Haiti

Residents of Port-au-Prince’s Cite Soleil district have staged a protest to seek the protection of local authorities after gang violence forced hundreds of people to flee their homes over the weekend.

"It is clear that the security conditions are not met at the level for us to have elections in August," Fils-Aimé said in an interview broadcast Monday on Magik9 radio in Haiti and reported by Reuters.

A Florida jury has convicted four men of conspiracy in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Prosecutors said South Florida served as a central location for planning and financing the plot to oust Moïse and replace him with someone else.

Former U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was accused of violating elections law for accepting donations through shell companies stemming from a Haitian government-funded company, according to the Campaign Legal Center complaint.

For many legendary artists, church was their introduction to music — like for Boynton Beach native Jobina Bien-Aime, or Jobi, whose blend of hip hop, jazz, rap and gospel fuels her artistry. She spoke with WLRN about how her faith and Haitian heritage influence her music.

The planned rally comes a little more than week after the House approved a bill to extend TPS for Haitians. Republican and Democratic lawmakers from South Florida — home to the largest Haitians in the U.S. — proved crucial in passing the bill 224-204.

COMMENTARY Florida U.S. Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick's resignation leaves Haitian-Americans with no presence in Congress — and a bigger need to get serious about filling the void.

The House has passed legislation that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants living in the United States. The long-shot effort against President Donald Trump's attempts to end that status would allow hundreds of thousands of qualifying immigrants to remain in the U.S. without fear of deportation.

Love, loss and borders collide in Melodrama — the Dominican and Haitian drama-romance making its U.S. premiere at the 43rd Miami Film Festival.

A contingent of nearly 200 Democratic members of Congress filed a "friend of the court" brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, mounting a major legal challenge against the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians.

A stampede at a mountaintop fortress popular with tourists in northern Haiti has killed at least 25 people and injured dozens of others, authorities said.

A new documentary explores the 1915 U.S. occupation of Haiti, often described as a forgotten chapter of American and Haitian history.