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FILE PHOTO: Former police officer Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier, and leader of an alliance of armed groups, speaks to a news outlet on a mobile phone during a news conference, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Former police officer Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, and leader of an alliance of armed groups, speaks to a news outlet on a mobile phone during a news conference, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

Haiti’s top gang leader threatens politicians, capital jail on fire

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – A powerful gang leader in Haiti has issued a threatening message aimed at political leaders who would take part in a still unformed transition council for the country, which has been rocked by escalating violence in recent weeks.

Desi Bouterse

Interpol issues red notice for Bouterse

Former Suriname president Desi Bouterse and Iwan Dijksteel, who were sentenced to twenty years in prison, for their involvement in the December murders of 1982, are now officially wanted by the international police organization Interpol.

Venezuela rushes to mend Iran relationship as US sanctions loom

PUNTO FIJO/CARACAS/HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Iran and Venezuela are trying to patch together an oil alliance that began to fray last year, according to six people familiar with the matter, after the South American country fell behind on oil swaps that had boosted crude exports and helped stem domestic fuel shortages.

FILE PHOTO: A convoy of cars carrying members of a Kenyan delegation leave the premises of Haitian National Police (PNH) after meeting with the Chief of the Haitian National Police Frantz Elbe, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

Kenya’s Haiti mission in limbo as urgency grows

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenya has said its police officers will soon be in Haiti to confront rampaging gangs controlling the capital, but worsening insecurity and uncertainty about financing are casting doubt on the mission’s prospects.

Ariel Henry

Haitian PM tenders resignation after Jamaica talks

PORT-AU-PRINCE/KINGSTON, Jamaica, (Reuters) – Haiti’s unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, will step down once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed, he said yesterday, after leading the Caribbean country since the 2021 assassination of its last president.

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