Author: Evens Sanon
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Politicians seek new alliances to lead Haiti as gangs take over and premier tries to return home
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Haitian politicians started pursuing new alliances Wednesday, seeking a coalition that could lead the country out of the gang violence that has closed the main airport and prevented embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry from returning home
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Haitian PM arrives in Puerto Rico after long absence as he struggles to get home to quell violence
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Haiti’s embattled prime minister has landed in Puerto Rico as he tries to return to Haiti to quell a surge in violent gang attacks
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Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport in newest attack on key government sites
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Heavily armed gangs have tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport as they exchanged gunfire with police and soldiers trying to repel them
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Haiti declares a curfew as it tries to restore order after weekend jailbreak, explosion of violence
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Haiti’s government has declared a state of emergency and nighttime curfew in a bid to regain control of the streets after an explosion of violence over the weekend saw armed gang members storm the country’s two biggest prisons
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Police in Haiti struggle against gangs storming prison in latest surge of violence
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Police in Haiti are urgently appealing for help as they struggle to hold back gangs trying to storm the country’s main prison in a major escalation of violence sweeping the troubled Caribbean nation
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Gunfire paralyzes Haiti as powerful gang leader says he will try to detain police chief, ministers
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Heavy gunfire has paralyzed Haiti’s capital and at least four police officers have been killed as a powerful gang leader announced he will try to capture the country’s police chief and government ministers
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Haitians seek water, food as businesses reopen after protest
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti • Businesses and government offices slowly reopened across Haiti on Monday after more than a week of violent demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moise over skyrocketing prices that have more than doubled for basic goods amid allegations of government corruption. Public transportation resumed in the…
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Nations rush to help islands devastated by Hurricane Irma
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — French, British and Dutch military authorities rushed aid to a devastated string of Caribbean islands Thursday after Hurricane Irma left at least 11 people dead and thousands homeless as it spun toward Florida for what could be a catastrophic blow this weekend. Warships and planes were dispatched with food, water and troops…