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Copy of The Middle-Game in Haiti: Why Washington’s Asymmetric Illusion…

By Chris Martin, Martin Group International LLC An Irregular Warfare Consulting Firm, July 28, 2026 The international community is watching the political and security tracks in Port-au-Prince collapse. Yet, it continues to execute a strategy built entirely on an expensive, dangerous diplomatic fiction. As a veteran international operations leader with over…
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This Week in Haiti: July 26, 2026 - Update by Journalist Kim Ives

By Haiti Liberté, July 26, 2026 This week, Haïti Liberté journalist and editor Kim Ives talks about his article entitled “At the UN, Haiti’s Crisis Has Only One Author: The ‘Gangs'” about the Jul. 20 UN Security Council meeting on Haiti as well as a Jul. 25 meeting in Manhattan commemorating the 73rd anniversary of the start of the Cuban Revolution. Ives m…
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The UN warns that Children in Haiti are detained up to the age of eigh…

By Came Stefada Poulard, Vant Bèf Info, July 24, 2026 The conditions of children who are deprived of their liberty in Haiti is causing serious concern at the United Nations. During a Security Council meeting devoted to the Haitian crisis, Vanessa Frazier, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, revealed that some m…
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The chief of staff of the Ministry of National Education and Vocationa…

By Lenz Beth Ferlyn Alparète, Juno7, July 24, 2026 A source within the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training confirmed to Juno7 the kidnapping of Ecclesiastes Telemachus on Friday in Delmas 31. The chief of staff of the Minister of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP), Ecclésiaste Télémaque, was kidnapped this Friday, July 24…
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The dismissal of Jacques Hans Ludwig Joseph: an institutional turning…

By Reynoldson Mompoint, Haiti Liberté, July 22, 2026 When the departure of the ULCC director revives questions about the future of the fight against corruption in Haiti   In politics, timing is rarely neutral. Every appointment, every dismissal, and every reshuffle carries a significance that often transcends mere administrative management. In Haiti, wher…
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Haiti elections: CEP Proposes December 13, 2026, for the First Round a…

By Robeson Geffard, Le Nouvelliste, July 23, 2026 The Electoral Council has officially submitted the electoral calendar to the government. In a letter sent to the Prime Minister on July 23, a copy of which was obtained exclusively by Le Nouvelliste , the CEP informed the government that the first round of the presidential and legislative elections is schedu…
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At the UN, Haiti’s Crisis Has Only One Author: The “Gangs”

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, July 22, 2026 On Jul. 20, 2026, the UN Security Council convened its 10198th meeting to review the situation in Haiti — a 90-day briefing that fell on the same day Haiti officially launched voter registration amid what BINUH chief Carlos Ruiz Massieu himself called a country facing “persistent insecurity, acute humanitarian needs…
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Canada breaks ground on $70M military base in Latvia

By Dylan Malyasov, Defence Blog, May 21, 2026

Canada broke ground on two major military construction projects in Latvia on May 19, laying foundation stones for a rotary-wing helicopter facility at Lielvārde Air Base and accommodation buildings at both Lielvārde and Riga in a combined investment of €64 million, or approximately $70 million.

The ceremony marked the latest installment in what has become one of the most sustained allied infrastructure commitments on NATO’s eastern flank, pushing Canada’s total military infrastructure investment in Latvia past €315 million ($345 million).

The larger of the two new projects, valued at €33 million ($36 million), will build a dedicated rotary-wing apron and flight line at Lielvārde, a military airbase located roughly 60…

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