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‘Catastrophic situation’: Haiti’s gang violence spurs outbreak of cholera, other illnesses

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — When Haiti’s leading infectious disease specialist heard that cholera, the deadly waterborne disease that he and others had spent nearly a decade trying to eradicate in the impoverished country, was back, he was angry.

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US cancels visas, sends Coast Guard ship to patrol waters off Haiti’s capital

The United States has sent a major Coast Guard vessel to patrol the waters near Port-au-Prince in a “sign of resolve” with the Haitian government as gang violence continues to grip the nation, and will impose new visa restrictions on Haitians involved in gang activity, the Biden administration said Wednesday.

Miami Herald

UN secretary-general proposes rapid-response troops to help Haiti regain control from gangs

The head of the United Nations threw his weight Sunday behind Haiti’s request for the immediate deployment of military troops to help the country take back control of its ports from powerful gangs and provide aid as Haitians confront a deadly cholera outbreak.

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Haiti's PM Henry calls for foreign help amid gang blockade

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Wednesday called on the international community to help the Caribbean nation, as a gang blockade of a key fuel terminal has created widespread shortages of goods including drinking water.

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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

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Haitian police fire tear gas as thousands protest against government

Police in Haiti fired tear gas on Monday at thousands of protesters marching in the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince, against Prime Minister Ariel Henry's government and its handling of crippling fuel shortages and soaring prices.

Reuters

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.

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Haiti unrest worsens misery as residences face water shortage

Thousands in Haiti faced water shortages after days of protest virtually halted distribution, eyewitnesses said on Saturday, as an approaching storm caused more worry in the reeling country.

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Haiti police are still struggling. But here’s how they recently made strides against gangs

For months, the heavily armed gang members in Savien, a rural community in Haiti’s rice-growing Artibonite Valley, had been ratcheting up their terror campaign. When they weren’t brandishing their weapons openly in the streets, they were kidnapping people for ransom or stoking fear with viral videos showing the slaughter of…

Miami Herald

Thousands protest in Haiti over crime and inflation

Thousands of Haitians on Monday joined rallies around the Caribbean country to protest rampant crime and soaring consumer prices as its central bank reported that inflation had hit a 10-year high.

Reuters

How US gun laws and South Florida ports help fuel Haiti’s escalating gang violence

MIAMI — When the cargo ship “Miss Lilie” left Miami one recent afternoon and pulled into port along Haiti’s northwest coast, it had all the markings of a legitimate government operation.

Miami Herald

Gangs kill former Haitian senator amid spike in violence

Gangs killed a former Haitian senator who led a government housing program on Saturday in an affluent area of Port-au-Prince, the prime minister said on Sunday, amid a spike in violence by criminal groups in the Caribbean nation's capital.

Reuters

Anger grows in Haiti over weapons trafficking from U.S. after guns shipped as church donations

A string of recent arms-trafficking scandals in Haiti, including the discovery of weapons in a shipping container labeled as church donations, has ignited anger over a steady flow of U.S. guns that are fueling rampant gang violence.

Reuters

Haiti gangs wage battles in downtown Port-au-Prince

Haitian gangs waged intense gun battles on Wednesday in Port-au-Prince, shuttering main avenues and a municipal market in the downtown area of the capital.

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Haitian children who escaped gang violence take shelter in Port-au-Prince school

Hundreds of Haitian children are taking refuge at a prestigious high school in Port-au-Prince after escaping gang violence in the town of Cite Soleil that killed some 400 people and destroyed hundreds of homes this month.

France 24

Week of gang battles kills dozens, deepens fuel shortages in Haiti

A week of clashes between rival gangs in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince has left at least 89 people dead and dozens injured, a human rights group said Wednesday.

Miami Herald

‘Luck and God’: How Haitians survive gang violence, kidnappings in their nation’s capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — This teeming Caribbean capital, with its hair-raising traffic, army of sidewalk vendors and once vibrant nightlife, is now a metropolis that lives only by daylight.

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Who killed Haitian President Jovenel Moïse? Two key suspects speak out from jail

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Five days after returning to Haiti from South Florida, where he had delivered a letter signed by a Haiti Supreme Court justice seeking help to overthrow Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, James Solages was at the airport in Port-au-Prince headed back to the U.S.

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Accused of killing Haiti President Jovenel Moïse, Colombian ex-soldier breaks his silence

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Retired Sgt. Edwin Blanquicet Rodríguez had spent 20 years in the Colombian military when he received an offer: Travel to Haiti as part of a security team to protect a politician and guard electrical infrastructure projects.

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Armed bandits now control Haiti’s largest courthouse after violent takeover

SWAT and other specialized units of the Haiti National Police were moving in and out of Port-au-Prince’s main courthouse as they tried to figure out how to carry an oversized safe with sensitive documents from some of the country’s most high-profile criminal cases out of the former U.S. government building…

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There were 200 kidnappings in Haiti in May, UN agency says

Exactly one year after warring gangs shut down transportation links to the southern regions of Haiti, armed groups continue to restrict access to vulnerable communities in Port-au-Prince, forcing thousands of others from their homes on the eastern outskirts of the capital and creating travel problems in the north of the…

The Guardian - US

‘Incredible cruelty’: gang battles leave 150 dead in Haitian capital

Scores wounded as violence paralyses Port-au-Prince forcing thousands to flee their homes

Reuters

Haiti gangs raped women, burned people alive during turf wars -rights group

Haitian gang members raped women and girls and burned people alive during two weeks of turf wars near the capital of Port-au-Prince, a Haitian rights group said in a report detailing the bloody conflict.

Miami Herald

Haitian gang leader ‘Yonyon’ indicted in DC for role in kidnapping of 16 Americans

The leader of a Haitian gang that kidnapped 17 American and Canadian missionaries on the eastern outskirts of Port-au-Prince last October was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia.

Reuters

Dozens killed in Haiti in 2 weeks of gun battles, thousands flee homes

Gun battles between rival gangs in Port-au-Prince have killed dozens in the past two weeks and forced thousands to flee their homes, Haiti's civil protection authority and a U.N. agency said.

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