Haiti

Kidnappings for ransom have become tragically commonplace in Haiti as violent gangs take control of much of the country. On Saturday, one of those criminal groups abducted 17 foreigners who were in Haiti doing aid work for a Christian missionary organization.

The latest on the drama involving City of Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo and City of Miami Commissioners, and the Latin American and Caribbean connection in the 'Pandora Papers' investigation.

The last United Nations police mission left Haiti two years ago — but the government suggests another may need to be deployed as politically-affiliated gangs take over.

Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the world, and rich countries have their fingerprints all over the nation's stunted development.

A total of 11,445 refugees were allowed into the United States during the budget year that ended on Thursday, according to figures obtained by The Associated Press.

The assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs says the U.S. is not pressing for near-term elections in Haiti, but is "pressing for support for Haitian-led solutions."

Sunday's murder in Port-au-Prince of a Baptist deacon and his wife's kidnapping are a brutal reminder that Haiti's street gangs are de facto "legalized bandits."

With Haiti's government, economy and public security in collapse, "civil society" organizations propose a reboot of their democracy. Will the U.S. buy into it?

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a statement outlining plans to allow passenger and cargo traffic to resume. Earlier, a camp of 15,000 migrants, mostly Haitians, had gathered there.

Haitian migrants are camped out on the beaches of this Colombian town, which is a stopover before the Darién Gap leading to Panama. They hope the United States will take them in.

The camp grew to hold 15,000 people at one point, with a total of nearly 30,000 migrants passing through since Sept. 9, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says.

Images of Border Patrol agents on horseback corralling a group of mostly Haitian migrants at a makeshift camp drew widespread criticism, including from members of the Biden administration.