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Tag: Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

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An American Team Went to Combat Haiti’s Gangs, Then Lost Two of Its Own

August 2, 2025August 2, 2025Frances Robles, David C. Adams and Andre PaultreComments Off on An American Team Went to Combat Haiti’s Gangs, Then Lost Two of Its Own

A Haitian American Navy veteran and his police officer cousin who were working in Haiti with Studebaker, an American military contractor, are missing and presumed dead.

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UNICEF Employees Held Hostage For 3 Weeks in Haiti

July 29, 2025FRANCES ROBLESComments Off on UNICEF Employees Held Hostage For 3 Weeks in Haiti

Haitian gangs are increasingly abducting people and holding them for ransom to raise funds for other criminal activity, experts say.

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Haiti’s Landmark Oloffson Hotel is Destroyed in an Apparent Arson Fire

July 7, 2025July 8, 2025David C. AdamsComments Off on Haiti’s Landmark Oloffson Hotel is Destroyed in an Apparent Arson Fire

Haiti’s famed Oloffson Hotel, a cultural landmark and celebrity haven, was incinerated amid rising violence by gangs that control most of the country’s capital.

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Trump Labels Haiti’s Powerful Gangs Terrorists

May 2, 2025May 2, 2025Emiliano Rodríguez MegaComments Off on Trump Labels Haiti’s Powerful Gangs Terrorists

The move will enable harsh sanctions on the gangs, which control important sectors of the country’s economy, and anybody who does business with them.

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Haiti’s Biggest Hospital, Dependent on U.S.A.I.D., Is Set on Fire by Gangs

March 15, 2025March 15, 2025David C. Adams and Frances RoblesComments Off on Haiti’s Biggest Hospital, Dependent on U.S.A.I.D., Is Set on Fire by Gangs

A fire set by gangs at the country’s largest public hospital underscores long-simmering problems in Haiti, which is heavily dependent on international aid.

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Haiti’s Biggest Hospital, Dependent on U.S.A.I.D., Goes Up in Smoke

March 15, 2025David C. Adams and Frances RoblesComments Off on Haiti’s Biggest Hospital, Dependent on U.S.A.I.D., Goes Up in Smoke

A fire set by gangs at the country’s largest public hospital underscores long-simmering problems in Haiti, which is heavily dependent on international aid.

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Kenyan Police Officer Deployed to Tackle Gangs in Haiti Killed

February 23, 2025February 24, 2025Yan ZhuangComments Off on Kenyan Police Officer Deployed to Tackle Gangs in Haiti Killed

The officer’s death appeared to be the first among the Kenyan forces that were sent to Haiti last year as part of an international effort to subdue gang violence.

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Gunfire and Bandits Make School an Impossible Dream for Haitian Children

January 25, 2025Frances Robles and Adriana ZehbrauskasComments Off on Gunfire and Bandits Make School an Impossible Dream for Haitian Children

Some school buildings are in gang-occupied territory or have become de facto shelters for those forced from their homes, leaving hundreds of thousands with no chance for formal learning.

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Armed Attack at Haiti Hospital Kills at Least 3

December 24, 2024December 24, 2024David C. Adams and Andre PaultreComments Off on Armed Attack at Haiti Hospital Kills at Least 3

Two journalists and a police officer died and at least seven others were wounded in the shooting before the reopening of a hospital wing in Port-au-Prince.

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Massacre in Haiti Ordered by Gang Leader Leaves Over 100 Dead, Rights Group Says

December 8, 2024December 9, 2024FRANCES ROBLESComments Off on Massacre in Haiti Ordered by Gang Leader Leaves Over 100 Dead, Rights Group Says

The killings in a Port-au-Prince slum, which appeared to target practitioners of Voodoo, were ordered by a gang leader, a Haitian human rights organization said.

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