Haiti

For decades, the United Nations has intervened in Haiti in a bid to address persistent political, economic and security crises. To date, all attempts have failed.

A spiritual healer who seamlessly bridges the worlds of art and medicine, Guillaume's unique perspective comes into sharp focus during this month's Fèt Gede celebration.

The outbreak, tied to the rainy season, is spreading throughout and around the capital, Port-au-Prince, as its health infrastructure nears collapse and insecurity escalates.

Haitians across South Florida will honor a native tradition and spirituality as they celebrate the island nation’s annual Fèt Gede — Haiti's lesser-known version of Day of the Dead.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa — one of the strongest storms in recorded history — several South Florida organizations and local governments are stepping up to help Caribbean nations affected by the storm.

People across the northern Caribbean are digging out from the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa as deaths from the storm climbed.

Dozens of people, from Colombian commandos to a former police chief to private security contractors in South Florida — even a former Haitian first lady — have been accused of participating in the 2021 plot to assassinate Jovenel Moïse, Haiti’s last democratically elected president.

A new book by Historian Julia Gaffield analyzes the mixed legacy of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haiti's first head of state post-independence.

The U.N. Security Council's approval for the creation of a so-called gang suppression force in Haiti has been met with wary resignation in the small Caribbean state.

A Federal Aviation Administration ban on U.S. commercial flights to Haiti’s capital has been extended to March 7, 2026. The ban had expired on Monday. The FAA notes that Haitian gangs now control 90% of Port-au-Prince as well as nearby strategic routes and border areas. The FAA said in a statement Friday that Haitian foreign terrorist organizations maintain access to small arms and unmanned aircraft systems capable of reaching low-altitude phases of flight. In May, the U.S. government designated a powerful gang coalition known as Viv Ansanm as a foreign terrorist organization.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the right to live and work in the United States.

Nearly 200 Haitians were repatriated to their homeland on Tuesday after U.S. Coast Guard officials intercepted an overloaded vessel about 40 miles north of Cap Haitien.