The Patriotic Congress for National Rescue, held from March 31 to June 27 across Haiti and its diaspora, concluded with bold ...

When there is a weakness, we look for other people to support the national police,” says Fritz Alphonse Jean, head of the ...

Nearly all the members of a board overseeing the prestigious Fulbright scholarships resigned Wednesday in protest of what they call the Trump administration’s meddling.

Notable alumni include Leslie Voltaire, president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council; Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of Bangladesh; Luc Frieden, prime minister of Luxembourg; and King ...

He also said talks are ongoing with the Organization of American States, which has been prodded to help. On Monday, Leslie Voltaire, one of seven voting members on Haiti’s transitional presidential ...

On Jan. 1 of this year, the now-former president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council, Leslie Voltaire, reminded France of this call when he requested that France “ repay the debt of ...

President Emmanuel Macron of France welcoming Haiti’s transitional president, Leslie Voltaire, in Paris in January. Thomas Samson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images “He asked me for my opinion.

After being exploited for decades by France, Haiti ended up forking over huge sums of money to its former colonizer. Now, the Caribbean nation’s calls for restitution are becoming harder to ignore.

Jean’s appointment follows that of Voltaire, who was appointed in October 2024 and faced escalating gang violence that crippled his administration’s efforts.

Jean took over from architect Leslie Voltaire in a friendly ceremony, following a more fraught transition in October when the first president refused to sign the transition decree over an ...

Council head Leslie Voltaire has pledged to hold elections in November 2025, which would be Haiti’s first since 2016, with plans to establish an elected government by February 2026.