Matt Apuzzo is the international investigations editor at The New York Times. He joined The Times in 2014 after more than a decade as a reporter with the Associated Press. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, having been part of teams that won in 2012 for revealing New York police surveillance, in 2018 for covering the Trump administration, and 2021 for reporting on the coronavirus pandemic. A graduate of Colby College, he taught journalism at Georgetown University and once successfully argued a motion from the audience in federal court.
Conversations between department officials and the former president’s representatives have underscored investigators’ skepticism about his cooperation and exposed a rift among his lawyers.
By Michael S. Schmidt, Maggie Haberman and Katie Benner
The C.I.C. bank siphoned millions in fees and interest from the island’s treasury in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, an investigation found.
By Matt Apuzzo
Thousands of pages of original documents, and hundreds of books and articles. Here are the historians and researchers on which the Haiti project drew.
By Catherine Porter, Constant Méheut, Selam Gebrekidan and Matt Apuzzo
A firebrand Haitian president tried to hold France to account for its years of exploitation. He soon found himself ousted from power.
By Constant Méheut, Catherine Porter, Selam Gebrekidan and Matt Apuzzo
The long occupation of Haiti began with a drumbeat from the bank that became Citigroup, decades of diplomatic correspondence and other records show.
By Selam Gebrekidan, Matt Apuzzo, Catherine Porter and Constant Méheut
It helped finance the Eiffel Tower as it drained millions from Haiti. The bank, C.I.C., won’t talk about it, but The Times tracked how much its investors made — and what Haiti lost.
By Matt Apuzzo, Constant Méheut, Selam Gebrekidan and Catherine Porter
In 1791, enslaved Haitians ousted the French and founded a nation. But France made generations of Haitians pay for their freedom. How much it cost them was a mystery, until now.
By Catherine Porter, Constant Méheut, Matt Apuzzo and Selam Gebrekidan
The staggering sum Haiti paid for its independence cemented its path to poverty.
By Lazaro Gamio, Constant Méheut, Catherine Porter, Selam Gebrekidan, Allison McCann and Matt Apuzzo
The populist prime minister, a hero to many American conservatives, has changed voting rules and legalized ‘voter tourism’ as he stands for re-election
By Matt Apuzzo and Benjamin Novak
For nearly a decade, sanctions have been little more than names on a list for wealthy Russians. Governments are working to give them bite.
By Matt Apuzzo and Jane Bradley