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7 July 2018. (2018-07-07) – present (6 years, 1 month, 4 weeks and 2 days) Location. Haiti. Caused by. Misuse of loans from Venezuela (Petrocaribe) and social inequality. Rising taxes on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, and poor living conditions. Corruption, impunity.
Why is Haiti so chaotic? Leaders used street gangs to gain power. Then the gangs got stronger. Wednesday 13 March 2024 20:16, Graig Graziosi. Haiti’s prime minister was last seen in Puerto Rico ...
The recorded history of Haiti began in 1492, when the European captain and explorer Christopher Columbus landed on a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean. The western portion of the island of Hispaniola, where Haiti is situated, was inhabited by the Taíno and Arawakan people, who ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — It's been a terrifying week for the people of Haiti, where gun battles between gangs and the police have gripped the capital, Port-au-Prince, and left bodies laying ...
Haitian gangs have expanded their control over the country's territory since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise, which created a political vacuum. Some 200 criminal groups form a ...
According to unaids.org, as of October 2021 Haiti has turned the tide on its HIV epidemic. HIV prevalence among adults is now 1.9%, down from a high of 3.2% in the mid-1990s. According to government statistics, of the estimated 154 000 people living with HIV, 89% know their status. Ninety-three-percent of diagnosed people are on antiretroviral ...
September 19, 2022 at 5:28 PM. The ongoing violent protests that have plunged a crisis-wrecked Haiti into a deeper state of chaos and lawlessness are being “financed by economic actors who stand ...
Haiti. United States. Haiti–United States relations are bilateral relations between Haiti and the United States. Succeeding U.S. presidents refused to recognize Haiti until Abraham Lincoln. The U.S. tried to establish a military base in Haiti and invaded. It withdrew in 1934 but continued to intervene in Haiti during subsequent decades.