The Latest Breaking News from Haiti

Push for US sanctions against supporters of Haitian gang violence grows in Congress

As support for tough sanctions against Haitian gangs and those financing them grows in U.S. political circles, two Democratic lawmakers want to require the U.S. government to carry out investigations into Haitian political and economic figures and organizations suspected of supporting gang activities in Haiti.

Miami Herald · Oct 6, 2022

Haiti at breaking point as economy tanks and violence soars

Haiti, the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, is in the grips of an inflationary vise that is squeezing its citizenry and exacerbating protests that have brought society to the breaking point

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

WHO to request cholera vaccines for Haiti, expects further spread

The World Health Organization is setting up tents to treat cholera in Haiti and will also request a supply of oral vaccines against the disease that has unexpectedly returned to a country paralysed by a gang blockade, a WHO spokesperson said.

Reuters · Oct 4, 2022

At least 12 Haiti prisoners dead for lack of food, medicine, official says

At least 12 prisoners in Haiti died for lack of food or medicine in the month ending in mid-September, a Haitian official said on Thursday, adding the figure had likely risen since then due to a gang blockade that has created crippling fuel shortages.

Reuters · Sep 29, 2022

U.S. lawmakers call for sanctions on Haitian gangs and 'warlords'

Two U.S. lawmakers on Thursday said the United States should sanction Haitian gangs and those who help finance them, as the Caribbean nation remains gripped by a gang blockade that has caused increasingly dire fuel shortages.

Reuters · Sep 29, 2022

Gang blockade cripples Haiti fuel supplies, hospitals prepare to close

A gang blockade of Haiti's principal fuel terminal has crippled day-to-day activities in the Caribbean nation and now threatens to force the closure of hospitals that rely on diesel generators for electricity.

Reuters · Sep 27, 2022

Haiti looting caused loss of some $6 million in relief supplies, WFP says

Looting in Haiti this month led to the loss of at least $6 million of relief assistance including 2,000 tonnes of food, a World Food Programme official said on Monday, as the Caribbean nation struggles with civil unrest and chronic gang violence.

Reuters · Sep 26, 2022

As violence worsens in Haiti, United Nations orders evacuation of non-essential staff

The United Nations is ordering the evacuation of all non-essential international workers from Haiti, citing ongoing violence that has left workers vulnerable to kidnapping and attacks last week on U.N.-backed food warehouses across the country.

Miami Herald · Sep 24, 2022

Biden administration pushing for tough UN sanctions against Haiti gang leaders

WASHINGTON — The United States is preparing to circulate a resolution at the U.N. Security Council on Monday that would establish a new framework for sanctioning Haiti’s gang leaders, and is not taking international intervention off the table as the country spirals into lawlessness, a senior State Department official told…

Miami Herald · Sep 23, 2022

Editorial: Biden acknowledged chaotic Haiti at the United Nations, but he still fell short

President Joe Biden’s sympathetic mention of the crisis in Haiti at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday was unexpected, and welcome. But the question that Haitians and those who love Haiti are asking after painfully watching the country’s descent into anarchy is, “Now what?”

Miami Herald · Sep 23, 2022