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Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, reopens after being closed for three months due to gang violence, as the US military flies in supplies and civilian contractors to help the police in order to pave a way for an intervention.
2024-05-20

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security discontinues the eligibility of citizens of Belize, Haiti, and Samoa to obtain H-2A and H-2B visas for temporary work.
2018-01-17

Weather forecasters track Hurricane Matthew as it makes landfall in Haiti and issue hurricane warnings for Cuba and the Bahamas.
2016-10-4

Health officials are concerned about the spread of the Zika virus in Haiti, which suffered the worst epidemic of cholera in recent history following the deadly 2010 Haiti earthquake. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there are 2,214 suspected cases as of April 23. But new research indicates the virus has been present since 2014. The actual infection rate remains unknown since the poor, densely populated nation lacks routine data systems that can track and document disease outbreaks.
2016-05-23

Thousands of Haitians riot in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti to protest the exclusion of Michel Martelly from the second round of voting in the Haitian presidential election.
2010-12-8

Voters in Haiti go to the polls for a general election, amid confusion and disorganization resulting from the cholera epidemic and the aftermath of the January earthquake
2010-11-28

The cholera epidemic which has killed more than 1,100 people in Haiti spreads to the largest prison in the country.
2010-11-19

The Irish government pledges €500,000 and an emergency shipment of humanitarian supplies to Haiti in the battle against its cholera epidemic.
2010-11-14

At least 120 people are tested for cholera in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince.
2010-11-8

Musician Wyclef Jean formally registers to stand for the presidency of Haiti.
2010-08-5