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February 19, 2019
The Americas

Haiti AG Says No Pressure Applied to Release Detainees

Haiti Attorney General Paul Eronce Villard denied rumors Tuesday that he is being pressured to release eight men armed with a cache of high-powered
A view of a street at dawn in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 19, 2019.
February 19, 2019
The Americas

US Seeks 'Consular Access' for Americans Arrested in Haiti

US citizens are among 8 armed men arrested with high powered weapons arrested
Haitian National Police Headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 19, 2019. (Photo: Arthur Jean Pierre)
November 05, 2018
The Americas

Haiti Police Offer Reward for Capture of Alleged Gang Leader

Haiti's National Police force (PNH) is offering a $27,000 reward (2-million gourdes) for any information leading to the arrest of alleged gang leader
Haitian national police officers patrol a street of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares - RTX2U0EO
February 01, 2018
Arts & Culture

Haiti's Women's Under-20 Soccer Team Makes History, Qualifies for World Cup

Haiti's teen women's soccer team made history this week when it qualified for the country's first FIFA Women's Under-20 World Cup berth.Star
Haitian President Jovenel Moise and Prime Minister Jacques Guy Lafontant greet the Under-20 Women's team at the airport with flowers, handshakes and praise for job well done. (FHF photo)
January 25, 2018
The Americas

NAACP Sues Homeland Security Over Haitian TPS

The civil rights group NAACP is suing the U.S.
Children stand next to United States and Haitian flags as they hold signs in support of renewing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Central America and Haiti now living in the United States, during a news conference, Nov. 6, 2017, i
October 10, 2017
The Americas

Haiti Seeks TPS Extension for Its Nationals in US

Haiti has formally requested that U.S.
A family that stated they are from Haiti walk to the US-Canada border to cross into Canada from Champlain, New York, U.S. August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi - RTS1BEGH
October 05, 2017
USA

Retired US Army Official Indicted in Haiti Bribery Probe

A retired U.S.
Haitian-American dentist in Maryland, Dr. Joseph Baptiste
August 11, 2017
The Americas

As Canada Takes in Haitian Asylum-seekers, Uncertainty Persists

Canada's government has partly filled in a ditch so pedestrians surging through an illegal border crossing from upstate New York into Quebec won't
A line of asylum seekers who said they were from Haiti wait to enter into Canada from Roxham Road in Champlain, New York, Aug. 7, 2017.
April 05, 2017
The Americas

Scores of Haitians Huddle in Caves 6 Months After Hurricane

When rain clouds darken the skies over this government seat in Haiti's southwestern peninsula, Roland Despeines retreats to a mountain cave.
People emerge from a cave near Jeremie, Haiti, where scores continue to seek shelter after their homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Mathew last October. (B. Magloire for VOA)