The President of Haiti said that Trump's decision to freeze aid programmes, deport migrants and block refugees will be “catastrophic” for Haiti

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

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

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, the United Nations chief warned.

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.

Haiti's interim president warns that Trump's policies on aid and migration will worsen the country's dire humanitarian crisis.

former soldiers accused in the July 2021 assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse, are locked up in a Haitian jail. Nevertheless Colombian President Gustavo Petro doesn’t seem to be ...

The United Nations warns that without increased international support, gangs in Haiti could take over the capital, leading to a collapse of government authority. Despite efforts from a multinational force,

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.

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

Colombian President Gustavo Petro asks Haitians for “forgiveness” for the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Petro made a historic visit to the port city of Jacmel, Haiti ...

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.