HAITI

Haitians are fleeing in greater numbers to the neighboring Dominican Republic, where they step onto rickety wooden boats as they attempt to reach Puerto Rico — a trip in which 11 Haitian women drowned this week, with dozens of other migrants believed missing.

"Mass rescue effort" under way after boat loaded with suspected migrants capsized near Puerto Rico, killing at least 11.

Officials said a "mass rescue effort" was still underway.

Haiti Government Commissioner Jacques Lafontant tells The Associated Press that unidentified suspects have broken into one of the country's main courthouses, ransacked judges’ offices and stole items including cell phones.

Authorities say a former Haitian senator is facing charges in the United States related to last year’s assassination of former Haiti President Jovenel Moïse.

A gang infamous for taking hostages for ransom abducts a bus full of Haitian and Turkish passengers.

The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang was transferred to U.S. custody to face smuggling, money laundering and conspiracy charges.

Haitian authorities say leader of 400 Mawozo gang was extradited to the US for kidnapping Americans.

Mexican authorities have relocated a migrant camp that sprung up in a park in the border city of Reynosa

Mexican authorities have relocated a migrant camp that sprung up in a park in the border city of Reynosa.

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.

The U.S. Coast Guard reported finding a sailboat with 89 migrants — some of whom asked for help — on Saturday about 17 miles northeast of Punta Maisi, Cuba.

The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a crowded Haitian sailboat on Monday in the Bahamas.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis’ crew repatriated 88 people, including 62 males and 26 females, to Haiti on Sunday.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 has struck in Haiti close to an area still struggling to recover from a deadly tremor that hit last year

Advocates from the Family Action Network Movement and the Florida Immigration Coalition share their concerns about the crowded ships carrying Haitian immigrants.

Haitian migrants are reaching Florida’s shores in repeated suspected human smuggling operations, outpacing last year’s migration waves

Haitian migrants are reaching Florida’s shores in repeated suspected human smuggling operations, outpacing last year’s migration waves.

For the second time in two weeks, a large group of Haitian migrants has come to shore in the Florida Keys.

After a number of Haitian deportations, a group of about 40 people gathered outside the Dania Beach Border Patrol station Saturday, calling for an end to deportations and equal treatment for the people of Haiti.

The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated 198 migrants to Haiti on Thursday, days after they were spotted on a boat off Key Largo.

Photos from a Coast Guard helicopter show dozens of people on the boat, with several others in the water, but few details were immediately available.

The U.S. Coast Guard said a vessel came ashore near the Ocean Reef community in Key Largo on Sunday afternoon.

Hundreds of migrants from Haiti arrived in a wooden boat off shore of an exclusive gated community in north Key Largo Sunday afternoon, according to authorities.

The White House says the request by Ukrainian separatists for Russian military assistance in the face of supposed "aggression" by Ukraine's government is an example of the "false flag" operations the West has consistently warned against. (Feb. 23)

Dr. Paul Farmer, who may be best known for founding the nonprofit Partners in Health, died in his sleep Monday in Rwanda. The world-renowned physician, anthropologist and humanitarian was 62 years old.

The physician and humanitarian embraced the world’s most vulnerable people, and saved more lives than can be counted.

The U.N. Security Council  is calling for those responsible for violence in Haiti to be held accountable

In low-income countries, just 5.5% of people have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Haiti's health minister says the country is fighting a rise in COVID-19 cases as the government struggles to convince people to get vaccinated.

Ahead of an international conference on Haiti led by his country, Canada’s ambassador to the Caribbean nation is calling for a politically “inclusive accord” to address a deepening constitutional crisis following the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse

U.S. authorities say a businessman accused in the July 7 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was extradited to face criminal charges in Miami after he was detained in the Dominican Republic.

John Joel Joseph has been arrested in Jamaica in connection with the death of Jovenel Moïse.

Haiti’s Senate has reconvened for the first time in a year with only a handful of legislators present, a move that highlights the country’s dysfunctional government as it prepares for elections following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse

Mario Antonio Palacios Palacios, a suspect in the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, is now in U.S. custody and is expected to appear in federal court in Miami.

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Ariel Henry was targeted by gunmen during an event in Gonaïves on Saturday, his office says.

Harnaaz Sandhu, the Princess of India was crowned Miss Universe 2021 on Sunday, marking the end of a controversial competition

A spokesman for Christian Aid Ministries said the hostages walked for hours across rugged terrain before finding someone who could help them.

Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape, eluding their kidnappers and walking for miles over difficult, moonlit terrain with an infant and other children in tow, according to the agency they work for, officials said Monday. The group of 12 navigated by stars to reach safety after a two-month kidnapping ordeal, officials with the Christian Aid Ministries, the Ohio-based agency that the captive missionaries work for, said Monday at a press conference. The detailed accounting of their journey to safety comes after news Thursday that the missionaries were free.

The remaining members of a U.S.-based missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago have been freed.

Authorities say at least 75 people were killed and dozens more injured after a gasoline tanker overturned and exploded in northern Haiti.

A religious group based in Ohio has announced that a violent gang in Haiti has released three more hostages, while another 12 remain abducted.

Prime Minister Ariel Henry has sworn in his new Cabinet more than four months after he assumed leadership of Haiti following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

A conservative lawmaker with a history of defending Chile’s military dictatorship and a former student protest leader are headed to a polarizing presidential runoff after failing to garner enough votes to win the country’s election outright

"While we rejoice at this release, our hearts are with the fifteen people who are still being held," the church group said.

An Ohio-based church organization says two of 17 members of a missionary group have been freed in Haiti more than a month after being kidnapped.

Disruption of fuel supplies has hindered the delivery of humanitarian assistance, including health care services provided by Project HOPE.

The Biden administration has been using the Title 42 public health order to expel migrants back to Haiti. Those measures appear to be discouraging others from crossing.

The missionaries are with Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries and had been visiting an orphanage when they were abducted.

It could turn out to be the 8th coronavirus known to spread humans. Some scientists think doctors and researchers should start actively looking for this virus in patients.

Lake Stevens native Chris Pratt was slammed over an Instagram post.

Throughout his time in Haiti, photographer Rodrigo Abd had his hand on his camera, but even before he could raise it he would hear the chorus of “No photo!”

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti is not one story. Photographer Roberto Abd, working with reporter Alberto Arce, spent four weeks in Haiti and came away with a kaleidoscopic collection of images -- fragments of slices of life in a tumultuous land. One Saturday evening, after a shootout between policemen and a gang, Abd saw a corpse laying face-down in the street with passersby averting their gazes in a common form of self-defense: See no evil to save yourself.

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Relatives and supporters of 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti are praying at least as much for the captors as the captives.

Haiti’s capital has been brought to the brink of exhaustion by fuel shortages, after staggered along despite an earthquake, the assassination of the president, gang violence and mass kidnappings

A growing number of women crossing the forbidding jungle of the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama on their route north are reporting sexual assaults, grabbing the attention of Panamanian lawmakers

Three new members of Congress will officially or essentially be chosen in special elections happening Nov. 2: The general elections in Ohio’s 11th and 15th congressional districts and the Democratic primary for Florida’s 20th.

The small beachside town street vendors that used to cater to Colombian city tourists have adapted their inventory to their new customers: A new wave of desperate migrants heading to the U.S.

At the Colombian coastal town of Necoclí, there is a store selling only boat tickets to cross the Gulf of Urabá — which acts as the bridge between South and Central America.

Necoclí is no longer the secluded beachside town tourists from neighboring cities used to visit. The stop in a smugglers’ route is old. Local officials say the desperation is unprecedented.

Gangs across Haiti’s capital and beyond are wielding power like never before

By Layla DavidsonAlmost 17 American missionaries are now reported kidnapped by gang members in Haiti, including 14 adults and three minors. On Saturday, the missionaries traveled to Titanyen, north of Port-au-Prince, and they got abducted when they were en route. Kidnappings in Haiti have increased throughout 2021. More than 628 kidnappings have taken place since January. The investigation is still ongoing, and Haiti’s security forces will provide more information at a later date.

The White House says the U.S. has donated its 200 millionth COVID-19 shot to help vaccinate the rest of the world.

For Joelle Farah Michel and her family, their horrifying ordeal began on Oct. 3.

Negotiations are stretching into a fourth day seeking the return of 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group kidnapped over the weekend in Haiti by a gang that is demanding $1 million ransom per person

More than a dozen American missionaries have been kidnapped by a gang in Haiti. Also, jury selection begins in the murder trial of the men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds.

From the Philippines to El Salvador, there is a long history of American missionaries facing violence while trying to spread their religions abroad.

For for Haitians rich and poor, gang violence and kidnappings for ransom have become a tragically common facet of life.

The missionary group, which included children, were on their way home from building an orphanage, according to a message from Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries.

An audio described as a “prayer alert” from Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries and obtained by The Washington Post stated that “men, women and children” associated with the group were being held by an armed gang.

A notorious Haitian gang known for brazen kidnappings and killings has been accused by police of abducting 17 missionaries from a U.S.-based organization.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — Broward Health today donated $250,000 worth of PPE and medical supplies to support earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. “Our nurses, doctors and so many in the community asked if we could step up following the earthquake in Haiti this past August,” said Shane Strum, president, and CEO of Broward Health. The medical supplies donated today will be shipped to the southern peninsula, which was most greatly affected by the earthquake. “This should be a message to influence others,” said Sidney Coupet, D.O., a Haitian American internal medicine physician at Broward Health. “We should get together and give back to the global society.”State Representative Marie Paule Woodson, also of Haitian descent, thanked Broward Health for the donation, saying, “Actions say more than words.

The building on which the mural is painted is located on North Miami Avenue and 62nd Street in Little Haiti.

We still have two X's on the board, but neither of them is expected to amount to anything significant.

Activity in the tropics is on the rise again, with forecasters monitoring two areas east of the Caribbean for potential development as a third peters out off the North Carolina coast.

Doctors at work, preachers in church, police on patrol: No one is safe.

The government's move to end quarantine for arrivals from 47 countries is hailed as a "genuine reopening".

Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for a one-on-one virtual interview with Local 10 News Washington Correspondent Ben Kennedy on Thursday to discuss infrastructure, the debt limit, and immigration.

Help for Haiti is on its way thanks to Broward Health, which is sending medical supplies to the country that is still recovering from the devastating magnitude 7.2 earthquake.

More people are now coming from Ecuador, Brazil, Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Martine Moïse, the widow of Haiti’s assassinated president, has traveled to her homeland to answer questions behind closed doors from a judge overseeing the murder case.

Despite the focus on the mass expulsions of Haitians from that now-empty border encampment in Del Rio, Texas, the majority of the people there are now in the U.S. and beginning their asylum claim processes.

According to a release from the Coast Guard, a total of 202 Haitians were rescued Tuesday on the waters about 20 miles northwest of Cap Du Mole, Haiti.

Three Haitian families ended up in South Florida after crossing the border in Texas.

Members of the National Haitian-American Elected Officials Network met on Tuesday in Miami-Dade County to announce they will continue to send requests to the President Joe Biden administration to halt deportations of Haitian migrants.

Local leaders including Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava joined rallygoers at Bethel Evangelical Baptist Church in Miami Gardens.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney are joined by Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, North Miami City Councilmembers Alix Desulme and Mary Estime-Irvin, Haiti Consul General in South Florida Stephane Gilles, and FIU infectious disease expert Dr. Aileen Marty.

On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney are joined by Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, North Miami City Councilmembers Alix Desulme and Mary Estime-Irvin, Haiti Consul General in South Florida Stephane Gilles, and FIU infectious disease expert Dr. Aileen Marty.

Haiti has been in turmoil for a long time.

As Border Patrol and Immigration agents worked to clear migrants from the huge camp on the border at Del Rio, a contingent of Haitian American leaders from South Florida flew to Texas to help.

Congresswoman Frederica Wilson oof Miami represents more Haitian Americans than any other member of congress.

U.S. authorities say the Texas border crossing where thousands of Haitian migrants converged in recent weeks will be partially reopened late Saturday afternoon.

The U.S. Coast Guard announced the repatriation of 260 Haitians on Friday after two at-sea interdictions off Haiti and Cuba.

President Biden speaks out about crisis on the border as the makeshift migrant camp in Del Rio, Texas is cleared out on Friday.

Federal and local officials say an encampment in a Texas border town where thousands of Haitian migrants gathered in recent days is now empty.

U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Florida held a news conference Thursday afternoon with other elected officials and community activists to discuss the treatment of Haitian migrants at the Texas border.

A camp where almost 15,000 migrants had waited along the Texas border just days ago is now dramatically smaller.

A large group has gathered in front of Miami’s immigration office Wednesday to protest the U.S. government’s deportation of Haitian migrants from a Texas border town.