The Latest Breaking News from Port-au-Prince

Three Keys to Understand Why Haiti is Collapsing and What Might Happen Next

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Jamaica to discuss the rapidly deteriorating situation with the CARICOM.

Latin Times · Mar 11, 2024

Haiti emergency summit called as gang-fuelled security crisis spirals

Jamaica meeting comes as foreign diplomats evacuated from the Caribbean nation as gangs seek to oust its prime minister.

Al Jazeera · Mar 11, 2024

Emergency Summit In Jamaica To Address Spiraling Haiti Crisis

Envoys from key nations were set to meet Monday in Jamaica to address the spiraling instability in Haiti, where gang violence has crippled the impoverished nation's capital and forced foreign diplomats to evacuate over the weekend.

International Business Times · Mar 11, 2024

Haiti: what caused the gang violence and will it end now the PM has quit?

After two weeks of violence and chaos, Ariel Henry has announced his resignation – here’s all you need to know

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2024

‘It has been pure terror’: Haiti’s seven days of bedlam

Politically connected gangs launched a wave of attacks across the capital, sowing mayhem and challenging the government

The Guardian - US · Mar 7, 2024

UN Security Council Meeting Raises Alarm On 'Critical' Haiti Situation

The UN Security Council expressed its concern over the deteriorating situation in violence-gripped Haiti on Wednesday, as Washington ramped up pressure on absent Prime Minister Ariel Henry to secure a political settlement.

International Business Times · Mar 6, 2024

Haiti's prime minister is stranded abroad as gangs threaten 'civil war'

Haiti's embattled prime minister is in neighboring Puerto Rico, still unable to return to Port-au-Prince, as calls for him to resign grow louder by the day.

WEKU · Mar 6, 2024

Haiti gang boss tells absent prime minister to quit or face civil war

Silence from Ariel Henry, who remains abroad, as Jimmy Chérizier, AKA ‘Barbecue’, warns country will ‘become a paradise or a hell’

The Guardian - US · Mar 6, 2024

UN Security Council To Meet On Spiraling Haiti Crisis

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Wednesday on violence-wracked Haiti, where marauding gangs are threatening a bloody civil war unless absent Prime Minister Ariel Henry steps down.

International Business Times · Mar 6, 2024

Top Haitian Gang Leader Warns Of Civil War, Genocide

As the latest crisis in the violence-wracked Caribbean nation spiraled, gunfire shut down some flights at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Haiti's capital.

Latin Times · Mar 6, 2024