In Haïti Liberté’s “This Week in Haiti” podcast of Nov. 30, 2025, host Joseph Mullen discusses with Kim Ives, Haïti Liberté’s English Language editor, about the U.S. and Canadian governments’ sanctioning of Fritz Alphonse Jean, one of the nine Haitian puppet presidents, and the case of journalist Jean Max Louissaint, also known online as Ralph Laurent, who was arrested on entering the Dominican Republic and detained without charges for three days, before being released.
Kim analyzes how Louissaint’s arrest reflects a growing concern and even panic in U.S., Dominican, and Haitian ruling circles over journalists reporting the truth about the armed uprising of Haiti’s underclass against the decades of exploitation, oppression, and impoverishment of which they have been the victim.
