Widlore Mérancourt

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Education: Master’s degree in media management, University of Lille in France; Undergraduate degree in legal sciences, Université Publique du Sud aux Cayes

Widlore Mérancourt is editor-in-chief of the independent Haitian Creole-French-English news organization AyiboPost. Based in Port-au-Prince, he contributes regularly to The Washington Post.
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Blinken visits Haiti in show of U.S. support for struggling government

Blinken’s trip to Haiti was a gamble for the Biden administration, calling attention to an unresolved crisis that, if mismanaged, could cause a migration surge.

September 5, 2024
Haitian interim prime minister Garry Conille and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a news conference at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sept. 5.

As Haitians flee the capital, fears rise that the gangs will follow

Haitians worry that the violence that has beset the capital is metastasizing.

September 1, 2024
Haitians rest in a camp for internally displaced people this month in Port-au-Prince.

U.S. sanctions former Haitian president Martelly for role in drug trade

The U.S. Treasury Department said the singer turned politician sponsored several of the gangs that have waged a campaign of terror in Haiti.

August 21, 2024
Haiti presidential candidate Michel Martelly holds a news conference to discuss the problematic elections at the Karibe Hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 29, 2010.

Kenyan police begin patrols, but Haiti’s gangs are unperturbed

Haitians are growing frustrated at the lack of action or an apparent plan to take on the heavily armed criminals.

July 11, 2024
A Kenyan police officer patrols near Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 3.

    U.N.-approved, Kenya-led security force finally arrives in Haiti

    The United States has recruited countries and led funding and logistics for the mission, but President Biden says he won’t send U.S. forces.

    June 26, 2024
    Kenyan police at their base during a visit by Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday. The first contingent of U.N.-backed foreign police arrived the previous day.

    Three missionaries from Oklahoma-based group shot to death in Haiti

    Missions in Haiti identified the victims as David “Davy” Lloyd III, son of its founders; his wife, Natalie Lloyd; and Jude Montis, the group’s country director.

    May 24, 2024
    People on motorcycles ride down a street Thursday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

    U.S. tries to downplay role in Haiti, but it’s hard to hide the planes

    The Biden administration said from the outset it would neither lead the effort nor provide troops. But it struggled to find a country willing to take up the tasks.

    May 24, 2024
    Kenyan police officers respond in March 2023 to a demonstration in Nairobi. Many Kenyan police officers will soon arrive in Haiti.

    The flight of aid workers and diplomats leaves Haitians on their own

    The United Nations asked this year for $674 million in aid for the beleaguered Caribbean nation. Donors have contributed $94 million — less than 14 percent.

    May 2, 2024
    An operating theater at the UNICEF-supported Fontaine Hospital in Port-au-Prince in September.

    Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns; transitional council sworn in

    Interim replacement Michel Patrick Boisvert is to work with a transitional council to accept a Kenyan-led U.N. security force and lead the country to a new vote.

    April 25, 2024
    Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, left, and Finance Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert during a ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 20, 2021.

    When Haiti’s gangs shop for guns, the United States is their store

    A U.N. embargo prohibits the shipment of firearms to the beleaguered Caribbean nation. But that’s no problem for the gangs.

    April 5, 2024
    A member of the G9 Family and Allies federation of gangs in the Delmas 3 area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in February.