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US blocks gang social-media profits as Haiti voting begins

7/21/2026

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U.S. envoy to United Nations Mike Waltz told Council that Washington will block gangs’ earnings from social-media posts as gangs livestream killings and post music videos to recruit children.
United Nations reports more than 2,300 people killed, 542 deaths in Cite Soleil, and over 1,100 injured since January.
Haiti’s foreign affairs minister Raina Forbin said voter registration began Monday and that 4,000 police officers and 1,500 armed-forces recruits are expected.

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U.S. envoy to United Nations Mike Waltz told Council that Washington will block gangs’ earnings from social-media posts as gangs livestream killings and post music videos to recruit children.
United Nations reports more than 2,300 people killed, 542 deaths in Cite Soleil, and over 1,100 injured since January.
Haiti’s foreign affairs minister Raina Forbin said voter registration began Monday and that 4,000 police officers and 1,500 armed-forces recruits are expected.