Sources: AFP via Global Post
Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti. 2024-03-31
The UN Human Rights Office reports that at least 2,439 people have been killed by gang violence in Haiti this year. 2023-08-18
The Biden administration orders U.S. government personnel and their families to leave Haiti, citing "kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure" in the country. 2023-07-28
Haitian authorities announce an unexpected resurgence of cholera in the country and report that at least seven people have died from the disease. 2022-10-2
The United States closes the Mexico–US border near the Texas city of Del Rio after thousands of Haitian migrants arrived at the International Bridge near the city. The U.S. will also begin flying the migrants back to Haiti. 2021-09-19
Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigns after deadly protests against fuel price rises. 2018-07-15
Investigators claim to have found the wreck of Christopher Columbus's flagship, the "Santa Maria", off the north coast of Haiti. 2014-05-13
A ferry sinks off the coast of Haiti near Port-au-Prince resulting in at least five deaths and seven people missing. 2011-06-28
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 International Monetary Fund cancels Haiti's $268 million debt and approves a new three-year loan worth $60 million; the IMF expects Haiti to start paying back interest in late 2011. 2010-07-22