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Severe Crisis as Cannibal Gang takes over Haiti Government
The unrest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, escalated over the weekend as heavily armed gangs targeted government buildings, including the National Palace, and set fire to parts of the Interior Ministry using petrol bombs.
These attacks are part of a wave of violence that has seen gangs wreak havoc across the city, torching airports, police stations, and prisons, resulting in the release...
US Reinforces Haiti Embassy, Evacuates Some Staff In Overnight Airlift Mission
America could be on the verge of losing another embassy on President Biden’s watch.
Haiti is quickly accelerating into greater chaos and violence by the day. The US military was forced this weekend to fly in reinforcements to the US embassy in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, where the area outside the embassy has been transformed into a warzone.
The late-night operation also included emergency...
Gangsters Take Full Control of Haiti, UN Sends Kenyan Troops to Help Restore Order
Haiti’s problems just went from bad to worse, as the UN and embattled Haitian government of Ariel Henry (who is currently abroad as armed rebels seek his ouster) prepare a Kenyan peacekeeping force to intervene amid constant armed gang warfare which have taken over the streets of Port-au-Prince.
Despite for months not having had control of the capital city, authorities have ordered a nighttime curfew...
Haiti senator shoots photographer in the FACE amid political chaos in Port-au-Prince
A photojournalist was wounded after a Haitian lawmaker opened fire on an angry crowd that had assembled outside the country’s parliament in Port-au-Prince. The violence follows a week of anti-government demonstrations.
Video footage shows Senator Jean Marie Ralph Fethiere getting out of his car and firing several shots with a handgun, as onlookers scramble for cover. A bullet fragment hit Chery...
Haiti opposition protesters burn US flag, demand Russian intervention
As the poorest Caribbean state descends into chaos caused by the corruption of its elites, protesters on the streets are calling for help from a man who has never set foot in the country – Vladimir Putin.
“Down with Americans, long live Putin!” chanted around 200 demonstrators in the capital Port-au-Prince on Friday, some holding up printouts with the face of the Russian president.
Protesters...
Haiti “World’s Oldest Independent Black Republic” Collapses into Chaos Once Again
Haiti—the Western Hemisphere’s oldest independent black republic—has collapsed into Third World chaos once again as its African population pillaged, burned and vandalized shops in the capital city in ingoing violence despite the government backing down from attempts to raise the fuel price—allegedly the cause of the latest outbreak of unrest.
African rioters blocked streets using felled trees...
Adopted Haitian children arrive in France for Christmas
Most of the children will be in France in time for Christmas with their new families.
Some 200 Haitian orphans are being brought to France to be with their adoptive families for Christmas.
On Wednesday, a plane carrying the first group of more than 100 children arrived in Paris from Port-au-Prince.
Another flight carrying another 80 children is expected on Friday.
More than 300 adopted children are...
Obama seeks $2.8 billion in emergency funding for Haiti
Although America just met its worse Financial Crisis ever, their president wants to throw away $2.8 billion
President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $2.8 billion in emergency funding for the reconstruction effort in Haiti following January’s devastating earthquake.
The president’s request comes one week before a U.N. donors conference March 31 in New York. Haitian officials plan to...
Obama commits to REBUILD Haiti
While Americans are poor and jobless, Obama commits to REBUILD a foreign nation!
Even as rescuers are digging victims out of the rubble in Haiti, policymakers in Washington and around the world are grappling with how a destitute, corrupt and now devastated country might be transformed into a self-sustaining nation.
Development efforts have failed there, decade after decade, leaving Haitians with a...
Massive 7.3 Earthquake has hit Haiti and it's a Disaster... for the U.S.
Tragedy! But, no not necessarily for Haiti because they won’t have to worry for anything. America will pay up as usual. Now billions will be sent to that island and tens of thousands of Haitians will be allowed to immigrate to the US and the deportation of thousands (illegals, drug dealers) of others will be halted.
A major earthquake hit the impoverished country of Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing...