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Haitian police continue search for over 3,000 escaped inmates

Published on: May 9, 2024
17:48

Port-au-Prince, May 9 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian National Police (PNH) on Thursday continues in its search for more than 3,000 prisoners who escaped from jails assaulted by gang coalition.

UN reinforces response after attacks on Delma commune in Haiti

Published on: May 9, 2024
15:20

United Nations, May 9 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations (UN) is reinforcing on Thursday its humanitarian support in Delmas commune, in Haiti's capital, following lately attacks on the town.

Haiti: 34 health institutions forced to close due to gang violence

Published on: May 7, 2024
17:04

Port-au-Prince, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Haiti's Public Health and Population Ministry on Tuesday reported that 34 public and private health institutions were forced to close as a result of gang violenc. Dr. Yvrose Chrysostome, director of the Health Services Organization, said that 34 clinics and hospitals stopped operating from March to April 2024 due to looting and fires committed by armed bandits.

Haiti’s gang violence keeps 900 schools shut down

Published on: May 6, 2024
15:33

Port-au-Prince, May 6 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian Parents Association urged the Presidential Transitional Council to restore 900 schools that are currently closed in Haiti.

Haiti at risk of becoming media silence zone

Published on: May 6, 2024
15:04

Port-au-Prince, May 6 (Prensa Latina) Haiti faces the risk of becoming a zone of media silence due to attacks on press freedom and the obstacles that currently prevent journalists from doing their work.

Haiti’s Transitional Council already has a president

Published on: April 30, 2024
15:40

Port-au-Prince, Apr 30 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian Presidential Transitional Council (CPT) elected today as its head Edgard Leblanc, who will have the reins of the body in charge of reestablishing political order in this Antillean nation.

WHO concerned about healthcare access in Haiti

Published on: April 29, 2024
16:16

Port-au-Prince, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday expressed deep concern about Haitians´ access to health care centers in the midst of rising violence situation the Caribbean nation is presently experiencing.

Haiti’s CPT postpones election of new president

Published on: April 27, 2024
09:04

Port-au-Prince, April 27 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian Presidential Transition Council (CPT) on Saturday postponed the election of its soon-to-be president, a decision for which both reason and exact date of the election are unknown so far.

Kenyan Government confirms willingness to send troops to Haiti

Published on: April 26, 2024
14:30

Nairobi, Apr 26 (Prensa Latina) The Kenyan Government has reportedly confirmed its willingness to send troops to Haiti following the inauguration of the Transitional Presidential Council in the Caribbean nation.

CARICOM is confident about political advances to solve Haitian crisis

Published on: April 26, 2024
13:00

Georgetown, Apr 26 (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is confident that the installation of the Presidential Transitional Council in Haiti will result in consensus and lead to a solution to the chaos, aggravated by the actions of gangs.

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