Haiti could hold elections in November 2025
The head of Haiti’s Presidential Transitional Council (TPC), Leslie Voltaire, says elections in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country will take place in November this year. “We must hand over power to a legitimate,
Haiti leader says long-awaited general elections penned for November
Haiti's transitional council president Leslie Voltaire said in an interview on Wednesday that a date for the Caribbean nation's long-awaited general elections has been fixed for around Nov. 15 of this year.
Haiti leader says elections can be held this year even as gangs continue their rampage
Voltaire said he hopes to have a constitutional referendum voted on by April, and envisions the first round of general elections around Nov. 15. Runoffs, he said, would take place around mid-January of 2026 “so that finally on February 7 there could be a legitimate government.”
Haiti Leader Says General Elections Planned for November
Haiti has lacked elected representatives since January 2023 and has not held elections since 2016. The country's capital is almost entirely controlled by armed gangs, and leaders
VOA Creole: Haiti's gangs have 'taken a step back,' transitional leader says
Leslie Voltaire, president of Haiti's Transitional Council, says the armed gangs who have terrorized Haitians for months have "taken a step back." Voltaire credited the national police force and the Kenyan-led multinational force for the progress made in confronting gang violence.
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Conroe man returns home with his wife and child after escaping 3 years of gang violence in Haiti
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1 dead, several wounded in Haiti after armed gangs target consular corp armored vehicles
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Journalists in Haiti demand justice as they bury a second colleague killed by gangs
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Colombian president visits southern Haiti as country battles surge in gang violence
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IWU alum Kevin Adair builds a safer way to cook in Haiti and Dominican Republic
The president of a recycling and clean-cooking initiative emphasized the importance of nonprofits working closely with, and ...