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Colombian president visits southern Haiti as country battles surge in gang violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro visited Haiti on Wednesday as part of a whirlwind trip to strengthen ties with the violence-wracked country. He was expected to meet with officials and talk about potential joint projects focused on sectors including...
Mourners bury journalist killed in one of Haiti's worst attacks on reporters
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Anger mixed with tears at the burial Thursday of one of the two journalists killed in an attack last month by armed gan gs while covering the government's abortive attempt to reopen Haiti's largest public hospital. Jimmy Jean wore an all-white suit as...
Haiti has 1 million displaced people, mostly from gang violence. It's tripled over the past year
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. migration agency says internal displacement in Haiti, largely caused by gang violence, has tripled over the last year and now surpasses 1 million people — a record in the Caribbean nation. The International Organization for Migration reported Tuesday that...
Judge postpones hearing for suspects in Haitian president's slaying who were hoping to be released
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Nineteen suspects accused in the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse arrived Monday at a courthouse as defense attorneys hoped they would be released, but a judge postponed their hearing once again. The 17 Colombians, all former...
Haitian police arrest ex-lawmaker long accused of arming gangs to influence elections
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police in Haiti have arrested a former legislator long accused of arming gangs in the country’s central region and previously sanctioned by the U.S. and Canada. Prophane Victor, an ex-member of Parliament who represented the Petite Riviere community...
The UN says more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as gangs rampage
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — More than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya struggles to contain rampant gang violence, officials said Tuesday. The number of killings increased by more than 20% compared with all of 2023,...
Central American troops arrive in Haiti to reinforce mission to restore order
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — About 150 military police officers from Central America have arrived in Haiti to reinforce the embattled government's fight against violent gangs that have upended daily life for millions in the Caribbean country. The deployment of around 75 security...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Dec. 20-26, 2024 In Honduras, the daughter of slain environmentalist Juan López posed for a photo with her state-assigned bodyguards at her ninth birthday party. Wounded journalists reeled from getting shot at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In Brazil, Santa Claus...
Haiti’s health minister loses his job after a deadly gang attack on a hospital in the capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s health minister has been removed from his post following a deadly gang attack on the largest public hospital in the capital, Port-au-Prince. In a statement published on Thursday afternoon, Haiti’s transitional council named Justice Minister...
A survivor of the worst gang attack on Haitian journalists says colleagues were cut down by bullets
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A survivor of the worst gang attack on Haitian journalists in recent memory described Wednesday seeing colleagues cut down by bullets and reporters with head and chest wounds going an hour or more without help. Two reporters and one police officer died...
