Etiket: Haitian
Canadian officials praise Haitian businessman whom Global Affairs accuses of gang ties
A Canadian diplomat and a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer praised and expressed gratitude to a sanctioned Haitian businessman whom Global Affairs accuses of gang ties after he authorized…
Crisis in Haiti | Sanctioned Haitian leader says Canada used his property for evacuations
The Canadian government used a Haitian leader’s property to helicopter evacuate its citizens as violence escalated last month, while refusing to remove him from a sanctions list, according to a…
“Kanaval”: Ode to the Haitian imagination
In the mid-1970s, 9-year-old Rico (Rayan Dieudonné) was forced to flee the Duvalier regime in Haiti. Along with his mother (Penande Estime), he is welcomed with open arms by a…
The Haitian health system teeters on the edge of the abyss
(Port-Au-Prince) On a recent morning at a hospital deep in the Haitian capital’s gang territory, a woman began convulsing before her body went limp, while a doctor and two nurses…
Twenty suspected Haitian migrants found dead on boat in Brazil
(Rio de Janeiro) Twenty bodies believed to be those of Haitian migrants were found in a boat adrift along the northern coast of Brazil, in an advanced state of decomposition…
Haitian leaders agree and form a transition council
(Port-au-Prince) Haitian political leaders have reached an agreement to form a 22-month presidential transition council, which will be responsible for restoring order in this Caribbean country plagued by political instability…
Haitian leaders reach political agreement to form transitional council
Haitian politicians have reached an agreement to form a 22-month presidential transition council, which will be tasked with restoring order in the Caribbean country plagued by political instability and gang…
More than 13,000 Haitian migrants returned to their country despite the violence
(Geneva) Some 13,000 Haitian migrants were forcibly returned home by neighboring states in March despite the catastrophic humanitarian and security situation, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday. Posted at…
New exchanges of fire in the Haitian capital
(Port-au-Prince) The Haitian capital Port-au-Prince fell prey to intense exchanges of gunfire on Saturday as the humanitarian situation worsened and the political transition was delayed. Published at 11:40 a.m. According…
Haitian expatriates reassured by the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry
Cut off from the world and faced with a wave of violence perpetrated by gangs, Haiti’s expatriate population welcomes the departure of the Prime Minister, announced Monday. Published on 03/13/2024…
The UN reminds States of their duties towards Haitian refugees
Haitians must benefit from refugee protection and not be forcibly returned to their country, where gangs reign in terror, the United Nations recalled on Wednesday. Faced with the chaotic situation…
Haitian expatriates reassured by the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry
Cut off from the world and faced with a wave of violence perpetrated by gangs, Haiti’s expatriate population welcomes the departure of the Prime Minister, announced Monday. Published on 03/13/2024…
Crisis in Haiti | The Haitian community demands that Canada play a leadership role
(Montreal) Haitian community organizations are calling for help from Canada and Quebec to emerge from the crisis plaguing Haiti and are also asking that Ottawa and Westerners avoid the mistakes…
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns
(Kingston) Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, challenged and faced with a wave of gang violence in his country, agreed on Monday to resign, the president of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)…
Montrealers of Haitian origin worry about their loved ones in Haiti
(Montreal) Wedne Colin feels like she leads a “double life”: a resident of Montreal, but constantly worried about her family in Haiti. Posted at 7:13 p.m. Morgan Lowrie The Canadian…
“Here, I feel that I am free”: a Haitian refugee relieved of her new life in Quebec
A young Haitian asylum seeker finally feels that she is respected, that she can express herself and that she is free, after crossing 16 countries on foot, by bus and…
“The country has gotten stuck in a spiral of violence and it’s getting worse,” laments Haitian journalist Rodly Saintiné
The journalist, who fled his country in 2023 after threats, painted a grim picture of the situation in Haiti on Saturday on franceinfo. Published on 03/09/2024 11:58 Reading time: 8…
Haitian government declares state of emergency
The Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince was “paralyzed” on Monday the day after the government declared a state of emergency after the escape of thousands of inmates from prisons attacked by…
Haitian government declares state of emergency
The Haitian government declared a state of emergency and a curfew on Sunday to regain control of the capital Port-au-Prince, after the escape of several thousand inmates from a penitentiary…
Assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse | Former Colombian soldier pleads guilty
(Miami) A former Colombian soldier pleaded guilty Friday before American federal justice to conspiracy to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, shot dead in 2021 in Port-au-Prince. Published at 2:35 p.m.…