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The post The latest crisis in Haiti: How did we get here? appeared first on TheGrio. OPINION: Some observers may conclude that Black people simply cannot govern themselves, but Haiti — the first ...
When Venezuela stopped shipping oil to Haiti in March 2018, this led to fuel shortages. With the removal of government subsidies in July, kerosene prices went up over 50 percent, with similarly steep hikes on other fossil fuels. [31] These rises in taxes on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene that went into effect on 7 July 2018 brought Haitians ...
July 7, 2022 at 4:13 PM. When a bloody gang war erupted in a busy business district east of Haiti’s capital not far from the U.S. Embassy, Haitian police officers were forced to mount a military ...
March 6, 2024 at 3:02 PM. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — It's been a terrifying week for the people of Haiti, where gun battles between gangs and the police have gripped the capital, Port-au ...
2023 in Haiti. Events in the year 2023 in Haiti. Haiti still had no president, no parliamentary quorum, and a dysfunctional high court due to a lack of judges, with another news report of violent uprisings across the country, realizing they were sent by the gangs while the other families and neighbors escape from a burning capital Port-au-Prince.
2022 Haitian fuel protests. The socioeconomic and political crisis in Haiti has been marked by rising energy prices due to the 2022 global energy crisis, as well as protests, and civil unrest against the government of Haiti, armed gang violence, an outbreak of cholera, shortages of fuel and clean drinking water, as well as widespread acute hunger.
For more than two years the Biden administration has been pushing for a Haitian-led approach to solving Haiti’s spiraling gang violence and deepening humanitarian, social and political crisis.
1935. 21 October: hurricane in Sud and Sud-Est départements. 2,000 people perished. 1946. Earthquake in the northeast Dominican Republic accompanied by a tsunami in the region of Nagua. Haiti was also affected. 1952. 27 October: earthquake at Anse-à-Veau in Grand'Anse killed 6 and rendered thousands homeless.