Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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REPORT: The UN warns of a total collapse of the state in Haiti
Before the United Nations Security Council, senior UN officials warned that Haiti risked a total collapse of the state's presence unless the international community…
INVESTIGATION: Haiti, the capital where 90% of the territory belongs to gangs
According to concurring estimates from the UN and Human Rights Watch, armed gangs now control roughly 90% of the territory of Port-au-Prince and its…
FACT-CHECK: Iranian researcher killed in Nice — no evidence of a Mossad link
On March 28, 2026, Ali Ehsanian, an Iranian artificial intelligence researcher, was killed outside his home in Nice. He held a doctorate from Sorbonne…
ANALYSIS: How Iranian and Pro-Russian Media Accused the Mossad Without Proof
As soon as the death of Iranian researcher Ali Ehsanian, killed in Nice on March 28, 2026, was announced, several media outlets affiliated with…
COMMENTARY: A 15-Year-Old Teenager Behind the Murder of an Iranian Researcher in Nice
For weeks, the death of Iranian researcher Ali Ehsanian, killed in Nice on March 28, 2026, had fed the darkest theories about a possible…
COMMENTARY: In Venezuela, the Earthquake Deepens the Post-Maduro Political Void
In 2026, Venezuela is enduring a double shock: the literal one, from the two earthquakes of June 24, and the political one, from a…
ANALYSIS: Venezuela Faces Growing Epidemic Threat After Deadly Earthquakes
Three weeks after the two earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026 — tremors of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 occurring less than a…
PROFILE: Starlink Offers Free Internet to Devastated Venezuela Until July 25
On June 25, 2026, the day after the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 — tremors of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, occurring…
REPORT: Venezuela's Twin Earthquakes Death Toll Climbs to 3,889
More than two weeks after the catastrophe, the death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026 keeps rising day…