Showing posts with label Haiti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haiti. Show all posts

Friday, March 15, 2024

Biden Says US Armed Forces to Stay in Haiti 'Long as Security Situation Demands'

 President Joe Biden said in a statement that the United States Armed Forces personnel will remain in Haiti for as long as the security environment requires.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Haiti's unelected PM reportedly resigns after talks

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned as head of the Caribbean nation, the leader of a regional body said, an unelected role the 74-year-old neurosurgeon has held since the 2021 assassination of the country's last president.

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Haiti gang leader warns of civil war unless PM Ariel Henry steps down

Jimmy Cherizier, the Haitian gang leader behind a violent attempt to overthrow Prime Minister Ariel Henry, has warned of civil war and “genocide” unless Henry steps down.

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Armed gangs try to take control of Haiti's main airport after jailbreak

Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two biggest prisons. 

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Earthquake In Haiti Kills 4, Injures 36 People, following deadly floods

A powerful 4.9-magnitude earthquake off the southwest coast of Haiti has resulted in the death of four people and 36 more people suffering injuries, the Haitian Directorate for Civil Protection said on Tuesday.

Friday, February 17, 2023

Canada to send warships to Haiti amid ongoing violence

Canada will send navy vessels to the coast of Haiti to gather intelligence as the Caribbean nation continues to reel from economic and political insecurity as well as violence, much of it driven by organized criminal groups.

Friday, January 13, 2023

US stops hundreds fleeing Cuba, Haiti by sea, returns most

The Coast Guard returned another 177 Cuban migrants who were caught at sea off Florida to the island on Thursday, while a group of about two dozen Haitians swam ashore in Miami.

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Canada to send armoured vehicles to Haitian government

Canada has delivered armoured vehicles to Haiti to help combat criminal gangs as the Caribbean nation faces a humanitarian crisis, the Canadian foreign ministry said.

Friday, November 4, 2022

Haitis Police Forces Lift Bandit Blockade Of Countrys Largest Fuel Terminal

Haiti's national police have regained control over the key Varreux fuel terminal that had been blocked by bandits since September, Le Nouvelliste newspaper reported, citing a source in the police.

Thursday, October 27, 2022

US to push for multinational Haiti intervention force in Canada talks

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads Thursday to Canada for talks expected to focus on Haiti, with an American official voicing hope for progress on setting up an intervention force to address the impoverished Caribbean nation's spiralling security and health crises.

Monday, October 10, 2022

UN’s Guterres calls for international troops to intervene in Haiti

 U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed that one or several countries send “a rapid action force” to help Haiti’s police remove a threat posed by armed gangs, according to a letter to the U.N. Security Council, seen by Reuters on Sunday.

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Senator allegedly linked to assassination of Haitian president held in Jamaica

Jamaican police arrested a suspect Saturday for allegedly plotting to kill former Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was assassinated in July in the Haitian capital.

Monday, November 22, 2021

Two hostages have been released in Haiti, group says - The Jerusalem Post

Two of the 17 American and Canadian Christian missionaries taken hostage in Haiti last month have been released, the group that arranged for their trip to the Caribbean nation said on Sunday, without giving further details.

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Conditions worsen for Haitian migrants on US-Mexico border | Al Jazeera

Conditions are deteriorating in a camp on the banks of the Rio Grande River where thousands of mostly Haitian asylum seekers have gathered in hopes of getting asylum in the United States, as pressure mounts on President Joe Biden to halt expulsion flights to Haiti.

Saturday, September 18, 2021

Migrants in Texas: US 'to fly thousands back to Haiti' - BBC News

The US government is set to fly back to Haiti thousands of migrants who have gathered under a US-Mexico border bridge in recent days, US media report.

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry orders firing of top prosecutor in presidential assassination case - CNN

 (CNN)Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has ordered the firing of the country's top prosecutor, who was investigating the assassination of the late President Jovenel Moise, a spokesman for the Prime Minister said Tuesday.

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Haiti’s chief prosecutor calls for PM to be charged over president’s killing - THE IRISH TIMES

The investigation into the assassination of the Haitian president Jovenel Moïse has taken a sensational turn after the country’s chief prosecutor asked a judge to charge Haiti’s prime minister in connection with the crime.

Saturday, September 11, 2021

Haiti PM asked to testify in President's assassination hearing - BBC News

Haiti's head prosecutor has invited Prime Minister Ariel Henry to explain his connection to the main suspect in the killing of President Jovenel Moise.

Monday, August 23, 2021

Death toll in Haiti from powerful earthquake rises to 2,207

The death toll in Haiti from a powerful earthquake earlier this month has risen to more than 2,000, the country’s civil defense agency said Sunday.

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