Updated: Haiti PM lands in Puerto Rico as gangs displace thousands at home
Updated: 11:15am (AEDT) Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry landed in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, as questions as to why he had not returned to his country swirled amid escalating gang violence that has threatened to topple his government and left thousands homeless. Puerto Rico’s governor’s office confirmed Henry had landed in capital […]
Updated: Haiti’s neighbours prepare for “drastic escalation” in violence after jailbreak
Updated 10:55am (AEDT) Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haiti’s neighbours on Monday began shoring up their defences and recalling embassy staff as a gang conflict in the Caribbean nation escalated and thousands fled fresh fighting. On Sunday, Haiti’s de facto government issued a 72-hour state of emergency and imposed nightly curfews after armed men busted thousands from […]
Haiti declares state of emergency amid violence, inmates on the run
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haiti’s government declared a state of emergency on Sunday evening, following violent clashes in the capital that have damaged communications and led to two prison breaks as a major gang leader seeks to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry. In order to restore order, the government has imposed with immediate effect a curfew […]
Updated: Haiti telecoms back after disruption amid violence, inmates on the run
Updated: 8am, 4th March, 2024 Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters International connectivity to Haiti was temporarily disrupted on Sunday following violent clashes in the capital that have damaged communications and led to a prison break at the main penitentiary as a major gang leader seeks to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry. The chairman of Digicel, one of […]
Haiti gang wars block aid routes for most vulnerable, UN agency says
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters A recent spike of violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is preventing the World Food Programme from reaching hundreds of thousands of people in urgent need of supplies, as conflicts between armed gangs worsen an escalating humanitarian crisis. The United Nations’ food agency on Thursday said the latest violence, which broke out in […]
Police fire tear gas as hundreds protest government in Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Hundreds of Haitians took to the streets on Monday to protest the unelected government of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, whose administration has seen alliances of violent gangs expand control across most of the capital and spread to nearby areas. National police used tear gas to disperse protesters, who set fire to car […]
El Salvador President Bukele poised for a landslide as voters cast ballots
San Salvador, El Salvador Reuters Salvadorans voted on Sunday in elections expected to hand President Nayib Bukele another landslide victory, with many happy to overlook the young leader’s authoritarian drift after he crushed gang violence that had paralysed life in the poor Central American country. Bukele, 42, appears poised to become the first Salvadoran President […]
Essay: El Salvador voters set to trade democracy for promise of security in presidential election
In an article first published on The Conversation, MNEESHA GELLMA says there is little doubt over the result of this weekend’s election…
El Salvador: Bukele looks set for landslide election win on gang crackdown
SARAH KINOSIAN and NELSON RENTERIA, of Reuters, report ahead of Sunday’s election…
Kenyan President says Haiti mission to go ahead despite court ruling
Rome, Italy Reuters Kenya is going to push ahead with plans to lead a UN-approved security mission to Haiti, despite a court in Nairobi last week blocking the deployment, Kenyan President William Ruto told Reuters on Tuesday. The international force is aimed at tackling rampant gang violence in the Caribbean nation, which killed nearly 5,000 […]