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New president for Haiti

New leadership appointed in Haiti as gangs threaten to overthrow government
A wealthy businessman on Thursday became the head of Haiti’s transitional presidential council tasked with restoring order in the troubled country as a top gang leader underscored the challenges facing the nation by vowing to overthrow the government.
Haiti businessman takes over presidency as gangs threaten transition
Haitian businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr took over his country's leadership on Thursday, the last phase of its transition before it is mandated to hand power to a democratically elected successor, but a top gang leader threatened to topple the precarious government.
New president for Haiti as gangs threaten to topple government
Wealthy businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr assumes leadership of the transitional council, which has struggled to contain the country’s armed groups.
Haiti Appoints New Police Chief to Combat Gang Control
Haiti's transitional government has appointed Vladimir Paraison as the new national police chief to tackle escalating gang violence. Paraison replaces Rameau Normil and vows to provide nationwide security amidst severe displacement and conflict.
Haiti prepares for new leadership as gunfire erupts and gangs threaten to overthrow government
A wealthy businessman is slated to become president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council, marking the first time that the private sector is in control of the country’s two executive branches
Haiti replaces police chief with former head of palace security
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Haiti's former national palace security chief, Vladimir Paraison, was appointed national ...
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Heraty kidnapping comes amid crisis and violence in Haiti
The kidnapping of Irish woman Gena Heraty along with seven others from an orphanage in Haiti last weekend comes against the ...
Haiti ushers in last phase of transitional government amid color, class tensions
The latest transition of power in Haiti is highlighting long-standing fault lines between the country’s Black majority and ...
Haitian police arrest a former senator accused of working with gangs to attack a peaceful community
Police in Haiti have arrested a former senator charged with conspiring against the state and financing criminal organizations ...
An American Team Went to Fight Haiti’s Gangs. Its Mission Ended Badly.
A Haitian American Navy veteran and his police officer cousin who were working in Haiti with Studebaker, an American military ...
Haiti gangs’ expansion, human-rights violations, threaten whole Caribbean, UN warns
If the government doesn’t put its head together to push back the gangs, they will head toward Belladère and then we will be at war because the Dominicans will never accept this.” ...
Dispute over a major port contract threatens Haiti’s fragile political stability
The leader of Haiti’s transitional presidential council claims a communications employee was threatened to publish a press ...
Eight people including an Irish missionary are missing after gunmen storm a Haiti orphanage
Eight people including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child remained missing Monday after gunmen stormed an orphanage ...
Gang violence flares in Haitian capital
Gang violence flared in  Port-au-Prince on Thursday, with a top gang leader threatening to overthrow the precarious ...