Andre Paultre

Dec 24, 2024 | nytimes.com | David Adams |Andre Paultre

The journalists shot on Monday had been invited by government officials to attend the reopening at the hospital complex, which is in a former gang stronghold. They were awaiting the arrival of Haiti's minister of public health, Dr. Duckenson Lorthe Blema, along with a bus organized by the government to carry more journalists to the site. But gang members were also apparently lying in wait. And the minister never made it to the hospital. Around 11 a.m., the witnesses said, the crowd was ambushed.

Apr 25, 2024 | nytimes.com | Emiliano Rodríguez Mega |David Adams |Andre Paultre

The prime minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, formally signed his resignation letter on Wednesday, paving the way for a new government and bringing a measure of political stability to a nation mired in gang violence and an unfolding humanitarian crisis. With the sound of gunshots as a backdrop, the nine members of a transitional council took the oath of office early on Thursday in the National Palace.

Apr 12, 2024 | nytimes.com | David Adams |Andre Paultre

Turmoil in Haiti Leader Says He Will Resign The Chaos, Explained 1,500 Dead Photos A New Gang Alliance Turmoil in Haiti Leader Says He Will Resign The Chaos, Explained 1,500 Dead Photos A New Gang Alliance A governing council was finalized after a month of negotiations. It is tasked with restoring law and order by appointing an acting prime minister. David C.

Apr 1, 2024 | yahoo.com | David Adams |Andre Paultre

An American YouTube personality who was kidnapped two weeks ago by a gang leader in Haiti was released over the weekend and was on his way home to the United States on Monday morning, according to his father. The American, Adisson Pierre Maalouf, 26, had traveled to Haiti from the neighboring Dominican Republic to interview Jimmy Chérizier, a former police officer and gang leader known as Barbecue, according to Maalouf’s family, who spoke to The New York Times after his release.

Apr 1, 2024 | miamiherald.com | David Adams |Andre Paultre

An American YouTube personality who was kidnapped two weeks ago by a gang leader in Haiti was released over the weekend and was on his way home to the United States on Monday morning, according to his father. The American, Adisson Pierre Maalouf, 26, had traveled to Haiti from the neighboring Dominican Republic to interview Jimmy Chérizier, a former police officer and gang leader known as Barbecue, according to Maalouf’s family, who spoke to The New York Times after his release.