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Gangs control Large areas of Haiti

Published on: March 28, 2023
09:27

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Port-au-Prince, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) Over 15 Haitian social organizations asked the Government to decree a state of emergency in areas controlled by gangs and encouraged citizens to create neighborhood defense groups.

Haiti mobilizes urgent scale up in response to cholera outbreak

Published on: March 24, 2023
16:21

By: Pavel López Lazo

Port-au-Prince, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) Haitian health authorities on Friday mobilized a rapid scale up to curb cholera spread across the country.

Fresh gang violence in Haiti leaves 187 dead in 11 days – UN

Published on: March 21, 2023
17:04

By: Pavel López Lazo

Port-au-Prince, Mar 21 (Prensa Latina) New clashes between gangs in Haiti’s capital and beyond have killed at least 187 people in less than two weeks and injured more than 150 others, the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) said Tuesday.

Haitian police break up extortion network

Published on: March 20, 2023
16:44

By: Pavel López Lazo

Port-au-Prince, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) Haiti´s Police on Monday announced that it had dismantled a network in the Artibonite department extorting money from people intending to travel to the United States.

Hotel ransacked in Haiti amid surging violence crisis

Published on: March 16, 2023
17:06

By: Pavel López Lazo

Port-au-Prince, Mar 16 (Prensa Latina) Haitian gangs on Thursday ransacked a beach hotel north of the country´s capital, smashing and looting everything inside, as confirmed by Elysée Blaise, interim Mayor of Montrouis.

Over 24K Haitians repatriated from Dominican Republic

Published on: March 15, 2023
15:45

By: Pavel López Lazo

Port-au-Prince, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) More than 24,000 Haitians were sent back from neighboring Dominican Republic, as revealed by the Support Group for Returnees and Refugees (GARR) which also condemned systematic violence against migrants.

About 70 dead in Haiti gang clashes

Published on: March 13, 2023
13:38

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Port-au-Prince, Mar 13 (Prensa Latina) Some 70 people have been killed during recent gang clashes in Port-au-Prince, the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights condemned and criticized present violence that currently impacts on Haiti.

Quebec’s Big Band Jazz to perform in Cuba

Published on: March 11, 2023
00:15

By: Juan M. Garcia

Havana, Mar 11 (Prensa Latina) The Big Band Jazz from Quebec, Canada, will perform at the Yara movie theater on Saturday, as a preamble to the screening of the film 'Au revoir le bonheur,' the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) confirmed.

8 police officers accused of involvement in plot to kill Moïse

Published on: March 10, 2023
16:31

By: Pavel López Lazo

Port-au-Prince, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) Haitian Police Department on Friday announced it accused eight other police officers of being involved in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

Haitian gangs are increasingly stronger, says expert

Published on: March 8, 2023
17:16

By: Pavel López Lazo

Port-au-Prince, Mar 8 (Prensa Latina) Armed groups in Haiti have recently become stronger despite sanctions from the international community and police operations, an official source assured Wednesday.

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