The Latest Breaking News from Haiti

A diplomat assigned to the Dominican Republic’s Port-au-Prince embassy is Haiti’s latest kidnapping victim, a senior Haitian government official has confirmed.

Haitians in the capital Port-au-Prince fled their homes on Monday as gun battles broke out between rival gangs, according to a Reuters witness, following clashes between armed groups that killed at least 20 last week.

On May 1, workers, labour unions, and leftist demonstrators marched through major cities in recognition of May Day, traditionally an international celebration of labourers and the working class.

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Heavy gunfire is echoing in a once quiet neighborhood in Haiti’s capital that has become ground zero in a gang fight that has killed at least 20 people, injured more than a dozen and forced thousands to flee their homes this week

Mexican authorities had limited capacity to manage the country’s recent wave of Haitian migrants, who lived in dire conditions and struggled with the country’s immigration system, said a report published Thursday by an international refugee advocacy organization.

An ongoing conflict between heavily armed Haitian gangs on the eastern outskirts of Port-au-Prince has left at least 18 civilians dead and forced several hundred individuals, including children, from their homes, the country’s Office of Civil Protection and the United Nations humanitarian organization said.

MIAMI — The undercover work of former U.S. government informants suspected of plotting to kill Haiti’s president has compelled Miami federal prosecutors to seal off evidence about their past activities in the interest of U.S. national security, saying the information is classified and cannot be turned over to the defense…

Last year a record 133,000 people risked their lives on a perilous trek through a lawless jungle – and the numbers keep rising

Criminal violence in Haiti worsened this week. with fighting among gangs in part of the capital chasing thousands from their homes and killing at least 20 people, including children.

Chaos and violence is once more erupting in Haiti, where armed clashes between warring violent gangs are once more forcing residents to flee their homes under a hail of bullets.