Haiti passed a grim milestone in February, when the traditional presidential inauguration day came and went with no president taking the oath of office, no realistic prospect of presidential elections, and no established consensus on how to restore some semblance of functioning democracy in the...
Years after escaping an abusive home at age 15, the Founder of HaitiChildren, Susie Krabacher, was gallantly crowned the Miss May Playboy Playmate of 1983. At 18 years old Susie was not focusing on the unique opportunities a magazine centerfold could unlock; she was questioning...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — After Haiti’s president was assassinated and the country slid into turmoil, Ariel Henry became head of the government, responsible for bringing the killers to justice and helping the country heal. But new evidence suggests that Mr. Henry maintained communications with a prime suspect...
The US government announced on Tuesday that it had arrested one of the main suspects in the killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moise and charged him with conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United State Read full article...
Praise God from who all blessings flow!! 17 missionaries kidnapped on October 16th and now all are free. 5 of which who were released weeks prior to the escape of the last 12. On December 15th, the last 12 hostages, including 8 adults and 4 children, made...
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 Canadian Press...
A Haiti gang has released all 12 hostages two months to the day after they were kidnapped in Haiti’s capital, Haiti National Police Spokesman Garry Desrosiers and two U.S. government sources confirmed to the Miami Herald. Read more at The Miami Herald...
Haiti is not one story. It is many stories -- overlapping, colliding, advancing relentlessly to violent and heartbreaking endings. The rich and the desperately poor. The brutal and the brutalized. Uneasily and sometimes murderously, they share half an island that is a magnet for natural disasters. Photographer...
Haiti has suffered multiple protracted crises in recent decades. More than half the population of 11.6 million people live below the poverty line and nearly 2.8 million Haitians live in extreme poverty. The July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse deepened a long-standing governance crisis...
After being held hostage for 37 days by a gang, two people with a U.S. Christian aid group have been released in Port-au-Prince and are described as “safe.” Full article via NYT...