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Violent gangs, disease and hunger deepen humanitarian crisis in Haiti

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Haiti: UN report says gang violence spreading, urges speedy deployment of multinational security mission

28 November 2023

People in Haiti are Living A Nightmare

GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE (28 November 2023) – A new UN report out today details a further, shocking rise in gang violence in Haiti as criminal gangs forge alliances and expand to rural areas previously considered safe – killing, raping, kidnapping, and destroying property, among other abuses.

The report, released by the UN Human Rights Office and the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), calls for the urgent deployment of the Multinational Security Support mission authorized by the UN Security Council in October, in accordance with international human rights norms and standards. Increased efforts will need to be deployed to strengthen Haiti’s rule of law institutions, in particular the police, the judiciary, and the prison system, the report notes.

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How Haiti became the poorest country in the Americas

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May 22, 2022

Good morning. The Times reveals how Haiti became the poorest country in the Americas.


Adrienne Present harvesting coffee beans in Haiti.Federico Rios for The New York Times

Catherine Porter, New Yorl Times newsletter

Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world, and a new Times investigative series explores why. One stunning detail: France demanded reparations from Haitians it once enslaved. That debt hamstrung Haiti’s economy for decades — and kept it from building even basic social services, like sewage and electricity.

The series is based on more than a year of reporting, troves of centuries-old documents and an analysis of financial records. I spoke to my colleague Catherine Porter, one of the four reporters who led the project, about what they found.

Why tell Haiti’s story now?

I’ve been covering Haiti since the earthquake in 2010, and returned dozens of times. Any journalist that spends time in Haiti continually confronts the same question: Why are things so bad here?

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Gang rule in Haiti: kidnappings, no fuel, no power, no food.

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Plain English Version – October 28, 2021

A woman shouting during an anti-government protest. Photo Credit: AP Rodrigo Abd.

In Haiti, gangs block ports. Fuel shipments cannot get through. Hospitals are shutting down. Cellphones are losing power. Hunger is growing.

In recent months, assassins killed the president. An earthquake shook a part of the country. The nation is on the brink of collapse.

Gangs now rule about half the capital of Haiti. Workers are afraid to drive their fuel trucks. A gang kidnapped missionaries. It is demanding a ransom of $1 million for each of the seventeen captives. The police know where the hostages are. But the police can’t enter the neighborhood because the gangs outgun them.

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