Haiti Roundup: AA Flights Resume, Food Kits for Grand Sud, TPS Study and Taekwondo Gold

HaitiLibre's Zapping of November 2, 2026, compiled several developments. The U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince welcomed the resumption of American Airlines flights to Haiti, effective November 1, saying the move strengthens commercial, travel and economic ties between the two countries. In the humanitarian sector, the Economic and Social Assistance Fund (FAES) is conducting a mission in the Southern Department from October 30 to November 4 in response to severe weather that hit the Grand Sud region, aiming to set up three community kitchens and distribute 10,000 food kits to vulnerable families. On the diaspora economy, a working paper by Kensley Blaise, Jean Marie Cayemitte and Jean Gardy Victor of the Department of Economic and Financial Research (DREF) examines links between diaspora remittances and macro-financial vulnerability tied to the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), drawing on monthly data from October 2004 to September 2025. In sport, Ava Soon, a Korean-American athlete with Haitian citizenship, won gold at the Pan Club Taekwondo Championship in Florida. The Foreign Affairs Ministry noted the National ATI, head of the Vodou tradition, is eligible for protocol privileges under a June 2, 2026 decree, and Education Minister Vijonet Déméro announced a Creole edition of Jean Price-Mars' 'Ainsi parla l'oncle.' According to HaitiLibre.