Month: April 2024
Gangs forced out Haiti’s government. This FBI ‘Most Wanted’ gang leader claims they’re liberating the country
CNN Port-au-Prince, Haiti CNN — Vitel’homme Innocent’s picture on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list of fugitives suggests a crazed man – eyes wide and…
Haiti transitional government to vote for president on Tuesday
April 27 (Reuters) – Haiti’s transition council on Saturday said it will vote for the country’s next president on Tuesday as part of efforts to…
U.S. military aircraft lands in Haiti. Pentagon says it’s supplies, personnel for embassy
Jacqueline Charles Tue, April 23, 2024 at 10:21 AM PDT·7 min read The Biden administration sent sorely needed reinforcements to Haiti on Tuesday, deploying a…
Haitian Artists Capture the Spirit of Earth Day
Five Haitian artists offer a contribution to Earth Day with creations that celebrate trees. Most of the images coming out of Haiti at the moment…
Haitians scramble to seek food, water and safety as gang violence chokes the capital
Life in Port-au-Prince has become a game of survival, pushing Haitians to new limits as they scramble to stay safe and alive while gangs overwhelm…
Biden admin restarts deportation flights to Haiti as gangs begin violent takeover- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
The Biden administration sent its first deportation flight to Haiti in months Thursday — despite the island becoming engulfed in bloodthirsty gang violence that has…
Get ready for one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, forecasters say
Conditions in the Pacific and ultra-warm Atlantic are ripe for a harvest of tropical storms, forecasters are warning by Anthony R. Wood Published Apr. 19, 2024,…
Haiti’s former capital seeks to revive its hey-day as gang violence consumes Port-au-Prince
By DÁNICA COTO Updated 9:20 PM PDT, April 19, 2024 CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — They call it Okap, home to Haiti’s kings, emancipated slaves and revolutionaries….
To Haitian intellectual, the crisis Haiti faces is one of ‘political criminality’ to make it easier for the US to intervene
Chalmers is a professor at State University of Haiti since 1980 and leads the Rasin Kan Pép la socialist party Leandro Melito Translated by: Ana…
Biden orders $60 million released for Kenya-led mission to help Haiti battle gangs
Miami Herald Nothing has been off limits in the ongoing gang siege of Port-au-Prince: not hospitals, schools, police stations and not even rare books. JOHNNY…
A Haitian Artist Fights Gang Life With Art
Lesly Pierre Paul’s New Vision Art School turns to the arts as a way to continue local traditions and keep the neighborhood’s children out of…
Haiti Forms Transitional Council To Restore Stability- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
(MENAFN– The Rio Times) In a pivotal stride toward stability, Haitian leaders have reached a consensus on forming a transitional council. This initiative is designed…
Conseil présidentiel : la population a beaucoup d’attentes
La formation d’un conseil présidentiel après l’annonce de la démission du Premier ministre Ariel Henry a été décidée entre les acteurs politiques nationaux et internationaux…
Chaos en Haïti : malades et patients succombent faute de médicaments et de structures médicales
La crise sanitaire en Haïti a atteint son paroxysme alors que les malades, abandonnés par un système de santé en déroute, succombent dans l’ombre de…
Arrestation de près de 300 migrants haïtiens aux Bahamas et aux îles Turques et Caïques
VBI.com Environ 300 ressortissants haïtiens ont été arrêtés le week-end dernier aux Bahamas et dans les îles Turques et Caïques, selon ce que rapportent les…
188 ans d’ existence, la Première Église Baptiste de Port-au-Prince pillée
LA PLACENTIN La Première Église Baptiste de la rue de la réunion à Port-au-Prince est frappée par le vent du pillage. Des bandits armés emportent…
Haiti’s gangs are saying — with guns — ‘talk to us’ if you want the nation back
Haiti’s gangs are going after political targets now — and as they try to terrorize the country into ceding them a role in a…
‘Rapists, killers, kidnappers’: Haiti furious with gangs as country descends into anarchy
Haitians are increasingly angry at the gangs, who have shot unarmed civilians and left bodies to rot in the street. The people of Haiti are…
Top UN expert warns of deteriorating situation in Haiti: ‘It’s apocalyptic’
Human rights expert voices alarm, saying country is fast moving towards becoming ‘like Somalia in the worst of its times’ The UN’s top expert on…