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Thirteen people are killed and 2,000 homes are flooded during heavy rains in Haiti, mainly in the city of Cap-Haitien. Rains occurs also in Puerto Rico, where planes are landed in San Juan to reroute.
2024-05-3

Gangs exchange gunfire with police and soldiers in an attempt to seize control of Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
2024-03-4

The United Nations Security Council approves a resolution establishing a Kenyan-led security force with a mandate of one year to combat gang violence in Haiti.
2023-10-2

One person is killed, another injured and 14 rescued after an overcrowded boat capsizes off the coast of Haiti.
2023-06-3

UN Secretary-General António Guterres proposes a "rapid action force" of several countries that could intervene in Haiti in order to help the Haitian National Police restore control of the country and remove the threat posed by "armed gangs".
2022-10-9

Carlos Guillén Tatis, the agriculture counselor at the Dominican Republic's embassy in Haiti, is kidnapped in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti.
2022-05-3

Father Bernardo Buil, a friar from Aragon, celebrates the first Mass in the New World at La Isabela in Puerto Plata on January 6, 1494. To commemorate this 525-year event Pope Francis appoints Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez of El Salvador as his representative for the anniversary Mass. Father Buil accompanied Christopher Columbus on his second voyage.
2019-01-7

United Kingdom Secretary of State for International Development Penny Mordaunt tells BBC One that Oxfam's failure to pass on information regarding sexual misconduct allegations of its workers in Haiti and Chad shows an "absolute" absence and failure of moral leadership.
2018-02-11

Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council postpones presidential and legislative runoff elections scheduled for Sunday, December 27, 2015. Authorities are waiting for findings from the not-yet-installed special commission evaluating the widely criticized first round of elections before determining how to proceed.
2015-12-22

Fidel Castro reports activities of 500 Cuban-trained doctors in Haiti.
2010-01-18