The protests on Friday were among the largest and most violent in months, with witnesses reporting that a special unit of the Haitian National Police was looted and a police vehicle set on fire.
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Gas shortages paralyze Haiti, triggering protests against failing economy and dysfunctional politics
Haiti’s fuel shortages are one manifestation of the political crisis that has destabilized the country since the violent 1991 coup d’etat that replaced President Jean-Bertrand Aristide with a repressive military regime.
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VIDEO: Port au Prince Erupts as Calls for Haiti President’s Departure Intensifies
After a week of demonstrations calling for the ouster of Haiti President Jovenel Moise, things came to a boiling point…
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‘This was supposed to be our emergency flight out of here.’ Haiti closes international airport.
Hundreds of U.S.-bound passengers were stranded in Haiti on Tuesday after the smell of smoke closed Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture International…
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Haiti senator opens fire outside parliament, wounds photographer
Protesters in Port-au-Prince stormed parliament, leading one senator to open fire with a pistol Port-au-Prince – A Haitian senator trying…
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Ghosts of tyrants past stalk proud Haiti as it slides towards the brink
Men carry fuel containers in the capital, Port-au-Prince. The yellow plastic cans have become commonplace as a the result of…
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Unrest over fuel shortages sparks crisis in Haiti
There have been almost daily clashes between police and protesters in Port-au-Prince. Police fired live rounds and tear gas as…
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10 Years After Haiti’s Earthquake, ‘This Music School Will Never Stop’
Holy Trinity Music School’s youth choir and chamber orchestra perform in the Smithsonian’s Enid A. Haupt garden in Washington, D.C….
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How The New Road In Cap-Haïtien Is Changing Lives
Photo by Tim Trad on Unsplash The updates made to the road connecting Labadie and the city of Cap has…
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Beijing targets Haiti as bid to isolate Taiwan from its diplomatic allies heads to the Caribbean
Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. If Port-au-Prince ‘can uphold the one-China principle, Beijing is willing to…