Three people have been shot dead since Monday in protests in Haiti, according to a protest organizer and police, as a movement demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henri spreads to several cities in the country. Since Monday, roadblocks have been set up on the main thoroughfares of southern Haiti, and public transport and […]
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Haiti: Thousands Protest Against Rising Crime, Inflation Punctuality
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Port-au-Prince and other Haitian cities on Monday to protest rampant crime and violence. At the same time, the central bank of Haiti announced that inflation reached a decade high. Demonstrators set fire to roadblocks they had set up in some areas, including the capital Port-au-Prince, expressing their […]
Haiti: Members of Congress call on Biden to name new special envoy
Four members of Congress have called on President Joe Biden’s administration to name a new special envoy for Haiti as continued gang violence deepens the crisis in the Caribbean nation, the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. The post was created after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021. But Daniel Foote, a career […]
Haiti: Gang street battles in downtown Port-au-Prince
Members of heavily armed gangs engaged in street fighting in the center of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, on Wednesday, blocking main avenues and the municipal market. Videos of the events at the center show men running towards police officers with their hands up for protection, as bursts of automatic weapons are heard. The fresh outbreak […]
Haiti: China demands Security Council embargo on small arms sales
China has demanded the United Nations Security Council impose an embargo on small arms sales to Haiti, sanction gang leaders and even favor the deployment of police forces from regional states to the Caribbean nation, where violence has turned gangrenous. , diplomatic sources said yesterday Thursday. The recommendation to take these measures was made as […]
Haiti: Protests over fuel shortages continue
Protesters have blocked several streets in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, to protest fuel shortages, even as gas stations are gradually being restored from the country’s largest terminal, which had been suspended due to of conflicts between rival gangs. About 90 people have been killed in the clashes that erupted last week, leaving a large district […]
Haiti: Gang violence blocks food aid distribution
The United Nations has been forced to move humanitarian aid and workers to Haiti by air and sea because of a rapidly deteriorating security situation in the capital Port-au-Prince, parts of which are infested with gangs, an official said Tuesday. The revelation comes as aid organizations are already struggling to deal with the food crisis […]
Haiti: Three women released from eight Turkish nationals abducted in May
Three young women, among the eight Turkish nationals abducted on May 8 in Haiti by gang members, were released over the weekend for health reasons, the company that owns the bus they were on when they were abducted said. “They were released” at the weekend for health reasons because they were ill, “Mikael Duradis, public […]
Assassination of the President of Haiti: Former Haitian senator the third suspect to be charged in the US
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that a third suspect had been charged with complicity in the July assassination of Haitian President Jouvenel Mois in a Florida court. Former Haitian Senator John Joel Joseph, 51, was arraigned in Miami on Monday after being extradited from Jamaica. He is accused of plotting to assassinate or […]
Haiti: Eight Turkish aid workers abducted in Port-au-Prince
A group of people, including eight Turkish nationals working for a humanitarian organization, were abducted Sunday in Haiti, where they arrived by bus from the Dominican Republic, according to media reports from both countries. The honorary consul of Turkey in Haiti confirmed that the eight Turks were abducted by a gang on Sunday afternoon. “As […]