” The Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Deschapelles, which cares for more than 700,000 people in the Artibonite Valley and the Central Plateau, has suspended its activities and implemented an emergency plan. From now on, the facility will only accept vital emergencies. “, he reports Miami Herald. ” In the past 67 years, our hospital has mastered many challenges‘ its director, Jean Marc de Matteis, tells the Florida newspaper. ” We’ve never had to close our doors. But today we face a truly unprecedented challenge. And without security guards, we may actually have to close our doors permanently.“.

Canada will send warships

In this context, the heads of state and government of the Caricom countries are meeting in the Bahamas. And there the guest of honor at this summit, the Canadian Prime Minister, announced this Thursday new measures to support the Haitian police in the face of armed gangs.

” Today I am announcing that Canada will also deploy Royal Canadian Navy vessels to conduct surveillance, gather intelligence and maintain a maritime presence off the coast of Haiti in the coming weeks.‘ said Justin Trudeau. ” Canada has also imposed harsh sanctions on corrupt business and political elites who have used their influence and resources to support criminal gangs and foment instability. So far, Canada has imposed targeted sanctions on 15 people. Today I am announcing a sixth round of sanctions against two others“.

This is reported by former interim president Jocelerme Privert, who was in power between the mandates of Michel Martelly and Jovenel Moïse agepress. The other person is lawyer Salim Succar, who was chief of staff to former Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, also under Michel Martelly’s presidency.

“For its part, the US State Department said without naming names that five other people and seven family members were affected by visa restrictions.“.

Inadequate measures

“At the rate at which (Haitian Prime Minister) Ariel Henry’s allies are advancing, the end of the crisis is not for tomorrow», laconically noted the editor of the news writer. Frantz Duval also believes that “this Caricom summit promises to be a new rendezvous, half cowardly, half grape. In fact, neither fig nor grape may be indescribable, the concrete fruits that emerge from it. And when communication takes precedence over action, the exit from the tunnel becomes distant“.

“Canada must stand up for Haitiexclaims an editorialist for the Quebec daily The duty. “Canadians need to understand that things will not get better on their own: murders, kidnappings and rapes are escalating and gang-controlled territory is expanding. Haiti is the most densely populated country in America“, underlines the Canadian newspaper before concluding:”If Haiti implodes, it will also cause an explosion in its neighbors“.

Nicaragua: President Daniel Ortega’s regime continues its offensive against opponents

“Prosecutors permanently stripped 94 exiled Nicaraguans of their nationality and citizenship rights“. Given as a reason: an alleged “crime of treason“, Notice Confidential. Lawyers contacted by the news site claim that “this is a total aberration of the rule of law in Nicaragua. No one can be deprived of their rights without first going through a process in which all parties intervene and present their arguments. This decision is arbitrary and illegal‘ the lawyers point out. Confidential also believes that this decision “finally exposes the Nicaraguan judiciary as a repressive organ of the dictatorship“.

These 94 denials of citizenship are in addition to those of the 222 political prisoners released last week and deported to the United States. But while the regime also officially revoked their citizenship, each of the 222 ex-prisoners received a new Nicaraguan passport that was valid for ten years. La Pressa announces this Friday that Daniel Ortega’s government wanted to send them to the United States without identification papers. However, this option was categorically rejected by the American authorities.

According to the daily newspaper El País“Of the continent’s five major powers, all led by left-wing governments, only Chile has sharply condemned Daniel Ortega’s recent offensive. Chilean President Gabriel Boric had also repeatedly called for the release of political prisoners in Nicaragua at international meetings. Mexico, on the other hand, avoids criticizing the drifting away of the Sandinista regime, while Argentina, Colombia and Brazil prefer to remain silent.“, remorseEl País.