The Biden administration extends Temporary Protected Status to 309,000 Haitian refugees in the United States until February 2026, offering them deportation relief and work permits. 2024-06-29
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 United States deploys a Marine Corps Security Force Regiment platoon to secure the U.S. embassy complex in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 2024-03-13
Haitian prime minister Ariel Henry agrees to resign when a transitional presidential council is formed. 2024-03-11
The Caribbean Community holds an emergency summit in Kingston, Jamaica, in response to the deteriorating security situation in Haiti. 2024-03-11
Haiti's main seaport Port international de Port-au-Prince suspends operations after being attacked and looted by armed gangs. The national state of emergency is also extended for another month amid ongoing civil unrest. 2024-03-7
The G9 gang launches an offensive in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with its leader Jimmy Chérizier announcing the aim of capturing Haiti's cabinet officials and police chief. Four police officers are killed in a shooting outside a police station. 2024-03-1
Two telecommunication companies in Haiti, Digicel and Access Haiti, said their fiber optic cables were severed this week, temporarily disrupting service in suspected acts of sabotage by criminal gangs. 2023-08-25
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