Apr 12 Transitional council in Haiti to choose new leaders is formally established amid gang violence By Evens Sanon, Dánica Coto, Associated Press A transitional council tasked with choosing Haiti's next prime minister and Cabinet has been formally established as gangs tighten their grip on the troubled Caribbean country. Continue reading
Apr 02 Gunbattle between Haitian police and gangs paralyzes area near National Palace By Pierre-Richard Luxama, Associated Press Local media reported that at least one policeman was shot on Monday after he and other officers were forced to flee an armored car that was later set on fire. Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 5:10 Brutal wave of gang violence leaves 1.4 million Haitians on brink of starvation By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda The UN says more than 1,500 Haitians have been killed so far this year in a situation it calls "cataclysmic." For nearly a month, the country has been engulfed in another wave of brutal gang violence. Nick Schifrin reports, and… Continue watching
Mar 22 Over 33,000 have fled gangs’ 13-day rampage through Haiti’s capital, report says By Associated Press Scores of people have been killed and some 17,000 people overall left homeless since the gang attacks began on Feb. 29, with gunmen targeting police stations and the main international airport that remains closed. Continue reading
Mar 19 Dominican Republic is urged to stop deporting people to Haiti as people flee surge in gang violence By Martín Adames, Associated Press Small trucks with customized cages are ferrying dozens of Haitians every day from a detention center to the border on the island of Hispaniola as the gang attacks paralyze parts of Haiti's capital. Continue reading
Mar 13 Haiti’s political parties reject plan to install new leaders By Dánica Coto, Evens Sanon, Associated Press High-profile Haitian politicians declined to participate in the proposed transitional council. Continue reading
Mar 12 Why is Haiti so chaotic? Leaders used street gangs to gain power. Then the gangs got stronger By Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press Gang leaders, surreally, hold news conferences. And many see them as future stakeholders in negotiations over the country’s future. Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch 8:42 Gangs edge Haiti to brink of collapse as regional leaders seek solutions By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Eliot Barnhart, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako In Haiti’s capital, the gangs are in control and trying to overthrow an absent government. While the prime minister was abroad, gangs closed the airport, and he has been unable to return. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Blinken is talking to… Continue watching
Mar 11 Secretary of State Blinken meets with Caribbean leaders as Haiti crisis grows By Associated Press While leaders met behind closed doors, Jimmy Chérizier, considered Haiti’s most powerful gang leader, told reporters that if the international community continues down the current road, “it will plunge Haiti into further chaos.”… Continue reading
Mar 06 Haiti’s prime minister is locked out of his country and faces pressure to resign By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Henry remained in Puerto Rico as of midday Wednesday. He landed in the U.S. territory on Tuesday after he was barred from landing in neighboring Dominican Republic, where officials closed the airspace to flights to and from Haiti. Continue reading