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2 days ago · Updated 4:34 AM PDT, April 23, 2024. Haiti’s capital is under siege. This is how people are trying to stay alive. Life in Port-au-Prince has become a game of survival, pushing Haitians to new limits as they scramble to stay safe and alive while gangs overwhelm the police and the government remains largely absent.
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...
Apr 23, 2024 · 23 April 2024. By Vanessa Buschschlüter,BBC News. Getty Images. Many children are among the more than 360,000 displaced by the violence. Three million children in Haiti are in need of...
Mar 14, 2024 · REPUBLIC OF HAITI: FACTS. Capital: Port-au-Prince. Area: 27,800 sq km. Population: 11.3 million. Languages: French, Haitian Creole. Life expectancy: 62 years (men) 66 years (women) LEADER....
Mar 22, 2024 · History of Haiti, a survey of the important events and people in the history of Haiti from the time of European settlement. For treatment of earlier history and the country in its regional context, see West Indies.
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.
May 1, 2024 · A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti’s southern peninsula in 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.
