Haiti crisis

Haiti's once-illustrious Grand Hôtel Oloffson has been burned down by gangs this past weekend. The beloved Gothic gingerbread home in Port-au-Prince that inspired books, hosted parties until dawn and attracted visitors from Mick Jagger to Haitian presidents. Hundreds mourned the news as it began to spread across social media.

During the six-hour tour, the Kenyans were mostly ignored by people on the street and occasionally heckled; the vehicle was shot at once.

Haiti's law enforcement authorities say a member of a violent gang accused of kidnapping four U.S. citizens has been extradited to the U.S. Haiti’s National Police on Tuesday identified the individual as Jhon Peter Fleronvil who is affiliated with the gang known as “Kokorat San Ras."

Kenya's parliament has approved the deployment of 1000 police officers to Haiti to help deal with rising gang violence in the Caribbean nation.

Fontaine Hospital Center in the Cite Soleil slum has been considered an oasis in a community overrun by gangs that have unleashed increasingly violent attacks against each other and civilians.

Haiti recently saw flooding and landslides that killed more than 50 people and forced tens of thousands from their homes, before being struck by a major earthquake that killed at least four people. On The South Florida Roundup, we discussed the difficulties Haiti faces.

A Parkland school resource officer faces an unprecedented trial, Lionel Messi is coming to Miami (19:40) and battered Haiti needs our help more than ever (35:16).

Inmates in Haiti’s overcrowded prison system are being subjected to a starvation-level diet, putting them substantially at risk for malnutrition and even death, a new University of Florida study says.

As violent gangs rule more and more neighborhoods in Haiti, some business owners are contriving ways to help keep workers safe, fed, sheltered and less traumatized.

Equipped with new tactical training and recently acquired Canadian-made armored vehicles, specialized units of Haiti’s national police force have started to take back control of the country’s main oil terminal and seaports from powerful gangs after two months.

The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously agreed to clamp down on illicit arms sales and violent criminal armed groups in Haiti by imposing a travel ban, arms embargo and asset freeze on gang leaders — and anyone engaging in actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of the crisis-wrecked Caribbean country.

It's been nearly a year since tens of thousands of Haitian migrants converged on Del Rio, Texas. Some of those migrants are still looking for safety — and accountability for how they were treated.