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July 14, 2018 at 1:04 pm

Haiti’s prime minister resigns amid fuel price hike fallout

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned Saturday amid calls for him to step down over his handling of a failed...

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July 9, 2018 at 9:25 am

More protests in Haiti as unrest continues over fuel prices VIEW

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Protesters clashed with police Monday in Haiti's capital while a general strike kept most people at home across the country in...

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July 6, 2018 at 3:27 pm

Violent protests erupt in Haiti as fuel prices spike VIEW

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Major protests erupted Friday in Haiti as the government announced a sharp increase in gasoline prices, with demonstrators using burning tires...

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A journalist holds up a framed image of 30-year-old photojournalist Vladjimir Legagneur in a march to demand an investigation into why the freelance photographer vanished while on assignment, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday March 28, 2018. Legagneur disappeared on March 14 after entering the community of Grand Ravine, considered one of the poorest and most dangerous in Port-au-Prince. He has not been heard of since, and none of his belongings have been found as anger and frustration grows over a lack of answers from police and justice officials. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) DC115 DC115

March 28, 2018 at 2:45 pm

Haitian journalists demand answers after colleague vanishes VIEW

Vladjimir Legagneur disappeared March 14 after entering the Grand Ravine area, considered one of the poorest and most dangerous districts in Port-au-Prince. Anger and frustration...

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February 22, 2018 at 10:54 am

Haiti suspends Oxfam pending investigation into sexual abuse

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Aid group Oxfam Great Britain will be suspended from operating in Haiti for the next two months pending an investigation into...

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In this Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 photo, residents sit at a construction site in the Caradeux refugee camp, set up nearly eight years ago for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. President Jovenel Moise’s government reacted with outrage Friday to reports that President Donald Trump used a vulgar remark to describe the country on the eve of the anniversary of the 2010 earthquake, one of the deadliest disasters in modern history. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) DC102 DC102

January 12, 2018 at 6:33 am

Haiti 'shocked and outraged' over Trump's 'racist' remarks VIEW

President Jovenel Moise's government issued a strongly worded statement denouncing what it called a "racist" view of Haitian immigrants and people from African countries. Today,...

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October 5, 2017 at 8:29 am

UN ending 13-year military peacekeeping mission in Haiti VIEW

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti that has helped maintain order through 13 years of political turmoil and catastrophe is coming...

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September 6, 2017 at 9:26 pm

Nations rush to help islands devastated by Hurricane Irma VIEW

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — French, British and Dutch military authorities rushed aid to a devastated string of Caribbean islands Thursday after Hurricane Irma left at...

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March 3, 2017 at 12:00 pm

Rene Preval, who led Haiti amid catastrophe, dies at 74 VIEW

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Rene Preval, a low-key technocrat who led Haiti as president during the devastating January 2010 earthquake and a messy and prolonged...

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January 5, 2017 at 2:52 pm

Ex-Haiti rebel leader wanted in US arrested during talk show

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A former rebel leader who is wanted on U.S. drug charges, and was recently elected to the Haitian Senate, was arrested...

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