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Haitian prime minister declares state of emergency

Published on: July 18, 2024
12:31

Port-au-Prince, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) The transitional Prime Minister of Haiti, Garry Conille, decreed a State of Security Emergency in 14 gang-controlled municipalities on Thursday.

Honduran foreign minister refutes statements by US ambassador

Published on: July 11, 2024
10:43

Tegucigalpa, Jul 11 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Enrique Reina refuted statements made United States Ambassador Laura Dogu, who spoke about the maximum security prison that the Government of Honduras will build on the Swan Islands.

El Salvador consolidates security to face economic challenge

Published on: July 2, 2024
09:05

San Salvador, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador is consolidating security in the fight against gangs and drug trafficking while preparing the tools to face economic challenges.

Haiti’s political sectors ask gov’t to reject talks with gang leaders

Published on: June 26, 2024
14:35

Port-au-Prince, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Political and civil society sectors ask the Government of Haiti's interim Prime Minister Gary Conille to reject any proposal to negotiate with gang leaders, local press informed on Wednesday.

Haiti: Police chief vows to exterminate gangs in the country

Published on: June 22, 2024
09:16

Port-au-Prince, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) The interim Director-General of the Haitian National Police (PNH), Rameau Normil, vowed to neutralize and dismantle all gangs that impose terror in the Caribbean country.

Number of people internally displaced by violence increases in Haiti

Published on: June 20, 2024
11:55

Port-au-Prince, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that nearly 580,000 people are internally displaced in Haiti due to insecurity, accounting for a 60-percent increase since March.

Haitian Prime Minister to strengthen police capacity

Published on: June 14, 2024
14:02

Port-au-Prince Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille said he is committed to strengthening the capacity of the national police, which is at a disadvantage with the gangs that control 80% of the capital.

Children targeted by gangs in Haiti, says UNICEF

Published on: May 31, 2024
16:52

Port-au-Prince, May 31 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday strongly condemned that children in Haiti are targets of panic sown by gangs.

Armed attack in Nigeria leaves seven persons dead and 150 kidnapped

Published on: May 27, 2024
11:04

Abuja, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Some seven deaths, and more than 150 persons kidnapped, is the provisional balance of an attack by armed men against the town of Kuchi, in western Nigeria, as it is known here today.

Haiti: Gangs maintain insecurity and reject foreign forces

Published on: May 13, 2024
14:41

Port-au-Prince, May 13 (Prensa Latina) Faced with the imminent arrival of a foreign force in Haiti, a gang member said, ‘we are waiting for the whites,’ a defiant phrase that dashes on Monday the illusion of the safe resumption of commercial flights here.

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