The United Nations chief is warning that gangs in Haiti could overrun the capital, Port-au-Prince, leading to a complete breakdown of government authority without additional international support for the beleaguered national police.

More than 5,601 people in Haiti were killed in Haiti last year as a result of gang violence, about a thousand more than in 2023, the UN said.

I want to thank you for helping my America, my Colombia, achieve freedom,” he said. “You even gave us our flag.”

By Sarah Morland (Reuters) -Colombian President Gustavo Petro arrived in Haiti's southeastern city of Jacmel on Wednesday afternoon in a rare visit by a foreign head of state to the Caribbean nation,

During his historic visit to Haiti on Jan. 22, Gustavo Petro apologized to the Haitian people for the participation of the Colombian mercenaries in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.