• Abinader closed all borders on Friday after insisting that Haiti stop the canal construction that began several years ago but was temporarily halted following the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. (wkbn.com)
  • FILE - People bathe in the Massacre River, named for a bloody battle between Spanish and French colonizers in the 1700s, on the border with Haiti in Ouanaminthe, Dominican Republic, Nov. 19, 2021. (whnt.com)
  • In this handout photo released by Haiti's Secretary of State for Communication, Haiti's first lady Martine Moise, wearing a bullet proof vest and her right arm in a sling, arrives at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, July 17, 2021. (thegardenisland.com)
  • Amid the political crisis, the government of Haiti installed Ariel Henry as both the Prime Minister and the President on 20 July 2021. (hyannisnews.com)
  • On 14 August 2021, Haiti suffered another huge earthquake, with many casualties. (hyannisnews.com)
  • The Dominican Republic last fully closed its border with Haiti following the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. (yahoo.com)
  • The IHRC, co-chaired by Clinton and Bellerive, is the body that decides how to spend money donated to rebuilding Haiti after the January 12, 2010, earthquake. (dominionpaper.ca)
  • Considerations for oral cholera vaccine use during outbreak after earthquake in Haiti, 2010-2011. (nih.gov)
  • After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti that rallied the international community, United Nation peacekeepers were accused of sexually assaulting and impregnating underaged Haitian girls . (northbynorthwestern.com)
  • Venezuela sent its first aid airplane to Haiti, a Bolivarian National Armed Force's Hercules C-130, with a fifty-strong advance humanitarian aid team on board, on Wednesday morning, after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake leveled the country's capital Port-au-Prince, late Tuesday. (trinicenter.com)
  • This past week, we saw this sentiment of power and authority expressed in individual's reaction to the horific Haiti earthquake . (joshyuter.com)
  • One side we have Pat Robertson , no stranger to controversial quotes , explained that the Haitians brought the earthquake upon themselves, having "swore a pact with the devil" to free themselves from French rule years ago. (joshyuter.com)
  • On 12 January 2010, at 4:53 pm local time, Haiti was struck by a magnitude-7.0 earthquake. (hyannisnews.com)
  • The president of the Dominican Republic announced Thursday that he would close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday in response to the construction of a supposed canal on Haitian soil that targets waters from the Massacre River, which runs along the border shared by both countries. (wkbn.com)
  • Dominican Republic has partially reopened its border with Haiti. (whnt.com)
  • DAJABON, Dominican Republic (AP) - The Dominican Republic partially reopened its border with Haiti on Wednesday to limited commercial activity nearly a month after shuttering the frontier amid an ongoing spat over construction of a canal targeting water from a shared river. (whnt.com)
  • Haitians detained for deportation stand inside a police truck on a border bridge between Dajabon, Dominican Republic, and Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (ozarksfirst.com)
  • Simmering tensions between Haiti and the Dominican Republic deepened on Monday when Dominican President Luis Abinader announced that he had suspended issuing visas to Haitians and threatened to shut down land, air and sea traffic if the conflict over the canal wasn't resolved before Thursday. (yahoo.com)
  • DAJABON, Dominican Republic (AP) - The Dominican Republic's president announced Thursday he would close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday in a dispute over a canal on the Haitian side that would use water from a river along their frontier. (fox2now.com)
  • It is a rare move for the Dominican Republic, and could hit economies in both countries, though it will be most acutely felt in Haiti. (fox2now.com)
  • Those who live in Haiti but work in the Dominican Republic also cross the border daily. (fox2now.com)
  • By G. Dunkel September 7, 2023 The United States has been looking for a new way to intervene in Haiti for nearly two years. (iacenter.org)
  • August 7, 2023 The slightly edited statement was released on Aug. 2, 2023. (iacenter.org)
  • FILE - A protester holds up a machete as a symbol of self-defense against gangs, during a protest against gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. (kxan.com)
  • To hear that people are coming not from the typical places - El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala - but they're coming from Haiti, Cuba and Venezuela means these people must be in desperate situations trying to find a better life. (archsa.org)
  • Haiti's primary languages are French and Creole. (wuky.org)
  • Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse is shown here during a 2019 interview in his office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (wuky.org)
  • This week former Presidents Clinton and Bush are in Haiti, trying to drum up support for Haiti's reconstruction and setting the stage for the upcoming donor conference at the U.N. on March 31. (counterpunch.org)
  • In April of this year, I led a delegation to Haiti, which met with residents of the Lasalin neighborhood of Haiti's capital and surrounding areas, who described acts of unconscionable violence that occurred in November of 2018. (quixote.org)
  • On Monday, Haiti's government issued a statement saying the attempt to divert water from the Massacre River to "deprive Haitians of it" is "unacceptable and hostile. (whnt.com)
  • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti's political future on Sunday grew murkier after the surprise return of first lady Martine Moïse, who was released from a hospital in Miami where she was treated for injuries following an attack in which the president was assassinated. (thegardenisland.com)
  • The brief statement by Haiti's Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not provide much detail, except to say that both sides were trying to find a "fair and definitive" solution to squabbles over the use of the Massacre River that runs along the border both countries share on the island of Hispaniola. (yahoo.com)
  • The number of asylum seekers in Del Rio has steadily increased throughout the week with the majority coming from Haiti, with a smaller number arriving from Cuba and Venezuela. (archsa.org)
  • The Dominican government also is reactivating an old canal on the Massacre River near Dajabon before it crosses into Haiti to ensure water for local farmers and residents. (wkbn.com)
  • They are suffering a lot here in Dajabon, and in Haiti, too, because there are a lot of goods that are spoiling," said Haitian businessman Pichelo Petijon. (fox2now.com)
  • The youth wing of Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) has set up a collection point in central Caracas, for donations of food, medicine, clothing and shoes to send to the people of Haiti. (trinicenter.com)
  • The protests in Lasalin - as well as many other anti-government protests throughout Haiti since the summer of 2018 - were sparked by the disappearance of millions of dollars of assistance provided to Haiti by Venezuela under the PetroCaribe program. (quixote.org)
  • A group of ambassadors from the United States, Canada, Brazil, Spain, France, the European Union and the United Nations threw their support behind Henry a few weeks after the assassination. (northbynorthwestern.com)
  • Brazil, which heads the United Nations mission in Haiti has also announced its intention to assist those affected. (trinicenter.com)
  • After the 2004 coup, and after the U.S. passed the baton onto Brazil, was a conference hosted in Washington by the World Bank called in French Cadre de Coopération Intérimaire (CCI), or Interim Cooperation Framework in English. (counterpunch.org)
  • Joseph's name was never mentioned in the statement made by the Core Group, composed of ambassadors from Germany, Brazil, Canada, Spain, the U.S., France, the European Union and representatives from the United Nations and the Organization of American States. (thegardenisland.com)
  • The United States joined the following statement delivered by Brazil on behalf of a group of 14 countries. (usmission.gov)
  • I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of thirteen countries, as well as my own country, Brazil. (usmission.gov)
  • Last week, the United States and Canada suggested to their compatriots living in Haiti that armed gangs plan to leave the country to expand their control, leading to severe fuel shortages. (westsidepeoplemag.com)
  • In line with the recent comments by the interim High Commissioner, at the beginning of the current HRC session, we are deeply concerned about the rising levels of violence in Haiti, involving gangs and other armed criminal groups. (usmission.gov)
  • Nothing would be more irresponsible than allowing peacekeeping missions to leave until an alternative was in place, he emphasized, asking what would happen to Haiti if the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) was suddenly to withdraw. (un.org)
  • Since December 7, over 100 Haitian and international delegates have been participating in the International Colloquium "Occupation, Sovereignty, Solidarity: Towards a People's Tribunal on Crimes of the MINUSTAH in Haiti," to continue on the long road to justice. (quixote.org)
  • The colloquium, organized by Platform to Advocate Alternative Development in Haiti (PAPDA), the Office of International Lawyers/ Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (BAI/IJDH) and Haitian Movement of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity (MOLEGHAF), seeks to bring to account the people and structures culpable in the 15 years of UN occupation and the crimes committed by the MINUSTAH. (quixote.org)
  • Meeting cholera's challenge to Haiti and the world: a joint statement on cholera prevention and care. (nih.gov)
  • In December of 2020, he issued a joint statement with other representatives saying that "Moïse is pursuing an increasingly authoritarian course of action. (northbynorthwestern.com)
  • Amid the evacuation of foreign nationals and staff of embassies, the joint statement asked all parties in Afghanistan to respect and facilitate the safe and orderly departure of foreign nationals and Afghans who wish to leave the country. (khaama.com)
  • Police stand near a mural featuring Haitian President Jovenel Moïse near the leader's residence, where he was killed by gunmen in the early morning hours in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday. (wuky.org)
  • On July 11, a delegation of representatives from various U.S. agencies traveled to Haiti to review critical infrastructure, talk with Haitian National Police and meet with Joseph, Henry and Haitian Senate President Joseph Lambert in a joint meeting. (thegardenisland.com)
  • The official languages of Haiti are French and Haitian Creole. (hyannisnews.com)
  • According to Gassama, while past US military interventions of Haiti have been illegal, if the US were to intervene in the coming weeks, it would be legal. (northbynorthwestern.com)
  • On Oct. 14, 2022, the Miami Herald released a United Nations Security Council draft resolution from the United States calling for an "immediate deployment of a multinational rapid action force" in Haiti. (northbynorthwestern.com)
  • As of March 2022, Haiti still had no president, no parliamentary quorum, and a dysfunctional high court due to a lack of judges. (hyannisnews.com)
  • Abinader accused Haiti of trying to divert water from the Massacre River, and said it would affect Dominican farmers and the environment. (fox2now.com)
  • Kenya's president is committing his country to lead a multinational force in Haiti to combat gang warfare even as residents of both countries question the plan being pushed by the United States government. (kxan.com)
  • Kenya has said it would lead a multinational force as it established diplomatic ties with Haiti on Wednesday. (wkbn.com)
  • Clinton was on his way to the third Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission (IHRC) meeting in downtown Port-au-Prince. (dominionpaper.ca)
  • On Tuesday this week, in Port au Prince and in Washington D.C., people gathered to talk about the crisis in Haiti. (quixote.org)
  • In this regard, we call on the Office of the High Commissioner to redouble efforts of technical cooperation and assistance to Haiti, as well as humanitarian assistance provided by the appropriate UN agencies, in order to support the country to face the complex situation on the ground from a human rights and sustainable development perspective. (usmission.gov)
  • With intervention looming, many activists have highlighted the tragedies foreign presence has caused Haiti in the past. (northbynorthwestern.com)
  • Haiti has faced two tragedies in recent months: President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in July, then a 7.2 magnitude in August that destroyed buildings and homes and killed thousands. (archsa.org)
  • In the other, political posturing more attuned to partisan differences in the U.S. than the crisis in Haiti. (quixote.org)
  • Though not strictly speaking a response to the current crisis, there is a clear linkage between that history of intervention and the political and social cleavages evident in the streets of Haiti today as people are still protesting conditions and demanding that president Jovenel Moïse resign. (quixote.org)
  • The second meeting was a U.S. House International Relations subcommittee hearing titled " Haiti on the Brink: Assessing U.S. Policy Toward a Country in Crisis . (quixote.org)
  • We are committed to continue engaging with Haiti, at the bilateral, regional and international levels, to build the necessary consensus to address the current crisis and promote sustainable solutions. (usmission.gov)
  • Haiti - Army Chief of Staff Kebreau may take advantage of cabinet crisis to oust President Duvalier. (cia.gov)
  • President Abraham Lincoln supported such schemes to send African-Americans abroad-not just to Haiti but also to Liberia, Central America and elsewhere. (latinousa.org)
  • After Haiti signed its Declaration of Independence from France, in 1804, the United States started a nearly 60-year political and economic embargo that hobbled the young nation's growth. (latinousa.org)
  • The statement stressed the need for dialogue and said the only suitable outcome would be an equal sharing of water resources, the normalization of relations between the two countries and a return to the free movement of people and goods. (whnt.com)
  • Movement from Haiti to the U.S. has its roots in colonial times, when British, French and Spanish traders exchanged coffee, cotton and mahogany between the two territories . (latinousa.org)
  • Chou En-lai will head a government delegation to North Korea the middle of this month. (cia.gov)
  • There are only about 10,000 police officers in Haiti for more than 11 million people. (kxan.com)
  • The UN mission in Haiti is comprised of 7,000 troops and 2,000 police officers, as well as 2,000 civilian employees from 17 countries. (trinicenter.com)
  • The first convergence was a collection of civil society organizations, mostly with deep roots in organizing for human rights and broader social equity in Haiti - groups that work within Haiti and organizations that partner across borders. (quixote.org)
  • The statement is expected to further deepen long-simmering tensions between the two countries, which share the island of Hispaniola. (wkbn.com)
  • The river is named after a bloody battle between Spanish and French colonizers, and it was the site of a mass killing of Haitians by the Dominican army in 1937. (wkbn.com)
  • The river is named after a bloody 18th-century battle between French and Spanish colonizers. (whnt.com)
  • The river is named after a bloody clash between French and Spanish colonizers in the 1700s, and it also was the site of a mass killing of Haitians by the Dominican army in 1937. (fox2now.com)
  • I am in the Miami airport as I write this, on my way to Haiti via a conference of applied anthropologists in Mexico. (counterpunch.org)
  • Del Rio Mayor Bruno Lozano said on Wednesday that there were at least 20,000 more migrants en route from Mexico. (archsa.org)
  • Born of a slave rebellion, Haiti challenged the legitimacy of an American economy and society dependent on racial hierarchies. (latinousa.org)
  • The death toll is unknown, but Haiti President Ren Pr val said thousands of people had died, while many thousands are injured and many Haitian's lie trapped under rubble. (trinicenter.com)
  • Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and is still recovering from the devastating effects of a hurricane that destroyed thousands of homes killed more than 700 people in 2008. (trinicenter.com)
  • García-Siller said another challenge will be a more complicated language barrier with people coming from Haiti that speak French. (archsa.org)
  • Some experts - like many in this country of more than 11 million people - were surprised at how quickly she reappeared in Haiti and questioned whether she plans to become involved in the country's politics. (thegardenisland.com)
  • In April, ten people, including two French nationals, were abducted by the mob in the same area for 20 days. (westsidepeoplemag.com)
  • Donald Trump's denigrating comments about Haiti during a recent congressional meeting shocked people around the globe , but given his track record of disrespecting immigrants , they were not actually that surprising. (latinousa.org)
  • The people in Haiti deserved it, gays are evil, rock 'n' rollers are the children of satan (or Santa). (cancer.org)
  • Authorities in Haiti and Colombia say at least 18 suspects directly linked to the killing have been arrested, the majority of them former Colombian soldiers. (thegardenisland.com)
  • Without forgetting that mobilization is the expression of solidarity and patriotism of a population that shows the world that Haiti is an adult nation. (wkbn.com)
  • This first convergence was thus an act and a statement of solidarity to press for accountability for decades (if not centuries) of foreign intervention in Haiti. (quixote.org)
  • Abbott then released a statement later in the day that the Biden administration had "flip-flopped" to a different strategy. (archsa.org)
  • French statements were translated into English, but not vice versa. (dominionpaper.ca)
  • We emphasize the importance of acquiring fluency in oral and written English at all levels and obtaining proficiency in French. (edu.ht)
  • MICHEL JOSEPH MARTELLY, President of Haiti, welcoming South Sudan as the 193rd United Nations Member State, joined the leaders of other countries that had experienced the heavy burden of post-catastrophe or post-conflict situations in saying: "The weakest and the most vulnerable still harbour hope. (un.org)
  • Why did heavily armed men gun down the president of Haiti ? (wuky.org)
  • Martine Moïse did not make any public statements after she descended a private jet wearing a black dress, a black bulletproof vest, a black face mask and her right arm in a black sling as she mourned for President Jovenel Moïse, who was killed July 7 at their private home. (thegardenisland.com)
  • Appeal and statement of policy made by the President to the various chiefs. (state.gov)
  • Tomorrow (24 March), the Security Council president for this month (the US) is expected to announce the adoption of a presidential statement on Haiti. (securitycouncilreport.org)
  • Beginning in 1957, many in Haiti were victimized under President François Duvalier, also known as "Papa Doc. (hyannisnews.com)
  • Starting with President Ulysses S. Grant, who wanted to annex Haiti , American politicians militarily pursued U.S. interests on the island nation . (latinousa.org)
  • Martine Moïse arrived just hours after a prominent group of international diplomats issued a statement that appeared to shun interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, the man currently running the country with the backing of police and the military. (thegardenisland.com)
  • She's obviously in a position to play a role … given how wide open things are," he said, adding that the Core Group's statement is striking because it makes no reference to Joseph. (thegardenisland.com)
  • The Venezuelans have to understand that Haiti is a country that has suffered much and now needs our urgent support. (trinicenter.com)
  • This gathering was primarily focused on creating a framework of accountability concerning foreign intervention in Haiti - specifically the 15-year UN occupation of the country. (quixote.org)
  • Haiti has been classified by the United States as a country in the Red Zone, which advises its compatriots not to go there, especially because of the numerous abductions of "American citizens who continue to be among the victims. (westsidepeoplemag.com)
  • I learned her group was from Haiti, a country with a recent history of political chaos, oppression and violence… along with recent catastrophic natural disasters, including deadly storms and earthquakes. (hyannisnews.com)
  • Haiti ranks alongside Somalia and Eritrea as one of the worst places on the planet to be a schoolchild. (dominionpaper.ca)
  • The UN only admitted its involvement six years after they arrived in Haiti. (northbynorthwestern.com)
  • When one thinks about all that has happened in Haiti in the last 20 years - and the United States' deep involvement in much of it, it is telling that this is the first time there was an official public discussion in Congress about U.S. policy since the Clinton administration. (quixote.org)
  • He also urged the immediate deployment of a foreign armed force to Haiti to help quell a surge in gang violence amid a rise in killings, rapes and kidnappings. (wkbn.com)
  • Foreign merchants and bankers in Haiti paid armed groups known as cacos to overthrow standing presidents and empower leaders who would give them preferential terms of trade. (latinousa.org)