Haiti’s Rural Gangs Threaten Food Production as Hunger Crisis Looms

By artappraiser on Sun, 03/05/2023 - 7:33am |

#Caribbean | Gang violence in Haiti’s Artibonite department, a hotspot for rice cultivation, has displaced thousands and caused the closure of a major hospital. Irrigation channels in rice fields are running dry. https://t.co/R5jqKxBQSG
— InSight Crime (@InSightCrime) March 5, 2023

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here's another example of the dreamy world the 'abolish police' crew is planning for us:

Alleged perpetrators of attack on four Americans dumped on Mexican street. Five men found bound with note apparently from drug cartel alluding to ‘mistakes caused by lack of discipline’. https://t.co/cMoJPVPF0r
— alain servais (@aservais1) March 10, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 03/09/2023 - 7:37pm

U.S. shifts to support peacekeeping mission in Haiti after push for intervention falters - Miami Herald#Haiti https://t.co/2pSyx3jhsf
— Bonnie Bracey-Sutton (@bbsutton) March 24, 2023

A deal on migration and turmoil in Haiti are likely to be two key talking points when President Biden meets today in Canada’s capital with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. https://t.co/crg2HbQFJB
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) March 24, 2023

This is a school in Haiti this week.

These are innocent children, prisoners in their school.

These are the next generation of traumatized Haitians.

These are the future leaders of Haiti.

These are the voiceless victims while the International community "encouages dialogue" pic.twitter.com/QcoLDDTYvM
— Tammy Rae (@McGill_HoytLaw) March 6, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/24/2023 - 4:07pm

Meanwhile, next door:

#ElitesAndCrime | A corruption investigation in the Dominican Republic has seen several ex-ministers charged with embezzlement, bribery, and illicit campaign financing.

https://t.co/v7fk1fUDVj pic.twitter.com/uEgqIGTzxR
— InSight Crime (@InSightCrime) March 24, 2023

Former high-ranking government officials, including several ex-ministers, have been hit with a string of corruption-related charges in the Dominican Republic, advancing a broad investigation into the administration of former President Danilo Medina.

Twenty people were arrested earlier this week, including the former finance and public works ministers, Medina’s ex-chief of staff, the ex-comptroller general, and the government’s director of casinos. They were all charged on March 21 with a range of crimes, including embezzlement, bribery, falsifying public documents, and illicit campaign financing on an "unprecedented scale," according to the Attorney General’s Office [....]

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/24/2023 - 4:11pm

Haiti’s Rural Gangs Threaten Food Production as Hunger Crisis Looms

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