Oct 01 UN Security Council approves larger international force to combat gangs in Haiti By Dánica Coto, Evens Sanon, Associated Press The new force was approved Tuesday as gangs lay siege to Port-au-Prince and communities beyond Haiti's capital. Continue reading
Sep 12 Official says gangs killed dozens in small fishing village in Haiti's latest massacre By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jul 25 Haiti sends 150 soldiers to Mexico for training as gang violence surges By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
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
Mar 02 Watch 6:00 What cuts in U.S. foreign aid may mean for children suffering in Haiti By Ali Rogin In Haiti, years of chaos and instability have brought the country to the brink of collapse. More than 1 million people, nearly 10 percent of the population, have been displaced. Now, as the Trump administration eliminates most U.S. foreign aid… Continue watching
Feb 20 Guterres to propose UN funds mission struggling to fight gangs in Haiti By Dánica Coto, Associated Press U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres made the announcement late Wednesday in Barbados, where leaders of a 15-member Caribbean trade bloc known as Caricom gathered for a three-day conference to tackle regional issues, including gang violence in Haiti. Continue reading