Haiti

COMMENTARY The Organization of American States' rant about the international community's epic failures in Haiti sounds hypocritical — but necessary nonetheless.

A ship carrying more than 300 Haitian migrants was intercepted by the Coast Guard and Border Patrol Saturday near Key Largo. Two of them were taken to a local hospital to be treated for dehydration. The others were screened onsite for medical issues.

A vessel carrying as many as 60 people people capsized off the coast of the Bahamas. The islands have seen a recent increase in human smuggling incidents, as Haitians flee dire conditions back home.

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to threaten sanctions against those shipping weapons and ammunition to the gangs that have overrun Haiti.

Haiti has been troubled by gang violence, food and water scarcity and a need for humanitarian aid. What will the U.N. do? The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary aims to expand by almost 1,000 square miles.

For years Haitian expats have paid service fees for what they thought was an education overhaul in Haiti. Many say it was a scam — and they're suing Haitian officials.

With warring gangs and a powerless government since Jovenel Moïse was killed in his home, many are risking perilous voyages on rickety boats to start lives elsewhere.

In an interview on Colombian radio station La FM, Edwin Blanquicet Rodríguez breaks his silence on the slaying with fresh details that raise more questions in the slow-moving investigation into the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

Visiting a hougan, a Vodou priest, before any clandestine voyage is as important as finding the right boat and outfitting it with the essentials, mariners, locals and the priests themselves say. During the visits, boat captains and operators seek spiritual protection and guidance to help them arrive safely — and put the evil eye on the Coast Guard.

After a gang took control of a Port-au-Prince courthouse this week, the U.N.'s top Haiti official is urging more help for the country's threadbare police.

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is urging the Biden administration to make Haiti’s ongoing crisis a focus during next month’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles.

A vessel carrying more than 800 Haitians trying to reach the United States wound up instead on the coast of central Cuba, government news media said Wednesday. It appeared to be the largest group yet in a swelling exodus of people from crisis-stricken Haiti.