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Updated 4:34 AM PDT, April 23, 2024. Haiti’s capital is under siege. This is how people are trying to stay alive. Updated 10:52 AM PDT, April 21, 2024. Haiti’s Prime Minister resigns. Watch More. Haiti’s Henry resigns as prime minister, making way for a new government.
1 day ago · Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced his resignation on Thursday, handing power over to a transitional council that will seek to gain control of the violence-ravaged nation.
Mar 5, 2024 · MEXICO CITY — Haiti is entering its second day of a state of emergency, after gangs attacked the capital city's most important prisons over the weekend, releasing thousands of inmates. The...
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti’s southern peninsula in August 2021, causing well over 2,000 deaths; an estimated 500,000 required emergency humanitarian aid. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, as well as one of the most unequal in wealth distribution.
Haiti , officially Republic of Haiti, Country in the West Indies, occupying the western third of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic to the east. Area: 10,450 sq mi (27,065 sq km). Population: (2024 est.) 12,436,000. Capital: Port-au-Prince. Almost the entire population is of African or African-European descent.
Haiti was the second country in the Americas, after the United States, to free itself from colonial rule. Its capital is Port-au-Prince.
Dec 22, 2021 · Haiti. Central America. Page last updated: December 22, 2021. Photos of Haiti. View 5 Photos. Introduction. Background. The native Taino - who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when Christopher COLUMBUS first landed on it in 1492 - were virtually wiped out by Spanish settlers within 25 years.
