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From 2017 to 2021, with Haiti's political leadership deadlocked, public administration virtually shut down due to a lack of funding, and the judicial system in shambles, gangs seized political power through co-operative politicians, and economic control through financing by the business elite, protection rackets, kidnappings and murders.
Mexico has actively supported the rebuilding and modernization efforts of the Armed Forces of Haiti with training. In 2018, a Mexican delegation led by Mexican Army Brigadier General Porfirio Fuentes, travelled to Haiti for a workshop with the Haitian military high command, where a workshop was held discussing the strategies of military cooperation between the two nations [13].
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]
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.
A major port terminal in Haiti was broken into Thursday as violence in the country escalated after the government extended its state of emergency.
A dispute over a critical waterway separating Haiti and the Dominican Republic is threatening to spill over into a diplomatic crisis this week, with Santo Domingo threatening to shut down its land ...
On 2 and 3 March, armed gangs stormed the two largest prisons in Haiti, one in Croix des Bouquets, the other in Port-au-Prince. [12] More than 4,700 inmates escaped. [ 10 ] Police were reported to be undermanned and outgunned by the gangs, with only 9,000 operating in Haiti at the time of the fighting. [ 13 ]
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