Nov 11 Haiti’s main airport shuts down amid gang violence surge, U.S. embassy says By Associated Press Haiti’s airport is temporarily closing as gangs were attempting to take control of it, the US embassy reported, the same day a new interim prime minister was expected to take over the direction of a country facing a surge of… Continue reading
Nov 10 Haiti replaces its prime minister amid tumultuous democratic transition process By Evens Sanon, Associated Press A transitionary council created to reestablish democratic order in Haiti signed a degree Sunday firing interim Prime Minister Garry Conille and replacing him with Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a businessman who was previously considered for the job. Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch 6:33 ‘They’re all dead’: Haitians try to flee increasingly inescapable gang violence By Ali Rogin, Gerard Edic, Harry Zahn Haitian immigrants have found themselves at the center of a political storm this fall, as former President Trump and his supporters repeatedly make unfounded claims about them. Most came to the United States to escape the humanitarian crisis in Haiti,… Continue watching
Oct 09 After a gang attack on a small Haitian town, death toll rises to at least 115 By Evens Sanon, Pierre-Richard Luxama, Associated Press The attack on residents of Pont-Sondé on Oct. 3 was one of the biggest massacres that Haiti has seen in recent history. The victims included babies, young mothers and the elderly, with the gang approaching via canoes to catch residents… Continue reading
Oct 06 More than 6,000 people in Haiti forced to flee their homes after deadly gang attack By Pierre-Richard Luxama, Eléonore Hughes, Associated Press Nearly 6,300 people have fled their homes in the aftermath of an attack in central Haiti by heavily armed gang members that killed at least 70 people, according to the U.N.’s migration agency. Continue reading
Sep 18 Haiti forms provisional electoral council to prepare for its first elections since 2016 By Dánica Coto, Associated Press The electoral council, which represents groups including farmers, journalists, human rights activists and the Vodou community, is tasked with organizing the elections and helping create the legal framework to hold them. Continue reading
Sep 11 WATCH: Trump amplifies false racist rumor about Ohio’s Haitian immigrants in debate By Mike Catalini, Julie Carr Smyth, Bruce Shipkowski, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were abducting and eating pets, repeating during a televised debate the type of inflammatory and anti-immigrant rhetoric he has promoted throughout his campaigns. Continue reading
Sep 10 Ohio is sending troopers and $2.5 million to city where many Haitian migrants have relocated By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said the Haitians who have moved to Ohio are generally hard-working people who love their families and who are seeking to escape the violence in their home country for good jobs in Ohio. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 9:12 Ohio city with Haitian migrant influx thrust into political spotlight By William Brangham, Mary Fecteau Springfield, Ohio, is at the center of one of the most fraught issues in this election. GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance wrote that “Haitian illegal immigrants” are “draining social services and generally causing chaos.” Springfield has seen its population… Continue watching
Sep 05 WATCH: Blinken visits Haiti in show of U.S. support for efforts to fight gang violence By Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Thursday in Haiti to reaffirm the U.S. government’s commitment to a multinational mission to fight gangs in the Caribbean country and push for long-awaited general elections. Continue reading