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U.S. and Haiti are seeking the release of 17 missionaries snatched by a gang

2:35pm October 18, 2021

by The Associated Press

Authorities seek the release of the 16 Americans and one Canadian kidnapped in Haiti over the weekend. On Monday, unions and other organizations launched a strike to protest worsening security.

A view down a busy street in Port au Prince, Haiti. Kidnappings in the country have already been worse in 2021 than years before.

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Haiti's kidnapping crisis is plunging the country even further into turmoil

3:05pm October 17, 2021

Seventeen missionaries were kidnapped by an armed gang in Haiti on Saturday. It was the latest in what experts are calling a kidnapping crisis in the country — a crisis largely driven by one gang.

The Baron de Mackau of France presenting demands to Jean-Pierre Boyer, President of Haiti, in 1825

'The Greatest Heist In History': How Haiti Was Forced To Pay Reparations For Freedom

10:40am October 05, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the world, and rich countries have their fingerprints all over the nation's stunted development.

Haitians deported from the U.S. recover their belongings scattered on the tarmac of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport on Tuesday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Here's What Haitians Are Finding When They Get Off U.S. Expulsion Flights

12:48pm September 22, 2021

by Bill Chappell

"What can we provide for our family?" one Haitian told the AP. "We can't do anything for our family here. There is nothing in this country."

Dr. Antoine Titus talks to a walk-up patient at Immaculée Conception Hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, where he was made chief physician the day of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake.

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In Over 2 Weeks Since The Haiti Earthquake, This ER Doctor Hasn't Slept At Home

11:06am August 30, 2021

by Becky Sullivan

What should have been an ordinary Saturday at the emergency room instead became a day Dr. Antoine Titus cannot forget.

Families wait to receive humanitarian aid from a U.S. Army helicopter unit in the town of Anse-A-Veau, Haiti, on Wednesday.

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Almost 2 Weeks After The Quake, Aid Is Just Getting To Some Remote Towns In Haiti

8:44am August 26, 2021

The magnitude 7.2 earthquake killed more than 2,000 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes in Haiti's southern peninsula. Recovery efforts have been slow.

Hundreds of people are living in a makeshift tent city inside the main soccer stadium in Les Cayes, Haiti, following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake.

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Haitians Who Have Lost Their Homes Are Living On A Muddy Soccer Field

9:45am August 20, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

The soccer stadium in the Haitian seaside town of Les Cayes is now a tent city of people whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the earthquake. Aid continues to arrive, but slowly.

A soldier walks over earthquake rubble on Tuesday, the morning after Tropical Storm Grace swept over Les Cayes, Haiti, three days after the 7.2 magnitude quake.

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Aid Workers On The Front Line In Haiti Find Washed-Out Roads, And Some Signs Of Hope

10:36am August 19, 2021

by Bill Chappell

"There's nothing more eerie than walking into a half-destroyed building and seeing yesterday's lesson on the blackboard as if nothing had changed," says Christy Delafield of Mercy Corps.

Haitians receive umbrellas as part of humanitarian aid after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Aug. 14.

They Can't Afford Haiti Fatigue. So They Rally As Another Disaster Hits

9:18am August 19, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

Activists and relief workers can't help but respond to mounting disasters in Haiti, even though they are fatigued from the constant churn of relief efforts.

Felina Manita and her husband Jean are building a temporary home out of sticks after losing their home in Les Cayes in the earthquake on Saturday.

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A Tropical Storm Is Adding To Haiti's Misery Following A Devastating Earthquake

8:49am August 18, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

Relief efforts in Haiti are being greatly hampered by the torrential rains of Tropical Storm Grace. And many people are sleeping outside because of a fear of aftershocks.