Haití

An armed confrontation in Port-au-Prince left more than 35 suspected gang members dead or wounded on Tuesday. The police is strengthening its presence on the streets, while the population has formed self-defense groups

Businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé replaces Garry Conille in a disputed process amid a worsening security crisis. The international airport shut down after an incoming flight was shot at

Statements made during the campaign by the president-elect augur a dark outlook for a large part of this demographic group

The 2024 race will be remembered for its increasingly crude and violent rhetoric — from outbursts to insults, from pseudo-brilliant moments to pearls of wisdom

Immigration is not part of Joe Frank Martinez’s job. But in Del Rio, Texas, like in other majority Latino communities across the country, the issue is high on voters’ minds and is disrupting long-standing political allegiances

Migrants from the Caribbean country living in this Ohio town, who the Republican accused of eating pets, share their concerns and fears ahead of the presidential election on Tuesday

The Biden administration’s program was created to manage immigration flow and reduce illegal crossings and extortion at the border

The Abinader government’s measure has drawn immediate condemnation from Haiti, with its representative to the UN describing it as an ‘ethnic cleansing strategy’

Following the Biden administration’s decision not to extend the parole of 530,000 people, two other federal programs could expire between now and 2026. This is especially likely if Donald Trump returns to the presidency

The executive director of Human Rights Watch says the governments of Colombia and Panama must address the crimes against women on one of the most dangerous routes in the world

In 2023, more than 731,000 Haitians were living in the diaspora in the U.S. According to NGOs, 227 deportation flights were made to the country between 2021 and 2022

Trump and Vance’s campaign spread the false claim that some immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, reportedly stole their neighbors’ animals to eat them. The White House criticizes the Republican disinformation campaign

Following an investigation launched in July that confirmed massive irregularities in the program, new measures have been imposed to avoid fraud

More than 44,000 refugees from the Caribbean country requested asylum in Mexico in 2023. Many of them have found employment in the food industry and in the large markets of the capital

60% of the Caribbean country’s population now lives in poverty, and experts are calling for strengthening the local currency and raising tariffs to favor local agriculture. Meanwhile, the island nation is mired in yet another grave institutional crisis

The exodus began shortly after powerful gangs launched a series of attacks on government institutions in late February

Since Feb. 29, gunmen have burned police stations, opened fire on the main international airport that remains closed and stormed the country’s two biggest prisons

Many of the more than 1 million who have left the Caribbean nation feel helpless when they call terrified family members who can’t leave

Political parties and social organizations are in talks to form an interim body to stop the criminal gangs, but some experts are concerned that it will favor the very people who caused the security crisis

The proposal emerged late Monday following an urgent meeting involving Caribbean leaders, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and others who were searching for a solution to halt Haiti’s crisis of violence

The politician, who has been in office since the assassination of president Jovenel Moïse in 2021, announced from Puerto Rico that he will step down once a transitional council is formed to lead the country

Pressure is mounting as many Haitians demand the departure of the government of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who recently announced elections for August 2025

The meeting was organized by members of a regional trade bloc known as Caricom who for months have pressed for a transitional government in Haiti as protests demanded Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s resignation

The Southcom statement said that the United States remains focused on aiding Haitian police and arranging some kind of U.N.-authorized security deployment