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Expectations in Haiti over semi-final phase to elect prime minister

Published on: May 22, 2024
12:07

Port-au-Prince, May 22 (Prensa Latina) All 15 candidates who will run on the semi-final stage to elect the interim Prime Minister of Haiti are currently are raising the expectations of several political stakeholders and sectors of society.

Violence in Haiti causes devastating impact on education

Published on: May 22, 2024
08:28

United Nations, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Violence in Haiti has had a devastating impact on education after the insecurity caused the closure of some 900 schools since mid-2023 in the provinces of Artibonite and Port-au-Prince.

Kenyan delegation assesses future military base in Haiti

Published on: May 21, 2024
15:14

Port-au-Prince, May 21 (Prensa Latina) An official Kenyan delegation begins an inspection in this capital on Tuesday to assess where its troops will be located in Haiti.

Number of candidates for prime minister of Haiti increases

Published on: May 17, 2024
14:10

Port-au-Prince, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The list of candidates for the post of interim prime minister in Haiti adds new candidates on Friday, and whoever wins the post will govern along with the president of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT, in French) the destiny of this country until 2026.

UN maintains humanitarian efforts despite violence in Haiti

Published on: May 17, 2024
08:23

United Nations, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The UN maintains humanitarian efforts to support people affected and displaced by violence in Haiti, which has impacted the capital neighborhoods.

Port-au-Prince hoods are increasingly vulnerable, UN warns

Published on: May 13, 2024
16:34

United Nations, May 13 (Prensa Latina) Coordinated attacks over several neighborhoods in Haiti´s capital worsen the extremely vulnerable situation of Haitians, the United Nations (UN) warned on Monday.

Haiti: Gangs maintain insecurity and reject foreign forces

Published on: May 13, 2024
14:41

Port-au-Prince, May 13 (Prensa Latina) Faced with the imminent arrival of a foreign force in Haiti, a gang member said, ‘we are waiting for the whites,’ a defiant phrase that dashes on Monday the illusion of the safe resumption of commercial flights here.

Haitian police continue search for over 3,000 escaped inmates

Published on: May 9, 2024
17:48

Port-au-Prince, May 9 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian National Police (PNH) on Thursday continues in its search for more than 3,000 prisoners who escaped from jails assaulted by gang coalition.

UN reinforces response after attacks on Delma commune in Haiti

Published on: May 9, 2024
15:20

United Nations, May 9 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations (UN) is reinforcing on Thursday its humanitarian support in Delmas commune, in Haiti's capital, following lately attacks on the town.

Haiti: 34 health institutions forced to close due to gang violence

Published on: May 7, 2024
17:04

Port-au-Prince, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Haiti's Public Health and Population Ministry on Tuesday reported that 34 public and private health institutions were forced to close as a result of gang violenc. Dr. Yvrose Chrysostome, director of the Health Services Organization, said that 34 clinics and hospitals stopped operating from March to April 2024 due to looting and fires committed by armed bandits.

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