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Haiti's former capital seeks to revive its hey-day as gang violence consumes Port-au-Prince

Sun Star 20 Apr 2024
It was once known as the Paris of the Antilles, and now it is on the brink of becoming what some say is Haiti’s de facto capital as Port-au-Prince crumbles under the onslaught of powerful gangs ... Such luxuries are absent in Port-au-Prince.
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Haiti’s former capital seeks to revive its hey-day as gang violence consumes Port-au-Prince

The Associated Press 20 Apr 2024
... becoming what some say is Haiti’s de facto capital as Port-au-Prince crumbles under powerful gangs.
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Haiti: UN says deaths rising sharply as gangs vie for power

Times of Oman 20 Apr 2024
Port-au-Prince. Gang violence led to 1,660 deaths and 850 injuries in the first three months of 2024 in Haiti, a UN report said on Friday.That's a more than ....
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UN report: Haiti sees surge of deaths amid instability crisis

The Philadelphia Inquirer 20 Apr 2024
But a full-fledged crisis broke out in late February, when gangs that control large areas of the capital Port-au-Prince ...
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Over 2500 people killed in Haiti during first three months of 2024— UN report - Jamaica Observer

Jamaica Observer 20 Apr 2024
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC)\u2014 The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) says more than 2,500 people have been killed or injured due to gang violence in the French-speaking Caribbean ...
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Uncle Luke for Congress? Luther Campbell, rapper turned civic activist, preparing to challenge congresswoman

Sun Sentinel 20 Apr 2024
challenging a sitting Florida congresswoman in a Democratic primary ... Cherfilus-McCormick has taken a hard line on gang leaders like Chérizier, who are responsible for the deadly violence that has caused chaos in the nation’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
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US Deports 50 Migrants To Violence-Gripped Haiti

MENA FN 19 Apr 2024
(MENAFN - The Peninsula) AFP Port-au-Prince. The United States on Thursday deported more than 50 Haitian migrants, US and Haitian officials said, sending them back to a country which has been ... .
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‘We are all human’: Amid crisis back home, Spokane group supports area’s growing Haitian community

The Spokesman-Review 19 Apr 2024
Nearly 95,000 people have fled Port-au-Prince in the last month, the United Nations reported last week ... In Haiti, Derosier was studying accounting in Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital city.
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Gala to help Haitian children to be held in Belmont

Gaston Gazette 19 Apr 2024
The date for the dinner and program is May 9, 2024, 7 - 9 p.m ... Hospital Bienfaisance is in the city of Pignon in Haiti's northern Central Plateau, far from where violence is being reported in the capital city of Port-Au-Prince ... Omer Shedd of Cramerton.
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Members of Congress put pressure on Biden to grant protections for Haitians fleeing to the U.S.

The Grio 19 Apr 2024
... the country’s largest port, which has stopped the flow of supplies and destabilized life for many Haitians ... Pedestrians and commuters fill a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, March 12, 2024.
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US deports about 50 Haitians to nation hit with gang violence, ending monthslong pause in flights

Times Union 19 Apr 2024
U.S ... Marjorie Dorsaninvil, a U.S ... The majority of those displaced traveled to Haiti’s southern region, which is generally peaceful compared with Port-au-Prince, which has an estimated population of 3 million and is largely paralyzed by gang violence ... .
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Haitian migrants staying at Norton hotel find home in Taunton church — 2 even baptized

The Enterprise - Brockton 19 Apr 2024
It was signed into law in 1983 by Gov ... Jecrois said he’s not surprised that more Haitians are trying to get to the United States to escape ongoing, criminal gang violence — including murders and rapes — in and around the capital of Port-au-Prince.
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‘Unconscionable’: US sends dozens to Haiti on deportation flight

Al Jazeera 18 Apr 2024
But the already dire situation escalated further in late February, when powerful armed groups attacked prisons, police stations and other state institutions across Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
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