Subcommittee Hearing: Haiti 2026: Security and Foreign Assistance Priorities (Video & Testimony of Henry T. Wooster)

Today starts week 7 of the #JovenelMoise trial in Miami. German Rivera is still on the witness stand and questions persist about Joseph Felix #Badio and his role.

Le président tchadien Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno a annoncé, lundi, la contribution de son pays à la force multinationale déployée en Haïti, avec un contingent total de 1 500 soldats, dans le cadre d’une mission soutenue par les Nations Unies visant à lutter contre les gangs armés. Dans une déclaration adressée aux parlementaires, le chef de l’État a souligné l’engagement historique du Tchad en faveur de la paix et de la sécurité internationales.

Haitian civilians reportedly blocked exit routes used by Kenyan police officers in parts of central Haiti, fearing that their withdrawal could expose communities to renewed gang attacks as the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission winds down operations in the Caribbean nation. Amateur videos circulated from Petite Rivière and Pont-Sondé showed crowds barricading roads and attempting to stop security convoys headed toward St. Marc and other exit points. The situation reportedly forced the use of helicopters to evacuate officers from volatile areas after ground movement was deemed unsafe.

Early one Sunday morning last August, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police stopped a U-Haul truck just over the Canadian border. Inside the trailer, no larger than a small bedroom, were 44 people struggling to breathe, including a pregnant woman and a 4-year-old child. They were mostly Haitians, who had paid smugglers thousands of dollars to get them out of the country that they previously considered safe: the United States. Many Haitian immigrants who have been living in the U.S. have chosen to undertake the expensive and treacherous process of crossing the Canadian border, rather than waiting to see if they’ll be deported by the Trump administration.