President Gustavo Petro acknowledges Colombian mercenaries' role in killing of Haitian president in 2021 - Anadolu Ajansı

Petro is one of only a handful of heads of state that have visited Haiti recently given a surge in gang violence that has prompted a growing number of leaders in the international community to call for a U.N.-peacekeeping mission in the Caribbean country, noting that the current Kenyan-led mission lacks funds and personnel.

Unidentified gunmen have shot Haitian President Jovenel Moïse dead at his private ... “She’s stable but in critical condition,” Haiti’s ambassador to the United States Bocchit Edmond ...

The 17 Colombians accused of involvement in the plot to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021 appeared before the Court of Appeal in Port-au-Prince on Monday. The hearing was postponed due to the absence of two Haitian suspects,

Francisco de Miranda, considered to be the precursor of Venezuela’s independence, stitched the country’s first flag in Jacmel and set sail from the port city. A decade later, South American liberator Simón Bolívar launched his successful movement from Jacmel’s shores.

The number of internally displaced persons has tripled to over 1 million, with more than half being children,' says UN envoy

The number of people internally displaced by gang violence in Haiti has tripled to more than one million, the United Nations' International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on Tuesday. The situation is particularly dire in the capital, Port-au-Prince, where displacement has risen by 87% between 2023 and 2024, IOM figures show.

Colombians and Haitians who are suspects and accused of involvement in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise sit in a bus as they arrive to court in Port-au-Prince, Haiti ...

While the roles of foreign powers and corrupt politicians are well known, the oligarchy has received little attention outside Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Nineteen suspects accused in the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse arrived Monday at a courthouse as defense attorneys hoped they would be ...

Nineteen suspects accused in the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse arrived at a courthouse as defense attorneys hoped they would be released.