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In 2004 during Haiti’s bicentennial, Aristide publicly called on Paris to repay the 90 million gold francs Haiti was forced to pay to secure its independence.
Haiti’s armed gangs are once more on the attack, this time turning their focus to piracy and taking the violence to the country’s high seas and main seaport. On Thursday, a crane operator in ...
Aerial view of Port-au-Prince, 2010. Protests erupted in Haiti on 14 September 2022 in response to rising energy prices and the rising cost of living. [ 2 ] Following an announcement by the acting prime minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, on 11 September that the government would be ending fuel subsidies and that the price of petroleum products ...
September 27, 2024 at 4:36 AM. By Sarah Morland. (Reuters) - Haiti has seen nearly 13 people killed on average each day this year, according to data from a United Nations report on Friday, which ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Haiti in March 2020. The index case was in Port-au-Prince. As of 14 September 2021, there are 21,178 total confirmed cases, 1,184 ...
2018–2024 Haitian crisis. Tires set on fire by protesters in Hinche, February 2019. Date. 7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) – present (6 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 6 days) Location. Haiti. Caused by. Misuse of loans from Venezuela (Petrocaribe) and social inequality. Rising taxes on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, and poor living conditions.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government said Thursday that it was extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb violent gang attacks that have paralyzed the ...
Assassination of Jovenel Moïse. Jovenel Moïse, the 43rd president of Haiti, was assassinated on 7 July 2021 at 1 am EDT (UTC−04:00) at his residence in Port-au-Prince. A group of 28 foreign mercenaries, mostly from Colombia, are alleged to be responsible for the killing. [2] First Lady Martine Moïse was also shot multiple times in the ...