Haiti

President Biden meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Mexico City during the North American Leaders' Summit in January.

Biden is visiting Ottawa this week. Concerns about Haiti are at the top of the agenda

5:05am March 23, 2023

by Franco Ordoñez

It's President Biden's first trip to Canada as president. He and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are expected to discuss their concerns about the security crisis in Haiti.

A table showing documented cases of possible spillovers of dog coronavirus, pig coronavirus and MERS by year, animal and country.

How do pandemics begin? There's a new theory — and a new strategy to thwart them

5:00am February 15, 2023

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Animals carry millions of pathogens. So it's a daunting task to find the one with the greatest potential to spark a pandemic. Now scientists are rethinking the way they hunt for that next new virus.

An image of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, right, is displayed as Markenzy Lapointe, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, speaks speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in Miami.

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U.S. arrests 4 in Florida over the assassination of Haitian president

2:45am February 15, 2023

by The Associated Press

U.S. authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company, prosecutors announced.

A woman prays during a mass at the St. Pierre church in the Pétion-Ville district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Oct. 23.

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Reporter's notebook: Haiti's at a breaking point but few want foreign intervention

4:17pm November 04, 2022

by Eyder Peralta

The U.S. and other countries put sanctions on Haitian gangsters and a corrupt politician. But as Haiti combats hunger, cholera and gangs, many want Haitian solutions — not a foreign troop deployment.

Demonstrators carry a coffin covered with American, Canadian and French flags and pictures of politicians as they protest on Jean-Jacques Dessalines Day in Port-au-Prince on Monday. Haitians protest against their prime minister and foreign countries as the nation celebrates the 216th anniversary of the assassination of Dessalines, a Haitian independence hero and founding father.

Nations consider sending troops to Haiti, despite troubled past foreign intervention

4:05pm October 20, 2022

by Michele Kelemen

The U.S. and Mexico proposed to the United Nations Security Council a "non-U.N." force for Haiti to help the country resolve deepening crises, but countries are cautious given prior harmful efforts.

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Protesters calling for the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry run after police fired tear gas to disperse them in the Delmas area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.

The U.S. and Canada sent armored vehicles and supplies to Haiti to help fight a gang

1:33am October 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

A U.S. State Department statement said the equipment was bought by Haiti's government, which it is thought will be used to halt the spread of cholera.

Barbecue, the leader of the "G9 and Family" gang, stands next to garbage Oct. 22 to call attention to the conditions people live in as he leads a march against kidnapping through La Saline neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The group said they were al

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A year after the president's assassination, Haitians endure a broken nation or flee

11:48am July 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

With warring gangs and a powerless government since Jovenel Moïse was killed in his home, many are risking perilous voyages on rickety boats to start lives elsewhere.

Dr. Paul Farmer (right) and Dr. Sriram Shamasunder on the Butaro hospital campus in Rwanda on Feb. 17. Farmer died on Feb. 21.

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With love and tears: My first and last memories of Dr. Paul Farmer

2:07pm February 22, 2022

by Sriram Shamasunder

Dr. Sriram Shamasunder just spent a week in Rwanda at the university co-founded by Paul Farmer — and witnessed the passion and compassion of this global health champion days before his untimely death.

A person holds a photo of late Haitian President Jovenel Moïse during his memorial ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 20, 2021.

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Jamaica arrests a former senator sought in Haitian president's assassination

2:14pm January 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

A former Haitian senator sought in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse has been arrested in Jamaica, Haiti's National Police says. John Joël Joseph is the second suspect to be arrested in Jamaica.

The U.S. charges a former Colombian soldier in Haitian president's assassination

5:12pm January 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

The U.S. government announced that it charged Mario Antonio Palacios, a 43-year-old former Colombian soldier who is one of the main suspects in the July killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse.