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The Port international de Port-au-Prince (UN/LOCODE: HTPAP [1]) is the seaport in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. It suffered catastrophic damage in the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Some of docks and warehouses are operated by the government's Autorité Portuaire Nationale (APN), and some are run by private companies. [2]
Taiwan – Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs closed Taiwan's embassy in Haiti on 15 and 16 September in response to the protests occurring throughout Haiti. [74] On 25 October, Taiwan's foreign ministry stated that the Taiwanese government is helping the Haitian government buy personal equipment such as bulletproof vests from Taiwanese ...
On 5 March, with the Port-au-Prince airport shut down by gang attacks, Henry's chartered plane was also prevented from landing in Santo Domingo, and was diverted to San Juan, Puerto Rico. [23] [158] [159] Over the next days US military airlifted out its embassy personnel [160] and the European Union evacuated all diplomatic staff from Haiti. [161]
The Port-au-Prince port, the largest in the country, can’t be permitted to shut down for “even a second,” he said during an interview on Magik 9 radio station.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Land access to a vital supply port in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince is being closed off after attacks by armed gangs, operator Caribbean Port Services (CPS) said ...
Key ports have been closed for more than a month, but on Thursday Florida-based non-profit Hope for Haiti said a first humanitarian flight since the capital's airport shut down had landed in Port ...
In 2021, Haiti was the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.Economic and political crises were compounded by the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, and the 2021 Haiti earthquake which caused 2,248 deaths and US$1.5 billion in damage, and an unstable electrical grid that left hospitals, schools, and businesses dependent on gasoline generators.
In Port-au-Prince, Gana — a 30-year-old Nigerian who also worked in southern Yemen in 2021 and 2022 — said many hospitals have shut down over the past week amid the worsening violence.