PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Eric Jean Baptiste, a former presidential candidate and leader of a political party in Haiti, has been shot to death, a party official said Saturday. The killing stunned many in a nation already in crisis. Baptiste was killed Friday in the community of Laboule in the capital of Port-au-Prince along with his bodyguard, according…
Canada to Send Delegation to Haiti, Joly Says Following Blinken’s Ottawa Visit
Canada is sending a delegation to Haiti to assess the nation’s ongoing power struggle, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said on Oct. 27 following a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Ottawa. Joly called it “an assessment mission” while speaking to reporters during a press conference. “The goal is to be able…
UN Spokesperson: 16 Confirmed Cholera Deaths in Haiti
GENEVA—There have been 16 confirmed deaths from cholera in Haiti and 32 confirmed cases, a United Nations spokesperson said on Tuesday, citing the latest figures from U.N. humanitarian workers there. “We are very, very concerned,” Margaret Harris of the World Health Organization, who spoke at a news conference with the U.N. spokesperson, added with reference…
Haiti Reports Cholera Deaths for First Time in 3 Years
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haiti’s government on Sunday announced that at least eight people have died from cholera, raising concerns about a potentially fast-spreading scenario and reviving memories of an epidemic that killed nearly 10,000 people a decade ago. The cases—the first cholera deaths reported in three years—came in a community called Dekayet in southern Port-au-Prince and in…
Dozens Dead, Injured in Haiti’s Capital in Gang Clashes
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Dozens of people have died in four days of gang battles in a violent neighborhood of Haiti’s capital, the latest eruption of bloodshed in a wave of increasing violence sweeping the country, local officials said Tuesday. Jean Hislain Frederick, deputy mayor in Cite Soleil district of Port-au-Prince, said that the fighting erupted on July…
Haitian Gang Leader Charged in Kidnapping of US Missionaries
WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have charged the leader of a notoriously violent Haitian gang in connection with the kidnapping of 16 Americans last year, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Germine Joly, 29, who is also known as “Yonyon,” is accused of leading the 400 Mawozo gang and is the first person charged by Justice…
5 Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into Soda Truck in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—A small plane crashed Wednesday in the bustling Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, killing at least five people and injuring several others, authorities said. The plane was headed to the southern coastal city of Jacmel when it tried to land in the community of Carrefour and hit a truck transporting soda bottles, said Pierre Belamy…
Suspect in Haiti Presidential Slaying to Be Extradited to US
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—A former Haitian senator who is one of the main suspects in the slaying of former President Jovenel Moïse agreed Thursday to be extradited to the United States to face charges, his attorney told The Associated Press. It wasn’t immediately clear when John Joël Joseph, who was arrested in Jamaica in January,…
5.1 Quake Shakes Southern Haiti; Minor Injuries Reported
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck in Haiti on Wednesday close to an area still struggling to recover from a deadly tremor that hit last year. There were no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries. Frankel Maginaire, a reporter for Radio Caraïbes in Jeremie, told The Associated Press that some…
Dominican Republic Starts Construction of Haiti Border Wall
The Dominican Republic started the construction of a border wall that will stretch around 122 miles along its border with Haiti in an effort to reduce illegal border crossings and the smuggling of goods, weapons, and drugs. Dominican President Luis Abinader said the wall, which will cover almost half of the 244-mile border with Haiti,…
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