Category Haiti

Overview: Emmanuel Cleeford Damas, a 56-year-old Haitian asylum seeker, died on March 2 at a Scottsdale hospital after a toothache went untreated at a CoreCivic-operated ICE detention facility in Florence, Arizona. The Maricopa County Medical Examiner has since confirmed he…

Le porte parole de la Police nationale, M. Lionel Lazare, assure que les forces de l’ordre réalisent des avancées sur plusieurs fronts. Les unités spécialisées ont progressé dans l’Artibonite, la Plaine du cul de sac, au centre ville de Port-au-Prince,…

Overview: Entrepreneur Jhonson Napoléon launched an online campaign urging Haitians to help finance a Haitian-owned airline to replace Spirit Airlines. While some supporters view the push as a bold diaspora initiative, critics cite the enormous financial hurdles, Haiti’s history of…

Les conditions de vie des habitants se sont fortement dégradées dans la zone de la Plaine du cul-de-sac. Les affrontements se sont intensifiés aux cours des dernières 72 heures provoquant le déplacement de plusieurs milliers de personnes.  Le pasteur Enoc,…

Overview: Hundreds fled Haiti’s Cul-de-Sac Plain as rival gangs battled for territorial control, disrupting hospitals, schools and businesses since the past weekend. Armed groups affiliated with the “Viv Ansanm,” including Chen Mechan and Taliban gangs, have been fighting for the…

This story is a repost from a 2021 article for Mother’s Day By Danielle Legros Georges | Special Contribution Let us praise mothers and other-mothers, those women who care for offspring not their own. Let us celebrate the sweet words…

Overview: Michel Saint-Croix has been appointed mayor of Cap-Haïtien, replacing Angie Bell, effective May 6. Saint-Croix previously served as mayor from 2006 to 2011, a period many residents remember for cleaner streets and more active municipal management. Returning to the…

Overview: Brooklyn Children’s Museum and Haiti Cultural Exchange will celebrate Haitian Heritage Month with Ti Atis, a daylong cultural event featuring Haitian dance, storytelling, printmaking and culinary activities for families. Brooklyn Children’s Museum, in collaboration with Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX),…

Overview: Haitian judicial authorities questioned human rights advocate Pierre Espérance and acting police chief André Jonas Vladimir Paraison as part of the reopened investigation into the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Meanwhile, in the United States, four men were convicted…

Overview: A federal jury in Miami convicted four men for their roles in a conspiracy tied to the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Prosecutors said the plot was organized and financed in South Florida before Moïse was killed at…