BOSTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Wilbert Jean-Baptiste, a 38-year-old convicted murderer who escaped from a Haitian prison, on Feb. 4. Jean-Baptiste illegally …
In a terrifying escalation of violence on the troubled Caribbean island, a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale to Haiti was forced to reroute after …
TRENTON, NJ – New legislation, known as the “New Jersey Migrant and Refugee Assistance Act,” has been introduced by Assemblywoman Shanique Speight of District 29 …
By Harold Isaac and Sarah Morland PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti’s government on Tuesday named the members of a transitional council set to take power when Prime …
By Sarah Morland (Reuters) – Diplomats at a regional Americas body on Wednesday urged Haitian politicians to move forward with a delayed plan to replace …
GENEVA (Reuters) – Haiti is witnessing an unprecedented level of human rights abuses amid a state of chaos caused by gang violence, the United Nations …
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada has sent around 70 soldiers to Jamaica to train troops from Caribbean nations who are due to take part in a …
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Gang violence in Haiti has killed over 1,500 people so far this year, including many children, while dozens have been …
PARIS (Reuters) – France is organising government-chartered flights from Haiti to help its nationals seeking to leave the Caribbean country, which has been gripped by …
Biden Admin Tells Americans Stuck In Haiti They Must Make It To Extraction Point ‘At Your Own Risk’ Nick Pope on March 16, 2024 The …
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. aid chief Samantha Power is set to announce $25 million in humanitarian assistance for Haiti on Friday, according …
Roughly $680 Million In Aid From Biden Didn’t Stop Haiti From Spiraling Into Chaos Robert Schmad on March 14, 2024 America’s taxpayer-funded efforts to stabilize …
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to confirm career diplomat Dennis Hankins as ambassador to Haiti, filling the …
(Reuters) -A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informant was sentenced to life in prison and another man pleaded guilty on Friday in a U.S. …
(Reuters) – A Florida resident is the latest person to plead guilty in a U.S. court case in Miami concerning the 2021 assassination of Haiti’s …
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – Marine Agents of US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations (AMO), along with Puerto Rico Police, intercepted Friday a …
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday deported former Haitian coup leader Guy Philippe back to his Caribbean homeland after serving some six years …
(Reuters) – Haiti’s brutal gang wars have spread from the capital to key farming heartlands, displacing tens of thousands of people and having a devastating …
(Reuters) – Haiti’s Center for Human Rights Analysis and Research (CARDH) is provisionally suspending its work due to imminent danger to its staff, its executive …
(Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Monday voted to authorize a security mission to Haiti to help the Caribbean country fight heavily armed …
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – More than 10,000 people have fled their homes in parts of Haiti’s central department, the United Nations’ migration agency said on Wednesday, …
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Kenyan President William Ruto urged the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to formally back a security support …
(Reuters) – Hundreds of followers of a Haitian evangelical pastor, some armed with sticks and machetes, marched through a Port-au-Prince suburb on Saturday and confronted …
(Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Haiti on Wednesday urged citizens in the Caribbean country to leave “as soon as possible” citing security and infrastructure …
(Reuters) -The Bahamian government on Tuesday welcomed Kenya’s decision to lead a multinational force in Haiti and committed 150 people to support the effort if …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, a faith-based humanitarian aid organization said on Saturday. “We can confirm …
By Robertson Henry KINGSTOWN (Reuters) – Humanitarian aid to Haiti will need to take into account the influence of heavily armed gangs who control large …
(Reuters) – Haiti has made “significant progress” on governance issues such as transparency, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday, as its management wrapped …
(Reuters) – At least 389 kidnappings were registered in Haiti in the first three months of this year, rights group CARDH said on Tuesday, marking …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. is looking to support the police department in Haiti and studying whether the United Nations could play a role to …
By Sarah Morland (Reuters) – A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Friday to three charges involving his role in the …
(Reuters) – At least 160,000 people in Haiti have been displaced in a crisis caused by increasing violence between heavily-armed gangs, the United Nations said …
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico –US Border Patrol Agents apprehended 21 non-citizen migrants from Haiti and the Dominican Republic that entered illegally into Puerto Rico and the …
EXCLUSIVE: Advocates Rip Blinken Over Biden Migrant Parole Program That’s Left Adopted Children Stranded In Haiti Jennie Taer on February 14, 2023 Advocates are slamming …
By Brendan O’Boyle and Jasper Ward (Reuters) – Caribbean leaders will appeal for international assistance on Haiti at an annual meeting in the Bahamas later …
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – The Canadian government said on Sunday it deployed a military aircraft over Haiti to address what it called a “dire …
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it will propose further targets in Haiti for U.N. sanctions, a move …
By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The humanitarian crises in Haiti and Venezuela that have subjected millions to hunger, violence and disease could worsen …
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) executive board approved $105 million to help Haiti address severe food insecurity, the institution said on Monday, …
By Steven Grattan SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The cholera situation in Haiti continues to worsen while COVID-19 cases rose over the past week, the Pan American …
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Shots were fired on U.S. embassy vehicles in Haiti on Monday in an attack that also affected the Haitian police and commercial …
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said a clear plan of action was needed before any mission to …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Canada has sent officials to Haiti to assess the Caribbean nation’s humanitarian and security crisis, saying it will not sit by idly while …
By Jasper Ward and Brian Ellsworth NASSAU (Reuters) – The Bahamas would send troops or police to Haiti as part of a peacekeeping force if …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican members of the U.S. Congress announced legislation on Monday intended to help Haiti address a worsening humanitarian and security …
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The United States has imposed visa sanctions on 11 individuals, Assistant Secretary of State Brian Nichols said on Thursday during a visit …
By Brian Ellsworth (Reuters) – Activists on Sunday rallied at the White House to call on the Biden administration to end support for the government …
By Brian Ellsworth and Harold Isaac (Reuters) -The United Nations on Thursday called for the creation of a “humanitarian corridor” in Haiti that would allow …
By Harold Isaac PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Thousands of Haitians on Monday joined rallies around the Caribbean country to protest rampant crime and soaring consumer prices …
By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI (Reuters) -U.S. authorities have seen a spike in weapons smuggling to Haiti and the Caribbean in recent months, officials said on …