Haiti is the poorest country in Latin America and the Caribbean and one of the most dangerous in the world Increasingly influential gangs carry out kidnappings, kidnappings of civilians and murders in the capital Port-au-Prince .

These criminal groups, which constitute real small armies, even attack the police, six police officers having been killed last week during the attack on a police station.

However, they seem to enjoy a certain impunity.

Who is this congressman who is giving Republicans a cold sweat?

George Santos, a young elected official from the "good old party", announced this week that he was temporarily recused from congressional committees.

An insufficient decision for his party which is now demanding his head.

At the heart of the charges against a newly elected member of Congress, a CV made up from scratch.

After being unmasked by the press at the end of December, the storyteller admitted to having grossly lied on almost all subjects: his religion, his mother who died during the attack of September 11, 2001, his diploma, his profession... and maybe even his name.

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