Maya Rodriguez is a National Correspondent, reporting for all E.W. Scripps television stations across the country. She is based in Washington, D.C., but she travels extensively from coast to coast and around the world for stories of interest.
In Haiti, civil society is on the brink of collapse. Armed gangs roam freely throughout the country as violence spreads, virtually paralyzing the hemisphere's poorest nation.
The newspaper caters to the more than 1 million people of Haitian descent living in the United States. On Friday, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Prime Minister Henry by phone, encouraging him to accept a deal brokered by stakeholders.
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