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Arnold Junior Pierre, a journalist for Radio Galaxie, was on his way to the station in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince ...
Haiti’s once illustrious Grand Hôtel Oloffson has been burned down by gangs this past weekend. The beloved Gothic gingerbread home in Port-au-Prince that inspired books, hosted parties until dawn and ...
Haiti’s criminal gangs have exerted “near-total control” over the capital, as escalating violence pushes the Caribbean nation ...
(CNN) — A Spirit Airlines plane was hit by gunfire Monday over Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, according to diplomatic source in the country, resulting in what the Read More Skip to content ...
Haitian police conducted a large-scale operation on Saturday in the Lower Delmas area of Port-au-Prince, targeting the stronghold of powerful gang leader Jimmy Chérizier, widely known as “Barbecue.” ...
Big names in jazz are headed to Haiti despite the gang violence, turmoil. But they are going to Cap-Haitien, where this year’s Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival is being staged.
Jimmy Cherizier in Port-au-Prince, on Oct. 22, 2021. Odelyn Joseph / AP file “I would never massacre people in the same social class as me,” Chérizier said in a 2019 interview with The ...
Gang coalition in Haiti spreads violence to Port-au-Prince neighborhood, setting fire to homes A gang coalition has reinforced its attacks on one of the few communities in Haiti’s capital not ...
The airport in Port-au-Prince closed in mid-November for the second time last year after gangs opened fire on a Spirit Airlines flight as it was preparing to land.
Meanwhile, armed gangs are blamed for rising levels of violence in the capital, Port-au-Prince. 2008: Food riots take place as Haiti's Parliament dismisses Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis.
Geilenfeld is accused of traveling to the country between November 2006 and December 2010, when he was operating the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in Port-au-Prince. He founded the orphanage in 1985.
Haiti’s gangs have gained “near-total control” of the capital and authorities are unable to stop escalating violence across ...