Leslie Voltaire acknowledged that the election plan amid Haiti’s ongoing gang violence and worsening humanitarian situation is ambitious.

With a deep commitment to women’s empowerment, it was here the teenage Nelly made a solemn pledge: to dedicate her own life to giving these women a second chance at life.Today, Sister Nelly - now a Catholic nun often referred to as Mother Nelly by the women she helps and a winner of the 2024 Zayed Award for Human Fraternity - is the driving force behind Fundación Mujer Levántate – ‘Woman Standing Up’ Foundation.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is walking back an almost-total 90-day freeze on U.S. foreign assistance, making an exception for life-saving humanitarian aid, according to a memo the Miami Herald obtained.

Leslie Voltaire, the head of Haiti’s interim presidential council, declared that the Trump administration’s actions to halt aid, deport migrants, and bar refugees would be “catastrophic” for Haiti. The remark was made by Voltaire in an interview with The Associated Press in Rome during a Vatican meeting with Pope Francis.

Leslie Voltaire, president of Haiti's transitional presidential council, said the Trump administration will devastate his country.

The United States is one of the largest aid providers and it is vital that we work constructively to jointly shape a strategic path forward.”

The President of Haiti said that Trump's decision to freeze aid programmes, deport migrants and block refugees will be “catastrophic” for Haiti

ROME (AP) — The president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council said the Trump administration’s decisions to freeze aid programs, deport migrants and block refugees will be “catastrophic” for Haiti.

Gang violence, hunger, and political instability threaten Haiti's survival as a state as the UN calls for urgent international security and peacekeeping interventions.

Haiti's capital could become overrun by criminal gangs if the international community does not step up aid to a United Nations-backed security mission there, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres warned in a report Wednesday.

I want to thank you for helping my America, my Colombia, achieve freedom,” he said. “You even gave us our flag.”

Voltaire said there are roughly 1.5 million Haitians in the United States and roughly 150,000 who were accepted under a program called the “Temporary Protection System.”