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
Dec 25 Gang attack on reopening of Haiti’s biggest hospital kills 2 reporters, 1 police officer By Evens Sanon, Associated Press The Haitian Association of Journalists said seven reporters were wounded in what it called "a macabre scene comparable to terrorism, pure and simple."… Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch 10:17 Boys forced into gangs, girls face sexual abuse as Haiti violence robs childhoods By Marcia Biggs, André Paultre, Eric O'Connor Gang warfare in Haiti has displaced about 700,000 people, more than half of them are children. The fighting has sent poverty and hunger skyrocketing and children are caught between the gangs and their tenuous futures. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs and… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch 10:11 An inside look at how gang warfare in Haiti has devastated daily life By Marcia Biggs, André Paultre, Eric O'Connor Despite a UN-approved security mission that deployed in June to try and restore some order, large swaths of the country remain under gang control and violence is endemic. Special Correspondent Marcia Biggs and videographer Eric O'Connor traveled there for a… Continue watching
Nov 14 Masses of Haitians flee homes in the capital as gang violence explodes amid political turmoil By Pierre-Richard Luxama, Evens Sanon, Associated Press Residents fled a running battle Thursday between gang members and police in one of the few neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital that hadn’t already been fully taken over by gangs, as violence flared amid political turmoil. Continue reading
Nov 12 Haiti’s main airport and capital frozen day after plane shot by gangs By Evens Sanon, Associated Press Life in much of the capital was frozen following the wave of violence, which came to a head when gangs shot a Spirit Airlines airplane. Continue reading