Colombian president visits southern Haiti as country battles surge in gang violence
Colombian President Gustavo Petro is visiting Haiti as part of a whirlwind trip to strengthen ties with the violence-wracked ...
Colombia's Petro visits southern Haiti as violence spikes in both countries
Colombian President Gustavo Petro arrived in Haiti's southeastern city of Jacmel on Wednesday afternoon in a rare visit by a ...
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A survivor of the worst gang attack on Haitian journalists says colleagues were cut down by bullets
Two reporters and one police officer died in Tuesday's attack at the reopening of Port-au-Prince's biggest public hospital. Seven journalists covering the event were wounded. “Some were hit in ...
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UN migration agency says gang violence in Haiti leads to tripling of internally displaced people
Both countries share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Okoth said that the number of displacement sites in Port-au-Prince has risen from 73 to 108 over the last year. The outgoing administration ...
1 dead, several wounded in Haiti after armed gangs target consular corp armored vehicles
The latest attacks occurred a day after gangs shot up an armored vehicle belonging to the U.S. Embassy in Haiti.
Haiti Capital Could Be Overrun By Gangs If Intl Community Doesn't Step Up: UN Chief
Haiti's capital could become overrun by criminal gangs if the international community does not step up aid to a UN-backed security mission to the Caribbean nation, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned in ...
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Why airlines see Haiti in the same ‘war-risk’ level as areas where pilots dodge missiles
The FAA ban on flying to Port-au-Prince was extended until at least ... Barbados Foreign Minister Kerrie Symmonds told Barbados Today the Caribbean nation would no longer deploy its troops to ...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in to serve a third term despite credible evidence that his opponent won the ...
Haiti gang violence: Central American military police arrive to support govt efforts in Caribbean island
Haiti has been grappling with escalating gang violence, particularly since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise. Gangs are estimated to control roughly 85 per cent of the capital, ...
Kenya deploys 217 more police officers to Haiti under UN-backed mission to tackle gang violence
Kenya’s interior minister says the east African nation has deployed 217 more police officers to Haiti as part of a Kenya-led multinational force to curb gang violence.
UN migration agency says gang violence in Haiti leads to tripling of internally displaced people
The new figure provided by the International Organization for Migration on Tuesday represents a record for the Caribbean ...