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Haiti electoral council sets calendar for first elections in a decade. Is it realistic?

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the country’s first general elections in more than a decade. The council said final runoff results would be announced on March 7 next year, with a new government in place by March 12. Whether that timetable is achievable remains an open question.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Landau visits Haiti amid deadly surge in violence

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Deputy U.S. Secretary of State Christopher Landau visited Port-au-Prince on Friday on a last-minute trip during which he observed a shooting exercise involving members of the newly created Gang Suppression Force, which has yet to be fully deployed, and met with Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé. Landau’s visit comes at a particularly difficult moment for Fils-Aimé and residents of the capital and surrounding regions, where armed gangs have been tightening their grip and expanding their control; the country’s long-overdue elections increasingly look unlikely to take place this year.

Miami jury begins deliberations in Haiti presidential assassination trial (VIDEO)

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The assassination of Haiti’s president on July 7, 2021, was the culmination of three months of planning that began in South Florida, where the four defendants on trial and others met to overthrow the country’s leader in their quest for power, contracts and money in Haiti, according to the indictment. All four defendants face up to life in prison if they are convicted of conspiring to kidnap or kill Haiti’s president. The indictment includes several other counts related to the conspiracy charge.

Ecuadorian lawyer admits to drafting Haiti warrant to arrest Moïse ahead of killing

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The lawyer, José Antonio Corrales, testified that he drafted several documents central to the plot, including the arrest warrant, which he had hoped to have signed by a Haitian Superior Court justice, Windelle Coq Thélot. His clients at the security firm had designated the judge as the heir apparent to Moïse after abandoning a South Florida pastor in his months-long quest for the presidency.

Moïse assassination cost $343,000, witness says; judge rejects Vodou testimony

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The high-stakes plot to remove Haiti President Jovenel Moïse that culminated in his July 7, 2021, assassination was carried out for roughly $343,000, and financed through a patchwork of loans, credit cards, wire transfers and pandemic relief funds, an FBI forensics accountant told a Miami federal jury.
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Haïti : le Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU examine lundi la situation sécuritaire et les préparatifs électoraux

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Le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies tiendra lundi 19 octobre une séance publique consacrée à Haïti, suivie de consultations à huis clos, avec au programme la dégradation de la situation sécuritaire, le déploiement de la Force de répression des gangs (GSF) et les incertitudes entourant l’organisation des prochaines élections. Selon Security Council Report, publié le 16 octobre, trois responsables onusiens sont susceptibles de présenter un état des lieux : Carlos Ruiz Massieu, représentant spécial du secrétaire général et chef du Bureau intégré des Nations unies en Haïti (BINUH) ; Jack Christofides, représentant spécial pour la GSF ; et Daniela Kroslak, secrétaire générale adjointe et cheffe du Bureau de soutien des Nations unies en Haïti (UNSOH), dont la participation au briefing reste possible.

Martelly puts elections rumors to rest, registers to run for Haiti presidency

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Former Haitian President Michel Martelly has registered to run for the presidency of the Caribbean nation, joining a growing list of candidates hoping to lead a troubled Haiti despite facing sanctions from the United States, Canada and the European Union — or in the case of the former singer, all three. Martelly’s name was among 16 listed Friday on the Provisional Electoral Council’s website as having preliminary registered to run. The list also includes another former president, Jocelerme Privert, and a former member of the lower house of Parliament, Gary Bodeau. Privert who oversaw the country’s last general elections in 2016, has been sanctioned by Canada. Bodeau has been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department under a federal act that targets perpetrators of serious human rights abuse and corruption, and faces Canadian sanctions as well.

Exclusive: Inside Erik Prince’s secretive operation taking on Haiti’s gangs (CNN)

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Prince would not disclose the annual fee he receives for work with the Task Force, claiming only that it is a “fraction” of the cost of the short-lived Multinational Security Support mission — an initiative backed financially and logistically by the United States, that once envisaged 5,500 foreign police in Port-au-Prince. “Our cost is one-sixth of what their annual camp cost was,” Prince said. The sum is likely in the tens of millions of dollars. His income will be augmented by a deal to help control Haiti’s porous border with the Dominican Republic for the next 10 years in return for 10% of any new customs revenue collected. The long-term contract has raised criticism locally of how Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé is using his mandate as interim leader.

Haïti au cœur des préoccupations sécuritaires de Washington : plus de 340 millions de dollars annoncés pour les Caraïbes, mais quelle part pour Port-au-Prince...

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Les États-Unis ont annoncé, le 15 octobre, plus de 340 millions de dollars de nouveaux engagements financiers en faveur des Caraïbes, destinés notamment à la sécurité portuaire, au renforcement des forces de l’ordre, aux infrastructures numériques et aux capacités sanitaires. Derrière cette enveloppe régionale, Haïti occupe une place particulière : lors de l’ouverture du Dialogue États-Unis-Caraïbes, le vice-secrétaire d’État américain Christopher Landau a directement évoqué les armes acheminées vers le territoire haïtien depuis les États-Unis et les démarches entreprises par Washington pour tenter d’endiguer ces flux.