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COLUMN: Ambassador Waltz Visits a Haiti on Its Knees, but Not Defeated
Some diplomatic visits amount to polite symbolism, and others look more like a clinical temperature check on a hemorrhage.
ANALYSIS: Sri Lanka Joins the Security Force in Haiti Despite Controversy
The arrival of a Sri Lankan contingent in Port-au-Prince on July 9 and 10, 2026, should have been simple good news for the Gang…
ANALYSIS: The Gang Suppression Force Deployed at Chronic Understrength in Haiti
Some promises can be measured in numbers, and some numbers, once confronted with reality on the ground, reveal the scale of a worrying delay.
DECODING: Haiti, 1.5 Million Displaced and 1,600 Dead in Three Months
There are statistics that should be enough, on their own, to trigger a massive international mobilization. According to Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the UN Secretary-General's…
DECODING: Post-Maduro Venezuela Faces an Earthquake That Forgives Nothing
Some coincidences are ones history does not forgive. Six months after the ouster of Nicolas Maduro by the United States, just as Venezuela was…
REPORT: from 6.7 to 37 billion dollars, the dizzying inflation of Venezuela's disaster bill
On June 26, 2026, two days after the twin earthquakes that struck north-central Venezuela, the United Nations Development Programme announced an initial estimate of…
ANALYSIS: the Israeli delegation in Venezuela, a controversial but strategic presence
Since late June 2026, an Israeli delegation of roughly thirty members has been operating in Venezuela, under a joint mission run by the foreign…
FACT-CHECK: can the Gran Misión Venezuela Renace really rebuild the country
On July 4, 2026, interim president Delcy Rodríguez announced the creation of the Gran Misión Venezuela Renace, a national reconstruction program meant to respond…
REPORT: US military takes hold of Simón Bolívar Airport's control tower
Since July 1, 2026, American troops have been physically stationed inside the control tower of Simón Bolívar International Airport, in Maiquetía, working alongside civilian…