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 entered the U.S. near Brownsville,…
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 gunfire reportedly hit the plane…
TRENTON, NJ – New legislation, known as the “New Jersey Migrant and Refugee Assistance Act,” has been introduced by Assemblywoman Shanique Speight of District 29 and Assemblyman Reginald W. Atkins…
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 Minister Ariel Henry steps down…
By Sarah Morland (Reuters) – Diplomats at a regional Americas body on Wednesday urged Haitian politicians to move forward with a delayed plan to replace Prime Minister Ariel Henry with…
GENEVA (Reuters) – Haiti is witnessing an unprecedented level of human rights abuses amid a state of chaos caused by gang violence, the United Nations human rights chief said on…
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada has sent around 70 soldiers to Jamaica to train troops from Caribbean nations who are due to take part in a U.N.-authorized mission to Haiti, the…
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 lynched, stoned or burned alive…
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 gang violence, the French foreign…
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 Biden administration plans to charter…
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 to a statement seen by…
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 Haiti under President Joe Biden…
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 key diplomatic post in 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. court case over the 2021…
(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 last president, Jovenel Moise, a…
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – Marine Agents of US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations (AMO), along with Puerto Rico Police, intercepted Friday a “yola” type vessel with 63…
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 in a U.S. prison on…
(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 impact on access to food…
(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 director said on Thursday, as…
(Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Monday voted to authorize a security mission to Haiti to help the Caribbean country fight heavily armed gangs that have overrun the…
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, after a series of gang…
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Kenyan President William Ruto urged the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to formally back a security support mission to Haiti, which Kenya…
(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 a gang controlling the area,…
(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 challenges, as escalating violence has…
(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 the United Nations authorizes the…