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Two American Christian missionaries, one of them the daughter of a Missouri State Representative, and a Haitian pastor are killed in a gang ambush in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
2024-05-24

Gangs attack the neighborhood of Pétion-Ville in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing at least five people.
2024-03-20

A major 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Petit Trou de Nippes, Haiti, killing at least 304 people and wounding more than 1,800 others. Several homes and buildings collapsed, with the earthquake being felt across the Caribbean. No tsunami warning has been issued. Haiti is still recovering from a major earthquake that impacted the country in 2010.
2021-08-14

Hurricane Laura heads toward the Gulf Coast of the United States. The storm is now over western Cuba after killing multiple people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The coasts of Texas and Louisiana prepare to receive Laura as a category 3 (or higher) hurricane.
2020-08-25

Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigns after deadly protests against fuel price rises.
2018-07-15

A bus driver in the Haitian city of Gonaïves ploughs into crowds of people celebrating Rara while speeding away from an earlier accident which left one person dead, killing at least 38 people, including a group of street musicians, and injures 17 others.
2017-03-12

Haiti's prime minister Garry Conille resigns after a power struggle within the government.
2012-02-24

At least 38 migrants from Haiti are found dead after their boat sank off the east coast of Cuba.
2011-12-25

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

Residents in Haiti and Jamaica are evacuated ahead of Tropical Storm Tomas.
2010-11-4