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Mar 12

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Widespread gang violence in Haiti continues, bolstered by weapons trafficked from the U.S.

By Marcia Biggs, Teresa Cebrián Aranda

Months of raging gang violence came to a head today in Haiti. The prime minister, currently stranded in Puerto Rico, announced he would resign as soon as a transitional government is in place. Meanwhile, the widespread violence has recently been…

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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.

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Mar 12

Haiti’s prime minister steps down as violent gangs rampage, leaving successor uncertain

By Dánica Coto, Evens Sanon, Associated Press

It was not immediately clear who would be chosen to lead Haiti out of the crisis in which heavily armed gangs have burned police stations, attacked the main airport and raided two of the country’s biggest prisons.

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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…

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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.”…

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Mar 10

U.S. airlifts some embassy personnel from Haiti and boosts security amid gang violence

By Evens Sanon, Associated Press

The U.S. military said Sunday that it had flown in forces to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and allow nonessential personnel to leave.

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Mar 10

Watch 2:55
News Wrap: U.S. Army ship en route to Mediterranean for construction of pier for Gaza

In our news wrap Sunday, cease-fire talks in the Israel-Hamas war remained stalled as efforts to increase aid to Gaza by sea continued, Alabama Sen. Katie Britt responded to criticism about a misleading story she told in her response to…

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Mar 10

As gangs attack police stations in Haiti, Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday

By Evens Sanon, Associated Press

Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations. The unrelenting gang attacks have paralyzed the country for more than a week and left it…

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Mar 07

Biden’s backing for Haiti’s unpopular leader digs U.S. into deeper foreign policy hole

By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

When Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry filled the void left by the assassination of the country's president in 2021, he did so over the protest of wide segments of the population but with the full-throated support of the Biden administration.

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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.

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