Frances Robles

@FrancesRobles

New York Times Latin America correspondent. Proud Guild leader, helping ensure NYT is a fair and equitable place to work.
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Florida, USA nytimes.com/by/frances-rob… Joined March 2009

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Frances Robles @FrancesRobles Jan 29

Guidance for NGOs, political parties, Substack writers and public relations folks everywhere: please don't take the fact that I share my email address publicly to mean that I'd like to be on your listserve. I don't. I won't read it, and my inbox is out of control. Thanks

Frances Robles @FrancesRobles 1d

Hundreds of thousands of people in Haiti are living in schools, government buildings -- and nightclubs like this one.
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www.nytimes.com Video: Inside the Nightclub Sheltering Haitians From Violent Gangs Club International was once a popular music venue in Port-au-Prince. Now it’s a makeshift shelter for hundreds of Haitian families fleeing gang violence, and the club’s owner wants them out.

Frances Robles @FrancesRobles Oct 30

Will Bukele become Haiti's hero? Experts fear his reputation for a no-holds-barred approach to fighting illegal gangs could result in large numbers of civilian casualties. nytimes.com/2026/10/30/wor…

www.nytimes.com Could El Salvador’s Bukele Be Haiti’s Savior? (Gift Article) The Salvadoran government dispatched more than 2,000 troops to Haiti this week in an extraordinary deployment on foreign soil.

Frances Robles @FrancesRobles Oct 29

Two Haitian men working for a Norwegian NGO in Haiti were killed there. (The circumstances are unclear.)
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www.nrc.no Statement on killing of NRC aid workers in Haiti | NRC Statement by Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Frances Robles @FrancesRobles Oct 29

Elections in Haiti pushed to July. nytimes.com/2026/10/29/wor…

www.nytimes.com Amid Unrelenting Violence, Haiti Puts Off Its Long-Awaited Elections (Gift Article) Haiti is in the throes of debilitating gang violence, which has kept officials from organizing an election to pick a new president.