Category Haiti

Overview: Pregnant Haitian women in Indianapolis are finding guidance and community through prenatal classes taught in Haitian Creole, helping them navigate childbirth, health risks and immigration fears. Local nonprofits like the Dieudonne Foundation and The Mothership Institute lead the effort,…

Overview: UNDP and OAS are helping Haiti’s police by renovating and rebuilding stations destroyed by gangs and donating 32 vehicles. The effort, backed by international partners, aims to strengthen the police as gang violence surges, displacing 1.3 million people and…

De nombreux acteurs politiques et des spécialistes mettent en garde contre toute tentative consistant à considérer la crise comme étant à caractère sécuritaire. Ces spécialistes font valoir que l’enlisement de la crise est l’une des preuves de sa complexité. Le…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police in Haiti have arrested a former senator charged with conspiring against the state and financing criminal organizations for allegedly supporting gang members. Nenel Cassy was arrested Saturday at a restaurant in Petionville, a wealthy district…

Overview: Residents have expressed relief after drivers on the route between Port-de-Paix and Port-au-Prince resumed their operations—ending nearly three years of inactivity. However, gang-imposed ransoms of up to $3,000 per one-way trip still hinder movement and contribute to rising inflation.…

CAP-HAÏTIEN —  Cap-Haïtien police detained three people and seized 425.9 kilograms of cannabis and 525,245 gourdes, or roughly $4,000 (USD), during a 3:00 a.m. raid on a residence in the northern Petite-Anse coastal community on July 27, marking one of…

Claudia Irizarry Aponte / THE CITY The security guard who was slain in the mass shooting in a Midtown office building on Monday was remembered by his brother as a hard-working man, hero, devoted father and aspiring filmmaker who was…

Overview: In Jean & I, screening this week at the Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival, director Mirta Desir confronts the emotional and legal aftermath of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake through a fictional girl’s story of captivity and escape. The story of…

Overview: Fritz Alphonse Jean announced investigations into individuals deported from the United States for financial crimes or gang ties, along with a protocol to detain them upon arrival. Additionally, the current CPT president highlighted a major election challenge: enabling displaced…

By Obed Lamy and Julie Carr Smyth | The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio city whose Haitian migrants were disparaged by President Donald Trump last year as he pitched voters on his plans for an immigration crackdown…