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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]
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.
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 ]
SANTO DOMINGO/OUANAMINTHE, Haiti (Reuters) -Hundreds of Haitians returned from the Dominican Republic on Thursday after the Dominican president announced an imminent total border shutdown amid a ...
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 ...
A group of 13 people left from Port-au-Prince over the weekend amid escalating security concerns and the shutdown of Haiti’s primary airport, which have stranded many foreigners in the country ...
Port-de-Paix (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ də pɛ] ⓘ; Haitian Creole: Pòdepè or Pòdpè; meaning "Port of Peace") is a commune and the capital of the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti on the Atlantic coast. It has a population of 462,000 (2015 IHSI estimate). Port-de-Paix used to be a large exporter of bananas and coffee. [1]
The airport shutdown in Port-au-Prince has further complicated efforts. Earlier this month, Mills was involved with rescuing 10 people from the Have Faith Orphanage in Haiti.