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Continuing Help for the Displaced in Gros Morne, Haiti
Insecurity in Haiti continues to escalate. Haitian women and girls are particularly vulnerable as many are victims of extremely violent sexual assaults by gang members leading many families to flee to rural areas for refuge.
Migration to Colombia Fueled by US Policies
Despite the tone of emergency we see in the news about the number of people migrating to the United States, other countries in Latin America are receiving and resettling the vast majority of people migrating in our hemisphere.
Bill Callahan- Another View
This is not an obituary or an attempt to describe Bill's magnetic personality or his sharp and merry (sometimes caustic) wit. It is simply an attempt to fill in some gaps that were largely eclipsed by his controversial public persona. July 5 was the 15th anniversary of his death.
News from the Grepen Center in Haiti
While the gangs continue to terrorize the population with gunfire, kidnappings and extortions, people do the best they can to take care of themselves and their families. There is a huge amount of fear, particularly in the capital Port-au-Prince where merchants and businesspeople are more exposed to the risk of being kidnapped for ransom. Students avoid wearing their school uniform to avoid unwanted attention and nobody dares to stay out too late.
Migration is not a “border crisis” - How trade policy fuels displacement
The news is full of talk about trade agreements. For decades, US trade policies have been designed to benefit corporations while hurting workers in the United States and elsewhere. Will new tariffs and trade agreements make things better or worse? As of this writing, it is too soon to know.
Haiti’s Latest Approach to Quell Gang Violence: Mercenaries
Haiti has turned to the privatized military industry to take on criminal gangs that have been fuelling a crisis of violence and hunger throughout Port-au-Prince and around the country. The Haitian government signed a contract this year with Erik Prince, a private military contractor and founder of Blackwater Worldwide, a company notorious for its privatized military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Gouin and Saint Helene Project Update
June 26th, 2025 marked the halfway point of the Quixote Center sponsored pilot project initiated by our partners with DCCH in the villages of Gouin and Saint Helene located in the commune of Les Cayes in the Sud Department of Haiti. While most of the attention about Haiti has been focused on the gang-controlled capital, Port-au-Prince, and the Artibonite region, in other parts of the country and in most rural areas, life goes on.
“Alligator Alcatraz” and The Detention Industrial Complex
The deportation agenda comes with a price tag--and a payout.
New Migrant Routes and What’s Happening in Panama
Since the current US administration took power in January, migration trends have shifted dramatically, resulting in a reverse flow southward. 85% of reverse flow migrants cite the new hostile US migration policies as the reason for their return, perceiving that migration to the north is no longer possible.
Emergency Campaign Supports 256 Families in Haiti
In April, our partners at LaChandler Parish in Gros Morne reached out to Quixote Center to ask for emergency assistance to respond to an influx of displaced persons and deported migrants. Deportation flights to Haiti from the United States resumed in April 2024 and continue to this day.
Sanctions – an interventionist coercion tactic or tool for positive change?
There is debate on whether using sanctions is a strategic or harmful foreign policy strategy. US administrations increasingly deploy this tactic to push a certain political agenda or thwart a purported security threat.
Unpacking Humanitarian Parole Amidst May 30 Supreme Court Ruling
On May 30, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that the administration could terminate the Biden-era humanitarian parole program known as CHNV, which allowed more than 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to enter the United States and remain temporarily for a period of two years.