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Only 10 percent of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, remains under the control of the Haitian government. And even this last stronghold is now on the verge of collapse, putting the entire ...
French President Emmanuel Macron announced the formation of a joint commission with Haiti to examine their intertwined history On April 17, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the formation ...
Haiti is best understood in the contexts of the modern world as an American neocolonial protectorate. Besides US policy in Cuba, which includes a genocidal blockade depriving the Cuban people of ...
A gang leader in Haiti who controls a key port in the country’s capital was accused of slaughtering the elderly and Vodou religious leaders in droves during a bloody campaign to avenge his son ...
Haiti govt says around 180 killed in Cite Soleil, most elderly NGO says gang leader ordered massacre over witchcraft fears International security support continues to lag Gangs have killed around ...
Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com Haiti was in the throes of political chaos. Opponents of President Jovenel Moïse were marching through the streets of Port-au-Prince demanding his removal ...
The move comes amid deep political turmoil in Haiti throughout the year. The country has seen rampant gang violence and repeated turnover of leadership. Fils-Aimé is the former president of Haiti ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti − Armed men belonging to Haiti's Gran Grif gang killed at least 70 people, including three infants, and forced at least 3,000 to flee as they swept through a town shooting ...
In late July, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield visited Haiti and sounded an upbeat note. “I do have a sense of hope,” she said at a press conference, citing the “many ...
An exhibition in Miami is documenting Little Haiti's resilience. Jeffrey Brown visited for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. A vibrant immigrant neighborhood is facing change and disruption ...
But can a multinational security mission provide Haiti with a way out of its current crisis? My experience studying authoritarianism and democratization in Latin America and the Caribbean tells me ...
How could Haiti even get to the point that its capital, Port-au-Prince, is paralyzed by armed gangs? For at least part of the answer, take a look at its history. You may find it hard to believe.