World Oct 22 Tropical Storm Melissa brings heavy rain to Haiti and Dominican Republic On Wednesday, the slow-moving storm was about 305 miles south-southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. By Dánica Coto, Associated Press
World Oct 01 UN Security Council approves larger international force to combat gangs in Haiti The new force was approved Tuesday as gangs lay siege to Port-au-Prince and communities beyond Haiti's capital. By Dánica Coto, Evens Sanon, Associated Press
World Sep 12 Official says gangs killed dozens in small fishing village in Haiti’s latest massacre At least 42 people were killed in Labodrie, including a 4-year-old child and his family, said Joseph Louis Baptiste, a local government official. By Associated Press
World Jul 25 Haiti sends 150 soldiers to Mexico for training as gang violence surges Under the agreement between the two countries, a total of 700 soldiers are to be trained in Mexico as Haiti seeks to revive its military. By Associated Press
Jul 23 3 Haitian police officers and 2 civilians killed in central region overrun by gangs By Associated Press Three Haitian police officers and two civilians were killed in the country’s central region, where gang violence has surged, the government and a police union said Wednesday. Continue reading
May 30 Supreme Court allows Trump to strip humanitarian parole of 500,000 people from 4 countries By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The justices lifted a lower-court order that kept humanitarian parole protections in place for more than 500,000 migrants from four countries: Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Continue reading
May 19 Watch 5:13 Artist Fabiola Jean-Louis explores her Haitian heritage for inspiration By Jared Bowen, GBH Fabiola Jean-Louis has been researching and exploring her Haitian heritage to create art that reimagines history and identity through a deeply personal lens. That work is now on display in Boston in the exhibit "Waters of the Abyss." Special correspondent… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch 7:38 ‘Food is not political,’ WFP head says as U.S. cuts aid and Israel blocks help to Gaza By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi The World Food Programme says it has delivered the last of its food in Gaza and warned the kitchens it has been supporting would run out of food in days. Nick Schifrin spoke with Executive Director Cindy McCain who says… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 10:42 How efforts to send Haiti cheap rice made it hard for the nation to produce its own By Marcia Biggs As the U.S. sees new tariffs, we look at how they can make or break an economy. In Haiti, U.S. policies forced the government to bring down tariffs on foreign goods, allowing American farmers to export crops cheaply. That made… Continue watching