At least two members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have re-introduced visa requirements for Haitian nationals. According to reports from various Caribbean News Sites, the Barbadian and Dominican Governments have re-introduced visa requirements for Haitian nationals entering their country. While the restriction applies to holders of ordinary passports they do not apply to those Haitian […]
PORT AU PRINCE – Thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets here last Friday demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse and the lack of a response from the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, António Guterres, to their calls that the international community withdraw political support for the embattled head of state. Violent clashes […]
A Haitian senator reportedly shot two men, including a photojournalist, outside the country’s parliament last Monday amid unrest in the nation. Sen. Jean Marie Ralph Féthière opened fire while facing a throng of unruly protesters on the second day of failed attempts by the government to confirm the nomination of Fritz William Michel as the […]
NASSAU – The Bahamas government has refuted allegations that non-nationals are being mistreated in the wake of Hurricane Dorian and appealed to the international community “to seek trusted and credible sources of information” on the country. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Hubert Minnis administration had become a victim “of […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A year after scrapping visa requirements for Haitians, the Barbados government has reversed its decision. Barbados’ Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), David Comissiong last Friday that the government was forced to do so because of the “large influx” of people of Haitian nationality coming from Panama and Chile who were not […]
By Darnel Harris In the lead up to Canada and Haiti’s quarterfinal soccer match in the Gold Cup last Saturday, the warning signs were clear and storylines rich. Haiti had scored two goals in every group stage match in June 2019, including a comeback victory over Costa Rica, who played at the 2018 World Cup. […]
Several thousand demonstrators marched through Port-au-Prince on Sunday to demand the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise over allegations of embezzlement. Led by dozens of protesters on motorcycles, the mostly youthful demonstrators filled city center streets in a rally organized by opposition parties and civil society groups. Amid a heavy police presence, the marchers erected […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti— Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise yesterday confirmed Jean-Michel Lapin in his post as the country’s new prime minister, just weeks after the Chamber of Deputies censured his predecessor’s six-month-old government. The new administration that Lapin — currently the acting prime minister — must assemble with Moise will face pressing problems such as the high […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti’s minister of culture and communication announced last week that national carnival celebrations will be cancelled in the wake of violent protests that paralysed the country for more than 10 days. “Organising a national carnival requires preparation time,” Jean-Michel Lapin told reporters. “Technically, it is too late for the government to discuss […]
The United States Coast Guard says it has repatriated 50 Haitian migrants following an exercise at sea last week in which a vessel was intercepted with 127 Haitians. The Coast Guard said it located an overloaded 70-foot sail freighter last Saturday about 20 miles off the northeast coast of Cuba and transferred 50 Haitian migrants. […]
