Sources: AFP via Global Post
A contingent of peacekeeping troops from Guatemala and El Salvador arrive in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to enforce a United Nations-backed multinational security mission to restore order to Port-au-Prince amid an increase in gang violence. 2025-01-3
Several airlines suspend flights to Haiti after a flight attendant was injured when a Spirit Airlines aircraft was hit by gunfire while attempting to land at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and was diverted to Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. 2024-11-11
The United Nations reports that 187 people have been killed in a wave of violence in Haiti in the past eleven days during clashes between gangs. Since the beginning of the year, 531 people have been murdered in the country. 2023-03-21
A small plane crashes into a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing six people. 2022-04-20
The Biden administration announces that Daniel Lewis Foote will serve as the U.S. special envoy to Haiti amid political turmoil in the country since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. 2021-07-22
Haiti will reinstate its armed forces after 20 years of having none. 2017-07-11
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
Tropical Storm Isaac hits the island of Hispaniola containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic. A hurricane watch threat level is set for Haiti. 2012-08-24
Voters in Haiti go to the polls for the second round of voting in the presidential election. 2011-03-20
Haiti drops kidnapping charges against U.S. missionaries detained for trying to take children out of the country after the January earthquake. 2010-04-27