaos as gangs control most of Port-au-Prince, displacing over 1.4 million people and driving acute food insecurity. Recent anti-gang operations have intensified, while a transitional government struggles ahead of planned 2026 elections. International forces are preparing to deploy amid severe humanitarian shortages.

Guatemala storms prison, captures Barrio 18 leader as gang war escalates

Seven police killed in coordinated retaliation after state forces seize top gang commander from prison command center

By Diego Martinez

/ 18 Jan 2026

Guatemala storms prison, captures Barrio 18 leader as gang war escalates

Haiti search warrant issued for prisoner already held since March

Arms trafficking arrest exposes justice system unable to track its own detainees, revealing infrastructure of state collapse

By Diego Martinez

/ 27 Dec 2025

Haiti search warrant issued for prisoner already held since March

Viv Ansanm splinter leaves 49 dead as Haiti's gang truce unravels

Beheadings and leadership overthrows signal dangerous shift from territorial consolidation to internal violence

By Diego Martinez

/ 19 Dec 2025

Viv Ansanm splinter leaves 49 dead as Haiti's gang truce unravels

UN's 'perfect storm' warning exposes Haiti force deployment race

Guterres' alarm and new gang suppression mandate collide with familiar obstacles to rapid deployment

By Diego Martinez

/ 18 Dec 2025

UN's 'perfect storm' warning exposes Haiti force deployment race

Haiti's gangs want a political future. Washington just drew a red line

As Viv Ansanm rebrands itself as defender of the poor, U.S. terror designations harden legal barriers—and raise the stakes for Haiti's fragile transition

By Diego Martinez

/ 15 Dec 2025

Haiti's gangs want a political future. Washington just drew a red line

Haiti's Gang Suppression Force doubles pledges—but financing gap threatens deployment timeline

New country commitments broaden coalition to 5,500 troops, yet voluntary funding model risks repeating past mission failures

By Diego Martinez

/ 11 Dec 2025

Haiti's Gang Suppression Force doubles pledges—but financing gap threatens deployment timeline

Aid retrenchment threatens 22.6 million additional deaths by 2030

New research warns first synchronized donor contraction in three decades will reverse gains in African LDCs

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 17 Nov 2025

Aid retrenchment threatens 22.6 million additional deaths by 2030

Haiti police destroy their own helicopter as gangs tighten grip on capital

PNH's desperate act reveals state collapse outpacing UN's new counter-gang mandate

By Diego Martinez

/ 15 Nov 2025

Haiti police destroy their own helicopter as gangs tighten grip on capital

Opinion: G7 condemns global crises while revealing multilateral impotence

Another foreign ministers' meeting produces stern words on Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and Haiti—but little evidence that diplomatic consensus can alter strategic realities

By Viktor Petersen

/ 13 Nov 2025

Opinion: G7 condemns global crises while revealing multilateral impotence

Haiti prison deaths signal state collapse beyond security force capacity

The architecture of institutional failure

By Diego Martinez

/ 12 Nov 2025

Haiti prison deaths signal state collapse beyond security force capacity

Hurricane Melissa carves deadly path across Caribbean as toll climbs, Bermuda braces

At least 40 dead across Jamaica and Haiti as Category 5 storm's devastating slow march leaves infrastructure shattered and aid workers racing against rising floodwaters

By Alex Thompson

/ 30 Oct 2025

Hurricane Melissa carves deadly path across Caribbean as toll climbs, Bermuda braces

USS Ford Deployment to Venezuela: Geopolitical Theater

The USS Gerald R. Ford's deployment off Venezuela represents not drug interdiction but costly strategic overreach that weakens U.S. position against China.

By Diego Martinez and Viktor Petersen

/ 25 Oct 2025

USS Ford Deployment to Venezuela: Geopolitical Theater