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Despite efforts by the government to restore order, many fear the situation may take weeks or months to stabilise.\u00a0<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1728297899,"updatedAt":1728299888,"publishedAt":1728299882,"firstPublishedAt":1728299882,"lastPublishedAt":1728299882,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/77\/53\/24\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_38d219a4-6b1a-5410-8374-931eefbd720f-8775324.jpg","altText":"A person affected by gang violence takes refuge at the Antoinette Dessalines National School, which has been converted into a temporary shelter.","caption":"A person affected by gang violence takes refuge at the Antoinette Dessalines National School, which has been converted into a temporary shelter.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Odelyn Joseph\/Copyright 2024. 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The Constitution and Haitian laws nowhere provide for this institution.\u201d \n\nThe government noted ministers met Monday to talk about the transitional council and shared the draft decree with legal experts so they \u201ccould finalise it and make it compliant with the laws of the republic.\u201d \n\nThe current council of ministers also plans to create a joint commission to oversee the handover of responsibilities. \n\nHaiti\u2019s government noted Henry received a list of nine people nominated to the transitional council on Friday and a draft decree establishing the council on Sunday. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Heavy gunfire has erupted in the downtown area of Haiti\u2019s capital as police battled gang members near the National Palace for several hours.<\/p>\n<p>Scores of people were trapped by the gunfire in downtown Port-au-Prince on Monday, while dozens of others managed to flee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One man who declined to provide his name out of fear for his life told The Associated Press that he was stuck for five hours until police rescued him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the armoured car that covered us (so we could) leave the area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The latest gunbattle comes more than a month after gangs began <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//03//08//haiti-extends-state-of-emergency-and-nighttime-curfew/">attacking key government infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gangs have torched police stations, opened fire on the main international airport and stormed the country\u2019s two biggest prisons, releasing more than 4,000 inmates.<\/p>\n<p>The violence has somewhat subsided in certain areas since erupting at the end of\u00a0February, but gunfire still echoes daily.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1775082495819628987\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At least 1,554 people have been reported killed up to 22 March and another 826 injured, according to the UN.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The situation forced Prime Minister Ariel Henry to announce last month he would <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//03//05//haiti-gangs-demand-pm-resignation-after-latest-airport-attack/">resign as soon as a transitional council is created.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Henry, who was on an official trip to Kenya to push for the UN-backed deployment of a police force from the East African country, remains locked out of Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed transitional council of nine members, which has yet to be formally established, will be responsible for choosing a new prime minister and council of ministers.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday night, Haiti\u2019s government issued a statement raising concerns over its creation, saying the current council of ministers \"stumbled over proven constitutional and legal questions. 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There is no sacrifice that is too big for our country,\" Henry said in a recorded statement. \n\n\"The government I'm running will remove itself immediately after the installation of the council.\" \n\nIt was not immediately clear who would be chosen to lead Haiti out of the crisis in which heavily armed gangs have burned police stations, attacked the main airport and raided two of the country's biggest prisons. The raids resulted in the release of more than 4,000 inmates. \n\nScores of people have been killed, and more than 15,000 are homeless after fleeing neighbourhoods raided by gangs. Food and water are dwindling as vendors who sell to impoverished Haitians run out of goods. The main port in the capital of Port-au-Prince remains closed, stranding dozens of containers with critical supplies. \n\nHenry was sworn in as prime minister nearly two weeks after the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse, and went on to serve the longest single term of any Haitian prime minister since the country's 1987 constitution was approved. \n\nCritics of Henry note he was never elected by either the people or parliament, which has not sat since the terms of the last remaining senators expired in January 2023 \u2013 leaving Haiti without a single elected official. \n\nWhile leaders hammered out the transitional proposal behind closed doors in Jamaica, Jimmy Ch\u00e9rizier, who is considered Haiti's most powerful gang leader, told reporters that if the international community continues down the current road, \"it will plunge Haiti into further chaos.\" \n\n\"We Haitians have to decide who is going to be the head of the country and what model of government we want,\" said Ch\u00e9rizier, a former elite police officer also known as Barbecue, who leads the gang federation G9 Family and Allies. \n\n\"We are also going to figure out how to get Haiti out of the misery it's in now.\" \n\nPowerful gangs have been attacking key government targets across Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince since February 29. When the attacks began, Henry was in Kenya pushing for the UN-backed deployment of a police force from the East African country after it was delayed by a court ruling. \n\nLate Monday, the Haitian government announced it was extending a nighttime curfew until March 14 in an attempt to prevent further attacks. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has announced he will resign once a transitional presidential council is created, bowing to international pressure to make way for new leadership in a country overwhelmed by violent gangs.<\/p>\n<p>Henry made the announcement hours after Caribbean leaders and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met in Jamaica to discuss a solution to halt Haiti's spiralling crisis, ultimately agreeing on a plan to establish a transitional council.<\/p>\n<p>\"The government that I'm running cannot remain insensitive in front of this situation. There is no sacrifice that is too big for our country,\" Henry said in a recorded statement.<\/p>\n<p>\"The government I'm running will remove itself immediately after the installation of the council.\"<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear who would be chosen to lead Haiti out of the crisis in which heavily armed gangs have burned police stations, attacked the main airport and raided two of the country's biggest prisons. The raids resulted in the release of more than 4,000 inmates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6572265625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//30//02//20//808x532_cmsv2_ce3c27dd-6235-5da2-80f3-20c5f8c952ef-8300220.jpg/" alt=\"Members of the G9 and Family gang speak to each other while standing guard at their roadblock in the Delmas 6 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/30\/02\/20\/384x252_cmsv2_ce3c27dd-6235-5da2-80f3-20c5f8c952ef-8300220.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/30\/02\/20\/640x421_cmsv2_ce3c27dd-6235-5da2-80f3-20c5f8c952ef-8300220.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/30\/02\/20\/750x493_cmsv2_ce3c27dd-6235-5da2-80f3-20c5f8c952ef-8300220.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/30\/02\/20\/828x544_cmsv2_ce3c27dd-6235-5da2-80f3-20c5f8c952ef-8300220.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/30\/02\/20\/1080x710_cmsv2_ce3c27dd-6235-5da2-80f3-20c5f8c952ef-8300220.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/30\/02\/20\/1200x789_cmsv2_ce3c27dd-6235-5da2-80f3-20c5f8c952ef-8300220.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/30\/02\/20\/1920x1262_cmsv2_ce3c27dd-6235-5da2-80f3-20c5f8c952ef-8300220.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Members of the G9 and Family gang speak to each other while standing guard at their roadblock in the Delmas 6 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Odelyn Joseph\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Scores of people have been killed, and more than 15,000 are homeless after fleeing neighbourhoods raided by gangs. Food and water are dwindling as vendors who sell to impoverished Haitians run out of goods. The main port in the capital of Port-au-Prince remains closed, stranding dozens of containers with critical supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Henry was sworn in as prime minister nearly two weeks after the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse, and went on to serve the longest single term of any Haitian prime minister since the country's 1987 constitution was approved.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of Henry note he was never elected by either the people or parliament, which has not sat since the terms of the last remaining senators expired in January 2023 \u2013 leaving Haiti without a single elected official.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1767531097665978745\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While leaders hammered out the transitional proposal behind closed doors in Jamaica, Jimmy Ch\u00e9rizier, who is considered Haiti's most powerful gang leader, told reporters that if the international community continues down the current road, \"it will plunge Haiti into further chaos.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"We Haitians have to decide who is going to be the head of the country and what model of government we want,\" said Ch\u00e9rizier, a former elite police officer also known as Barbecue, who leads the gang federation G9 Family and Allies.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are also going to figure out how to get Haiti out of the misery it's in now.\"<\/p>\n<p>Powerful gangs have been attacking key government targets across Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince since February 29. When the attacks began, Henry was in Kenya pushing for the UN-backed deployment of a police force from the East African country after it was delayed by a court ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Late Monday, the Haitian government announced it was extending a nighttime curfew until March 14 in an attempt to prevent further attacks.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1710212292,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1710223339,"firstPublishedAt":1710223342,"lastPublishedAt":1710259410,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/29\/27\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ec5d57c4-89b4-53df-bc15-0b8352ecf5f2-8292758.jpg","altText":"A man pushes a wheelbarrow past burning tires during a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti","caption":"A man pushes a wheelbarrow past burning tires during a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Odelyn Joseph\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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Haiti's National Police is struggling to contain the violence with limited staff and resources. \n\nThe attacks began a week ago, shortly after embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry agreed to hold general elections in mid-2025 while attending a meeting of Caribbean leaders in Guyana.\u00a0 \n\nGangs have burned police stations, shot up the main international airport, which remains closed, and raided Haiti's two biggest prisons, freeing more than 4,000 inmates. \n\nAt the time, Henry was in Kenya to push for the deployment of a UN-backed police force from the East African country to help fight gangs in Haiti. But a court in January ruled that the deployment was unconstitutional, and it wasn't clear if the force would be deployed given the worsening violence in Haiti. \n\nHenry is currently in Puerto Rico, where he was forced to land on Tuesday after the armed groups laid siege to the international airport, preventing him from returning. \n\nRising death toll \n\nDozens of people have died in Haiti's recent gang attacks, including several police officers. The violence also has left more than 15,000 people homeless, in addition to some 300,000 Haitians who lost their homes to gang wars in recent years. \n\nIn addition, there were reports that gangs on Thursday looted shipping containers filled with food at the main port in Port-au-Prince, raising concerns that provisions in the capital and elsewhere would dwindle quickly. \n\nUN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the insecurity has forced the World Food Programme to suspend its maritime transport service, which is currently the only means of moving food and medical supplies for aid organisations from Port-au-Prince to other parts of the country.\u00a0 \n\nHe also said the UN special envoy for Haiti, Maria Isabel Salvador, is calling for the immediate deployment of a UN-backed force \"to prevent the country from plunging even further into chaos, as gang violence in Haiti has reached unprecedented levels.\u201d \n\nMeanwhile, a US Defence official said a Marine Corps Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team, or FAST team, was to be deployed to Haiti to protect the US Embassy.\u00a0 \n\nHaiti's worsening crisis prompted the Royal Bahamas Police Force to announce Thursday that it had set up a blockade in the southeast part of the archipelago given the two jail breaks and the \u201cmass displacement\u201d of Haitians due to the ongoing violence. The Bahamas, about 850km to the north, is a popular destination for Haitians fleeing their country. \n\nOn Wednesday, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said the US has asked Henry to \"move forward on a political process that will lead to the establishment of a presidential transitional council that will lead to elections.\" \n\nHenry has not made any public comments since the gang attacks began last week. \n\nOn Thursday, Guyanese President Irfaan Ali said Caribbean leaders have been working around the clock to help find a political consensus to alleviate Haiti's crisis. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Haiti's government said Thursday that it was extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb violent gang attacks that have paralysed the capital of Port-au-Prince in a fierce battle for political power.<\/p>\n<p>An initial three-day curfew was announced over the weekend, but gangs have continued to attack police stations and other state institutions at night. Haiti's National Police is struggling to contain the violence with limited staff and resources.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks began a week ago, shortly after embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry agreed to hold general elections in mid-2025 while attending a meeting of Caribbean <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//03//07//haitian-politicians-seek-new-alliances-as-country-remains-paralysed/">leaders in Guyana.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gangs have <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//03//05//haiti-gangs-demand-pm-resignation-after-latest-airport-attack/">burned police stations, shot up the main international airport, which remains closed, and raided Haiti's two biggest prisons, freeing more than 4,000 inmates.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Henry was in Kenya to push for the deployment of a UN-backed police force from the East African country to help fight gangs in Haiti. But a court in January ruled that the deployment was unconstitutional, and it wasn't clear if the force would be deployed given the worsening violence in Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Henry is currently in Puerto Rico, where he was forced to land on Tuesday after the armed groups laid siege to the international airport, preventing him from returning.<\/p>\n<h2>Rising death toll<\/h2><p>Dozens of people have died in Haiti's recent gang attacks, including several police officers. The violence also has left more than 15,000 people homeless, in addition to some 300,000 Haitians who lost their homes to gang wars in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, there were reports that gangs on Thursday looted shipping containers filled with food at the main port in Port-au-Prince, raising concerns that provisions in the capital and elsewhere would dwindle quickly.<\/p>\n<p>UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the insecurity has forced the World Food Programme to suspend its maritime transport service, which is currently the only means of moving food and medical supplies for aid organisations from Port-au-Prince to other parts of the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1765395663217402005\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He also said the UN special envoy for Haiti, Maria Isabel Salvador, is calling for the immediate deployment of a UN-backed force \"to prevent the country from plunging even further into chaos, as gang violence in Haiti has reached unprecedented levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a US Defence official said a Marine Corps Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team, or FAST team, was to be deployed to Haiti to protect the US Embassy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Haiti's worsening crisis prompted the Royal Bahamas Police Force to announce Thursday that it had set up a blockade in the southeast part of the archipelago given the two jail breaks and the \u201cmass displacement\u201d of Haitians due to the ongoing violence. The Bahamas, about 850km to the north, is a popular destination for Haitians fleeing their country.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said the US has asked Henry to \"move forward on a political process that will lead to the establishment of a presidential transitional council that will lead to elections.\"<\/p>\n<p>Henry has not made any public comments since the gang attacks began last week.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Guyanese President Irfaan Ali said Caribbean leaders have been working around the clock to help find a political consensus to alleviate Haiti's crisis.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1709852758,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1709889157,"firstPublishedAt":1709889160,"lastPublishedAt":1709889160,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/29\/27\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ec5d57c4-89b4-53df-bc15-0b8352ecf5f2-8292758.jpg","altText":"A man pushes a wheelbarrow past burning tires during a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, March 7, 2024.","caption":"A man pushes a wheelbarrow past burning tires during a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, March 7, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Associated Press","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/29\/27\/62\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_fb955f75-7358-5e2c-8f2f-c0da7f9e21d5-8292762.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Odelyn Joseph\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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gang violence that has fuelled lawlessness, closed the main airport and prevented embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry from returning home. \n\nOne new political alliance involves former rebel leader Guy Philippe and ex-presidential candidate and senator Mo\u00efse Jean Charles, who told Radio Cara\u00efbes on Wednesday that they signed a deal to form a three-person council to lead Haiti. \n\nPhilippe, a key figure in the 2004 rebellion that ousted former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, returned to Haiti in November and has been calling for Henry\u2019s resignation. He spent several years in prison in the US after pleading guilty to a money laundering charge. \n\nHaiti remained largely paralysed, with schools and businesses still closed amid heavy gunfire blamed on the gangs that control an estimated 80% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, where several bodies lay on empty streets. The country's two biggest prisons were also raided, resulting in the release of more than 4,000 inmates over the weekend. \n\nUN human rights chief Volker T\u00fcrk urged \"the international community to act swiftly and decisively to prevent Haiti's further descent into chaos. Last weekend's mass prison breakout has been described by Haitian officials as a lethal threat to national security.\" \n\nHenry faces increasing pressure to resign, which would likely trigger a US-supported transition to a new government. \n\nMeanwhile, the US ambassador to the United Nations was asked Wednesday whether her government had asked Henry to step down. \n\nLinda Thomas-Greenfield replied that the US has asked Henry to \u201cmove forward on a political process that will lead to the establishment of a presidential transitional council that will lead to elections.\u201d \n\nAmerican officials believe it\u2019s urgent for Henry to start \"the process of bringing normalcy back to the people of Haiti,\u201d she said. \n\nShut out \n\nPrime Minister Henry has not made any public comments since gangs began attacking critical infrastructure late last week while he was in Kenya pushing for the UN-backed deployment of a police force from the East African country to help fight the surge in violence in the troubled Caribbean nation. \n\nBefore flying to Kenya, Henry was in Guyana for a summit held by a regional trade bloc known as Caricom, where Haiti was high on the agenda. \n\nMeanwhile, a Caribbean official told The Associated Press on Wednesday that leaders of Caricom spoke with Henry late on Tuesday and presented several alternatives to end Haiti\u2019s deepening crisis, including that he resign \u2013 a suggestion he reportedly rejected. \n\nHenry landed Tuesday in Puerto Rico after he was not allowed to land in the Dominican Republic, where officials closed the airspace around Haiti. H\u00e9ctor Porcella, director of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation, told reporters the plane did not have a required flight plan. \n\nThe Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Wednesday that US and Haitian officials informally contacted it to inquire about the possibility of Henry\u2019s plane making an \u201cindefinite stop\u201d in the Dominican Republic, adding that the prime minister was in New York at the time. \n\nThe government said it twice told foreign officials that such a move would require a defined flight plan. \n\n\u201cIt is essential to note that the Dominican Republic maintains its willingness to continue cooperating with the international community to facilitate Haiti\u2019s return to normalcy. However, it is imperative that any action taken does not compromise our national security,\u201d the foreign affairs office said. \n\nDickon Mitchell, prime minister of the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada, told the AP that regional leaders spoke late Tuesday with Henry, who did not indicate anything except \"that he is trying to get back into Haiti.\u201d Mitchell did not provide details. \n\nHenry was appointed prime minister with the backing of the international community shortly after the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse. \n\nAs he tried to return to Haiti on Wednesday, heavy gunfire echoed throughout Port-au-Prince as Haitians feared additional attacks led by powerful gang leaders. \n\nIt was not clear when the country\u2019s international airport would reopen. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Haitian politicians started pursuing new alliances Wednesday, seeking a coalition that could lead the country out of the gang violence that has fuelled lawlessness, closed the main airport and prevented embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry from returning home.<\/p>\n<p>One new political alliance involves former rebel leader Guy Philippe and ex-presidential candidate and senator Mo\u00efse Jean Charles, who told Radio Cara\u00efbes on Wednesday that they signed a deal to form a three-person council to lead Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Philippe, a key figure in the 2004 rebellion that ousted former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, returned to Haiti in November and has been calling for Henry\u2019s resignation. He spent several years in prison in the US after pleading guilty to a money laundering charge.<\/p>\n<p>Haiti remained largely paralysed, with schools and businesses still closed amid heavy gunfire blamed on the gangs that control an estimated 80% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, where several bodies lay on empty streets. The country's two biggest prisons were also raided, resulting in the release of more than 4,000 inmates over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>UN human rights chief Volker T\u00fcrk urged \"the international community to act swiftly and decisively to prevent Haiti's further descent into chaos. Last weekend's mass prison breakout has been described by Haitian officials as a lethal threat to national security.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//28//98//74//808x539_cmsv2_2d72ff0f-b4c1-5edd-b9f8-ae67c0d7bc9a-8289874.jpg/" alt=\"Pedestrians walk past a court building that was set on fire by gangs moments before in the Delmas 28 neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/98\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_2d72ff0f-b4c1-5edd-b9f8-ae67c0d7bc9a-8289874.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/98\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_2d72ff0f-b4c1-5edd-b9f8-ae67c0d7bc9a-8289874.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/98\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_2d72ff0f-b4c1-5edd-b9f8-ae67c0d7bc9a-8289874.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/98\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_2d72ff0f-b4c1-5edd-b9f8-ae67c0d7bc9a-8289874.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/98\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_2d72ff0f-b4c1-5edd-b9f8-ae67c0d7bc9a-8289874.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/98\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_2d72ff0f-b4c1-5edd-b9f8-ae67c0d7bc9a-8289874.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/98\/74\/1920x1281_cmsv2_2d72ff0f-b4c1-5edd-b9f8-ae67c0d7bc9a-8289874.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Pedestrians walk past a court building that was set on fire by gangs moments before in the Delmas 28 neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Odelyn Joseph\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Henry faces increasing pressure to resign, which would likely trigger a US-supported transition to a new government.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the US ambassador to the United Nations was asked Wednesday whether her government had asked Henry to step down.<\/p>\n<p>Linda Thomas-Greenfield replied that the US has asked Henry to \u201cmove forward on a political process that will lead to the establishment of a presidential transitional council that will lead to elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>American officials believe it\u2019s urgent for Henry to start \"the process of bringing normalcy back to the people of Haiti,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2>Shut out<\/h2><p>Prime Minister Henry has not made any public comments since gangs began attacking critical infrastructure late last week while he was in Kenya pushing for the UN-backed deployment of a police force from the East African country to help fight the surge in violence in the troubled Caribbean nation.<\/p>\n<p>Before flying to Kenya, Henry was in Guyana for a summit held by a regional trade bloc known as Caricom, where Haiti was high on the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a Caribbean official told The Associated Press on Wednesday that leaders of Caricom spoke with Henry late on Tuesday and presented several alternatives to end Haiti\u2019s deepening crisis, including that he resign \u2013 a suggestion he reportedly rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Henry landed Tuesday in Puerto Rico after he was not allowed to land in the Dominican Republic, where officials closed the airspace around Haiti. H\u00e9ctor Porcella, director of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation, told reporters the plane did not have a required flight plan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//28//98//74//808x539_cmsv2_1063fa11-aca6-584f-b30c-16d703e1d468-8289874.jpg/" alt=\"Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry after giving a public lecture at the United States International University in Nairobi, Kenya.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/98\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_1063fa11-aca6-584f-b30c-16d703e1d468-8289874.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/98\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_1063fa11-aca6-584f-b30c-16d703e1d468-8289874.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/98\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_1063fa11-aca6-584f-b30c-16d703e1d468-8289874.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/98\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_1063fa11-aca6-584f-b30c-16d703e1d468-8289874.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/98\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_1063fa11-aca6-584f-b30c-16d703e1d468-8289874.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/98\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_1063fa11-aca6-584f-b30c-16d703e1d468-8289874.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/28\/98\/74\/1920x1281_cmsv2_1063fa11-aca6-584f-b30c-16d703e1d468-8289874.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry after giving a public lecture at the United States International University in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Odelyn Joseph\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Wednesday that US and Haitian officials informally contacted it to inquire about the possibility of Henry\u2019s plane making an \u201cindefinite stop\u201d in the Dominican Republic, adding that the prime minister was in New York at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The government said it twice told foreign officials that such a move would require a defined flight plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is essential to note that the Dominican Republic maintains its willingness to continue cooperating with the international community to facilitate Haiti\u2019s return to normalcy. However, it is imperative that any action taken does not compromise our national security,\u201d the foreign affairs office said.<\/p>\n<p>Dickon Mitchell, prime minister of the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada, told the AP that regional leaders spoke late Tuesday with Henry, who did not indicate anything except \"that he is trying to get back into Haiti.\u201d Mitchell did not provide details.<\/p>\n<p>Henry was appointed prime minister with the backing of the international community shortly after the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse.<\/p>\n<p>As he tried to return to Haiti on Wednesday, heavy gunfire echoed throughout Port-au-Prince as Haitians feared additional attacks led by powerful gang leaders.<\/p>\n<p>It was not clear when the country\u2019s international airport would 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with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites.\u00a0 \n\nIt comes as Haiti is currently experiencing an explosion of violence.\u00a0 \n\n\nThe Toussaint Louverture International Airport was closed when the attack occurred, with no planes operating and no passengers on site. \n\nThe attack was the biggest in Haiti's history on an airport. \n\nIt occurred just hours after authorities in Haiti ordered a nighttime curfew after armed gang members overran the two biggest prisons and freed thousands of inmates over the weekend. \n\nAll but 98 of the 3,798 inmates being held at the National Penitentiary escaped. Meanwhile, at the Croix-des-Bouquets prison, 1,033 escaped. \n\nA second Port-au-Prince prison containing around 1,400 inmates also was overrun. \n\nIn response, the government ordered a 72-hour state of emergency.\u00a0 The government said it would try to track down the escaped inmates, with some accused of murder, kidnappings and other crimes. \n\nGangs already are estimated to control up to 80% of Port-au-Prince, the capital.\u00a0 They are increasingly coordinating their actions and choosing once unthinkable targets like the Central Bank. \n\nHaiti\u2019s National Police has roughly 9,000 officers to provide security for more than 11 million people, according to the UN. They are routinely overwhelmed and outgunned. \n\nAt least nine people had been killed since Thursday \u2014 four of them police officers \u2014 as gangs stepped up coordinated attacks on state institutions in Port-au-Prince, including the international airport and national soccer stadium. \n\nAuthorities are seriously concerned about the safety of judges, prosecutors, victims, attorneys and others following the mass prison escapes. \n\nFollowing the raid at the penitentiary, three bodies with gunshot wounds lay at the prison entrance on Sunday. \n\nIn another neighbourhood, the bloodied corpses of two men with their hands tied behind their backs lay face down as residents walked past roadblocks set up with burning tires. \n\nThe US Embassy has halted all official travel to the country. On Sunday night, it urged all American citizens to depart as soon as possible. \n\nThe Biden administration, which has refused to commit troops to any multinational force for Haiti while offering money and logistical support, said it was monitoring the rapidly deteriorating security situation with grave concern. \n\nCalls for PM to resign \n\nThe surge in attacks follows violent protests that turned deadlier in recent days as the prime minister went to Kenya seeking to move ahead on the proposed UN-backed security mission to be led by that East African country. \n\nHenry took over as prime minister following Moise's assassination and has postponed plans to hold parliamentary and presidential elections, which haven\u2019t happened in almost a decade. \n\nJimmy Ch\u00e9rizier, a former elite police officer known as \"Barbecue\" who now runs a gang federation, has claimed responsibility for the surge in attacks. He said the goal is to capture Haiti\u2019s police chief and government ministers and prevent Henry\u2019s return. \n\nThe prime minister has shrugged off calls for him to resign and didn\u2019t comment when asked if he felt it was safe to come home. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti\u2019s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It comes as Haiti is currently experiencing an explosion of violence.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>The Toussaint Louverture International Airport was closed when the attack occurred, with no planes operating and no passengers on site.<\/p>\n<p>The attack was the biggest in Haiti's history on an airport.<\/p>\n<p>It occurred just hours after authorities in Haiti ordered a nighttime curfew after armed gang members overran the two biggest prisons and freed thousands of inmates over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>All but 98 of the 3,798 inmates being held at the National Penitentiary escaped. Meanwhile, at the Croix-des-Bouquets prison, 1,033 escaped.<\/p>\n<p>A second <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//01//25//six-nuns-kidnapped-by-armed-group-in-haiti-released-unharmed/">Port-au-Prince prison containing around 1,400 inmates also was overrun.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the government ordered a 72-hour state of emergency.\u00a0The government said it would try to track down the escaped inmates, with some accused of murder, kidnappings and other crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Gangs already are estimated to control up to 80% of Port-au-Prince, the capital.\u00a0They are increasingly coordinating their actions and choosing once unthinkable targets like the Central Bank.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1762234477026189558\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Haiti\u2019s National Police has roughly 9,000 officers to provide security for more than 11 million people, according to the UN. They are routinely overwhelmed and outgunned.<\/p>\n<p>At least nine people had been killed since Thursday \u2014 four of them police officers \u2014 as gangs stepped up coordinated attacks on state institutions in Port-au-Prince, including the international airport and national soccer stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are seriously concerned about the safety of judges, prosecutors, victims, attorneys and others following the mass prison escapes.<\/p>\n<p>Following the raid at the penitentiary, three bodies with gunshot wounds lay at the prison entrance on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In another neighbourhood, the bloodied corpses of two men with their hands tied behind their backs lay face down as residents walked past roadblocks set up with burning tires.<\/p>\n<p>The US Embassy has halted all official travel to the country. On Sunday night, it urged all American citizens to depart as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration, which has refused to commit troops to any multinational force for Haiti while offering money and logistical support, said it was monitoring the rapidly deteriorating security situation with grave concern.<\/p>\n<h2>Calls for PM to resign<\/h2><p>The surge in attacks follows violent protests that turned deadlier in recent days as the prime minister went to Kenya seeking to move ahead on the proposed UN-backed security mission to be led by that East African country.<\/p>\n<p>Henry took over as prime minister following Moise's assassination and has postponed plans to hold parliamentary and presidential elections, which haven\u2019t happened in almost a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Ch\u00e9rizier, a former elite police officer known as \"Barbecue\" who now runs a gang federation, has claimed responsibility for the surge in attacks. 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He says the sirens would have caused further panic and driven residents towards the fire.","leadin":"Herman Andaya has faced fierce criticism for failing to activate disaster sirens during last week\u2019s wildfire response. He says the sirens would have caused further panic and driven residents towards the fire.","summary":"Herman Andaya has faced fierce criticism for failing to activate disaster sirens during last week\u2019s wildfire response. 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While firefighters tried to combat the flames, stock and warehouses worth millions of gourdes (the Haitian currency) went up in smoke. \n\nTraders have called upon the government to come to their aid and to provide compensation. \n\nPrime Minister Ariel Henry, currently in Jamaica, expressed his sympathy with the merchants who were victims of this fire \"I was shocked to learn of the fire which devastated the March\u00e9 2000, at Delmas 29, early this morning\" he said. \n\n\"We will determine the cause of this accident\". \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A fire raged through a downtown market in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Monday destroying several stores and stalls.\u00a0The blaze erupted in the morning at about 5:30 am local time and burned about 95% of the buildings and products in Delmas.<\/p>\n<p>The Delmas market sells clothes shipped in from the Dominican Republic to be resold in Haiti. 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HAITI PROSECUTOR REPLACED","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Haiti prosecutor seeks to charge PM in killing, is replaced","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Haiti prosecutor seeks to charge PM in killing, is replaced","titleListing2":"The now replaced prosecutor had asked that the prime minister come to a meeting and explain why he spoke twice with a key suspect in the assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse just hours after the killing.","leadin":"It wasn't clear if the prosecutor's removal would have any impact on the case, or if he was officially removed before he made the request to the judge to charge the prime minister.","summary":"It wasn't clear if the prosecutor's removal would have any impact on the case, or if he was officially removed before he made the request to the judge to charge the prime 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wrote before he was replaced by Frantz Louis Juste, a prosecutor who oversaw the case involving the deaths of more than a dozen children in a fire at an orphanage near Port-au-Prince last year. \n\nA spokesman for Henry could not be reached for comment. \n\nIt wasn't clear if Claude\u2019s removal would have any impact on the case, but an analyst noted that the investigation is in the hands of a judge. \n\nIt wasn\u2019t clear if Claude was officially removed before he made the request to the judge. The Associated Press obtained a letter dated Monday in which Henry told Claude that he was being fired for an undefined \u201cserious administrative fault\u201d and that the decision was effective as soon as he received the document. \n\nClaude did not respond to a request for comment on his firing or when he got the letter. \n\nClaude said the phone calls in question were made at 4:03 a.m. and 4:20 a.m. on July 7, adding that evidence shows the suspect, Joseph Badio, was in the vicinity of Mo\u00efse\u2019s home at that time. Badio once worked for Haiti\u2019s Ministry of Justice and at the government\u2019s anti-corruption unit until he was fired in May amid accusations of violating unspecified ethical rules. \n\nIn the two-page document, Claude said that the calls lasted a total of seven minutes and that Henry was at the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince at the time. The prosecutor also noted a government official tweeted last month that Henry told him he never spoke with Badio. \n\nOn Monday, Justice Minister Rockfeller Vincent ordered the chief of Haiti's National Police to boost security for Claude because Claude had received \u201cimportant and disturbing\u201d threats in the past five days. \n\nBrian Concannon, an adviser for the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, said he did not expect much to change despite the appointment of a new prosecutor. \n\n\u201cA lot of this is theatre,\u201d he said. \n\nConcannon noted that the assassination case is in the hands of Judge Garry Or\u00e9lien and that he can decide whether to pursue an investigation of Henry even if the new prosecutor advises otherwise. He said the judge has three months to determine whether to take action. \n\nRobert Fatton, a Haitian politics expert at the University of Virginia, said there was clearly a power struggle within the government between Henry and those who supported Mo\u00efse. \n\n\u201cWe have a very confusing situation, a power struggle at the moment, and we will see who will win it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not clear where we are going, and it\u2019s not clear what the international community thinks about everything.\u201d \n\nIn recent days, Haiti's ombudsman-like Office of Citizen Protection announced it was demanding that Henry step down and asked that the international community stop supporting him. \n\nHenry has not specifically addressed the issue in public, although during a meeting with politicians and civil society leaders on Saturday, he said he is committed to helping stabilise Haiti. \n\n\u201cRest assured that no distraction, no summons or invitation, no maneuver, no threat, no rear-guard combat, no aggression will distract me from my mission,\u201d Henry said. \u201cThe real culprits, the intellectual authors and coauthor and sponsor of the assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse will be found and brought to justice and punished for their crimes.\u201d \n\nMo\u00efse had appointed Henry as prime minister shortly before he was killed at his home in an attack that also seriously wounded his wife, Martine Mo\u00efse. \n\nMore than 40 suspects have been arrested in the case, including 18 former Colombian soldiers. Authorities are still looking for additional suspects, including Badio and a former Haitian senator. \n\nThe investigation is ongoing despite court clerks going into hiding after receiving death threats if they didn\u2019t change certain names and statements in their reports. \n\nIn addition, a Haitian judge assigned to oversee the investigation stepped down last month citing personal reasons. He left after one of his assistants died in unclear circumstances. A new judge has been assigned. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A new chief prosecutor was sworn in Tuesday just hours after his predecessor asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the president and to bar him from leaving Haiti, a move that could further destabilise a country roiled by turmoil following the assassination and a recent major earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>The request filed by Port-au-Prince prosecutor Bed-Ford Claude, who was fired by Henry, came on the same day that the prosecutor had asked that the prime minister come to a meeting and explain why he spoke twice with a key suspect in the assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse just hours after the killing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are enough compromising elements ... to prosecute Henry and ask for his outright indictment,\u201d Claude wrote before he was replaced by Frantz Louis Juste, a prosecutor who oversaw the case involving the deaths of more than a dozen children in a fire at an orphanage near Port-au-Prince last year.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Henry could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn't clear if Claude\u2019s removal would have any impact on the case, but an analyst noted that the investigation is in the hands of a judge.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t clear if Claude was officially removed before he made the request to the judge. The Associated Press obtained a letter dated Monday in which Henry told Claude that he was being fired for an undefined \u201cserious administrative fault\u201d and that the decision was effective as soon as he received the document.<\/p>\n<p>Claude did not respond to a request for comment on his firing or when he got the letter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"5899214\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//21//haiti-installs-new-leader-as-country-mourns-slain-president/">Haiti installs new leader as country mourns slain president<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Claude said the phone calls in question were made at 4:03 a.m. and 4:20 a.m. on July 7, adding that evidence shows the suspect, Joseph Badio, was in the vicinity of Mo\u00efse\u2019s home at that time. Badio once worked for Haiti\u2019s Ministry of Justice and at the government\u2019s anti-corruption unit until he was fired in May amid accusations of violating unspecified ethical rules.<\/p>\n<p>In the two-page document, Claude said that the calls lasted a total of seven minutes and that Henry was at the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince at the time. The prosecutor also noted a government official tweeted last month that Henry told him he never spoke with Badio.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Justice Minister Rockfeller Vincent ordered the chief of Haiti's National Police to boost security for Claude because Claude had received \u201cimportant and disturbing\u201d threats in the past five days.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Concannon, an adviser for the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, said he did not expect much to change despite the appointment of a new prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of this is theatre,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Concannon noted that the assassination case is in the hands of Judge Garry Or\u00e9lien and that he can decide whether to pursue an investigation of Henry even if the new prosecutor advises otherwise. He said the judge has three months to determine whether to take action.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Fatton, a Haitian politics expert at the University of Virginia, said there was clearly a power struggle within the government between Henry and those who supported Mo\u00efse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a very confusing situation, a power struggle at the moment, and we will see who will win it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not clear where we are going, and it\u2019s not clear what the international community thinks about everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"5992720\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//08//17//haiti-quake-death-toll-rises-to-1-419-injured-now-at-6-000/">Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,941, injured now at 9,900<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In recent days, Haiti's ombudsman-like Office of Citizen Protection announced it was demanding that Henry step down and asked that the international community stop supporting him.<\/p>\n<p>Henry has not specifically addressed the issue in public, although during a meeting with politicians and civil society leaders on Saturday, he said he is committed to helping stabilise Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRest assured that no distraction, no summons or invitation, no maneuver, no threat, no rear-guard combat, no aggression will distract me from my mission,\u201d Henry said. \u201cThe real culprits, the intellectual authors and coauthor and sponsor of the assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse will be found and brought to justice and punished for their crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mo\u00efse had appointed Henry as prime minister shortly before he was killed at his home in an attack that also seriously wounded his wife, Martine Mo\u00efse.<\/p>\n<p>More than 40 suspects have been arrested in the case, including 18 former Colombian soldiers. Authorities are still looking for additional suspects, including Badio and a former Haitian senator.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing despite court clerks going into hiding after receiving death threats if they didn\u2019t change certain names and statements in their reports.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a Haitian judge assigned to oversee the investigation stepped down last month citing personal reasons. He left after one of his assistants died in unclear circumstances. A new judge has been assigned.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1631678891,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1631679593,"firstPublishedAt":1631679597,"lastPublishedAt":1631679597,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/07\/11\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1555a5fe-3cc3-5f51-b23e-e41f2f5831cd-6071166.jpg","altText":"Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry (C) in front of a portrait of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise at the National Pantheon Museum Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 20, 2021.","caption":"Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry (C) in front of a portrait of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise at the National Pantheon Museum Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 20, 2021.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Joseph 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HAITI EARTHQUAKE AIDS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Helicopters used in earthquake-hit Haiti as gangs block aid deliveries","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Helicopters used in earthquake-hit Haiti as gangs block aid deliveries","titleListing2":"Helicopters used in earthquake-hit Haiti as gangs block aid deliveries","leadin":"The August 14 earthquake killed more than 2,200 people","summary":"The August 14 earthquake killed more than 2,200 people","keySentence":"","url":"helicopters-used-in-earthquake-hit-haiti-as-gangs-block-aid-deliveries","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/08\/23\/helicopters-used-in-earthquake-hit-haiti-as-gangs-block-aid-deliveries","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Aid agencies are using helicopters to deliver vital supplies in earthquake-hit Haiti after criminal gangs stopped help getting through. \n\nThe disaster on August 14 killed more than 2,200 people and damaged or destroyed more than 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In places, desperate crowds have scuffled over bags of food. \n\nA local woman displaced by the earthquake said: \"The situation is not good.\" \n\n\"It is raining, the sun is beating us. There is not a person who is living well. We all want to be back in our homes.\" \n\nA gang leader is offering a truce as well as help for communities devastated by the disaster, raising a glimmer of hope for relief operations that have been disrupted by the looting of aid trucks and other disorders. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Aid agencies are using helicopters to deliver vital supplies in earthquake-hit Haiti after criminal gangs stopped help getting through.<\/p>\n<p>The disaster on August 14 killed more than 2,200 people and damaged or destroyed more than 50,000 homes on the Caribbean island, according to Haiti's civil protection agency.<\/p>\n<p>But the relief effort has been hampered by the insecurity that affects much of the country, with gangs preventing aid from reaching those who need it most.<\/p>\n<p>Gangs have blocked roads, hijacked aid trucks and stolen supplies, forcing relief workers to transport supplies by helicopter. In places, desperate crowds have scuffled over bags of food.<\/p>\n<p>A local woman displaced by the earthquake said: \"The situation is not good.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"It is raining, the sun is beating us. There is not a person who is living well. We all want to be back in our homes.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"5999428\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//08//21//fighting-breaks-out-over-aid-distribution-after-haiti-earthquake/">Fighting breaks out over aid distribution after Haiti earthquake<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A gang leader is offering a truce as well as help for communities devastated by the disaster, raising a glimmer of hope for relief operations that have been disrupted by the looting of aid trucks and other 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trucks. \n\nMany people have been left destitute after the earthquake last week that killed over 2,000 people, injured more than 12,000 and destroyed around 10,000 homes. \n\nIn the small port city of Les Cayes, people were seen fighting and stealing food from an aid distribution truck outside a police station. \n\n\"The people of Cayes are living in hunger,\" shouted one man. \"All the houses collapsed, the city is doing badly now. We are suffering, we can't find food to eat. When the truck arrives with the food the police don't want to distribute it.\" \n\nSimilar events appeared to take place in the small town of Vye Terre near Les Cayes. \n\nThe frustration over the pace of aid distribution has been rising for days and has been illustrated by the growing number of people gathering at aid distribution sites. \n\nIn a televised address, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said the government was trying to improve its response. \n\n\"We have learned lessons from the management of the humanitarian crisis of 2010,\" claimed Henry. \"That is why my government has decided to coordinate the response to today's emergencies through a single body: the civil protection agency.\" \n\nThe deputy secretary-general of the United Nations visited Les Cayes on Friday. \n\nAmina J. Mohammed met with victims as well as Haitian Civil Protection and humanitarian workers as part of what was dubbed a \"solidarity visit\". \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Frustration boiled over in Haiti on Friday as hungry and homeless people ransacked relief trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Many people have been left destitute after the earthquake last week that killed over 2,000 people, injured more than 12,000 and destroyed around 10,000 homes.<\/p>\n<p>In the small port city of Les Cayes, people were seen fighting and stealing food from an aid distribution truck outside a police station.<\/p>\n<p>\"The people of Cayes are living in hunger,\" shouted one man. \"All the houses collapsed, the city is doing badly now. We are suffering, we can't find food to eat. When the truck arrives with the food the police don't want to distribute it.\"<\/p>\n<p>Similar events appeared to take place in the small town of Vye Terre near Les Cayes.<\/p>\n<p>The frustration over the pace of aid distribution has been rising for days and has been illustrated by the growing number of people gathering at aid distribution sites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"5995790,5987342\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//08//18//haiti-earthquake-large-scale-aid-yet-to-reach-remote-areas-where-people-don-t-have-anythin/">Haiti earthquake: Large-scale aid yet to reach remote areas where people 'don't have anything'<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//08//16//strong-earthquake-strikes-off-coast-of-haiti/">Haiti earthquake death toll rises to nearly 1,300<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In a televised address, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said the government was trying to improve its response.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have learned lessons from the management of the humanitarian crisis of 2010,\" claimed Henry. \"That is why my government has decided to coordinate the response to today's emergencies through a single body: the civil protection agency.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1428884808202035206\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The deputy secretary-general of the United Nations visited Les Cayes on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Amina J. Mohammed met with victims as well as Haitian Civil Protection and humanitarian workers as part of what was dubbed a \"solidarity visit\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1629501273,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1629540890,"firstPublishedAt":1629540893,"lastPublishedAt":1629540893,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/99\/94\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_23ae825e-7a49-5287-ad1c-f20e1ce200b9-5999432.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Matias Delacroix\/Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. 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Aid was slowly trickling in to help the thousands who were left homeless. \n\nAngry crowds massed at collapsed buildings, demanding tarps to create temporary shelters that were needed more than ever after Tropical Storm Grace brought heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday, compounding the impoverished Caribbean nation's misery. \n\nOne of the first food deliveries by local authorities \u2014 a couple dozen boxes of rice and pre-measured, bagged meal kits \u2014 reached a tent encampment set up in one of the poorest areas of Les Cayes, where most of the warren's one-story, cinderblock, tin-roofed homes were damaged or destroyed by Saturday's quake. \n\nBut the shipment was clearly insufficient for the hundreds who have lived under tents and tarps for five days. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s not enough, but we\u2019ll do everything we can to make sure everybody gets at least something,\u201d said Vladimir Martino, a representative of the camp who took charge of the precious cargo for distribution. \n\nGerda Francoise, 24, was one of dozens who lined up in the wilting heat in hopes of receiving food. \u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to get, but I need something to take back to my tent,\u201d said Francoise. \u201cI have a child.\u201d \n\nOn Tuesday night, Haiti\u2019s Civil Protection Agency put the number of deaths from Saturday\u2019s earthquake at 1,941. It also said 9,900 were injured, many of whom waited for hours outside in the stifling heat for medical assistance. \n\nForeign aid was arriving, but slowly. U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crews concentrated on the most urgent task, ferrying the injured to less-stressed medical facilities. A U.S. Navy amphibious warship, the USS Arlington, was expected to head for Haiti on Wednesday with a surgical team and landing craft. \n\nVolunteers found the body of a man in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Les Cayes, where the stench of death hung in the tropical heat. \n\nOfficials said the magnitude 7.2 earthquake destroyed more than 7,000 homes and damaged nearly 5,000, leaving about 30,000 families homeless. Hospitals, schools, offices and churches also were demolished or badly damaged. \n\nThe quake wiped out many of the sources of food and income that many of the poor depend on for survival in Haiti, which is already struggling with the coronavirus, gang violence and the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse. \n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t have anything. Even the (farm) animals are gone. They were killed by the rockslides,\u201d said Elize Civil, 30, a farmer in the village of Fleurant, near the quake\u2019s epicenter. \n\nCivil's village and many of those in the hard-hit Nippes province depend on livestock such as goats, cows and chickens for much of their income, said Christy Delafield, who works with the U.S.-based relief organization Mercy Corps. The group is considering cash distributions to allow residents to continue buying local products from small local businesses that are vital to their communities. \n\nLarge-scale aid has not yet reached many areas, and one dilemma for donors is that pouring huge amounts of staple foods purchased abroad could, in the long run, hurt local producers. \n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t want to flood the area with a lot of products coming in from off the island,\u201d Delafield said. She said aid efforts must also take a longer view for areas like Nippes, which has been hit in recent years by ever-stronger cyclical droughts and soil erosion. Support for adapting farming practices to the new climate reality \u2014 with less reliable rainfall and more tropical storms \u2014 is vital, she said. \n\n\u201cThe drought, followed by the earthquake, followed by the storm has caused the soil to be stripped,\u201d Delafield said. \n\nAt the public hospital in L\u2019Asile, deep in a remote stretch of countryside in the southwest, people were arriving from isolated villages with broken arms and legs. \n\nHospital director Sonel Fevry said five such patients showed up Tuesday. Grinding poverty, poor roads and faith in natural medicine worsen the problems. \n\n\u201cWe do what we can, remove the necrotized tissue and give them antibiotics and try to get them a splint,\u201d Fevry said, adding that access to the facility by road is difficult and not everyone can make it. \n\nMercy Corps said about half of L'Asile's homes were destroyed and 90% were affected in some way. Most public buildings where people would normally shelter also were destroyed. \n\nThe obstetrics, pediatric and operating wing at the L\u2019Asile hospital collapsed, though everyone made it out. Despite the damage, the hospital was able to treat about 170 severely injured quake victims in improvised tents set up on the grounds of the facility. \n\nThe nearby countryside was devastated: In one 10-mile (16-kilometer) stretch, not a single house, church, store or school was left standing. \n\nThe U.S. Geological Survey said a preliminary analysis of satellite imagery after the earthquake \u201crevealed at least 150 landslides west of the town of L\u2019Asile in D\u00e9partement des Nippes and hundreds of landslides in the mountains and south of Beaumont in Department de la Grand\u2019Anse.\u201d \n\nDr. Barth Green, President and co-founder of Project Medishare, an organization that has worked in Haiti since 1994 to improve health services, said among the most pressing needs was medical infrastructure. \n\n\u201cThe hospitals are all broken and collapsed, the operating rooms aren\u2019t functional, and then if you bring tents, it\u2019s hurricane season, they can blow right away,\u201d Green said. He was hopeful the U.S. military would establish a field hospital in the affected area. \n\nHe said the interim Haitian government was communicating well with them, \u201cbut there\u2019s no doubt that they\u2019re finding their way too.\u201d \n\n\"We have hundreds of medical volunteers, but the Haitian government tells us they don\u2019t need them. But we\u2019re still deploying along with other organizations,\u201d said Green, who is also the executive dean of Global Health and Community Service at the University of Miami. He sensed caution on the part of the government after bad experiences with outside aid following previous disasters. \n\nEtzer Emile, a Haitian economist and professor at Quisqueya University, a private institution in the capital of Port-au-Prince, said the disaster will increase Haitians' dependence on remittances from abroad and assistance from international nongovernmental groups, likely making the country even weaker. \n\n\u201cForeign aid unfortunately never helps in the long term,\" he said. \u201cThe southwest needs instead activities that can boost economic capacity for jobs and better social conditions.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Pressure for a coordinated response to Haiti's deadly weekend earthquake mounted Wednesday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble and the injured continued to arrive from remote areas in search of medical care. Aid was slowly trickling in to help the thousands who were left homeless.<\/p>\n<p>Angry crowds massed at collapsed buildings, demanding tarps to create temporary shelters that were needed more than ever after Tropical Storm Grace brought heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday, compounding the impoverished Caribbean nation's misery.<\/p>\n<p>One of the first food deliveries by local authorities \u2014 a couple dozen boxes of rice and pre-measured, bagged meal kits \u2014 reached a tent encampment set up in one of the poorest areas of Les Cayes, where most of the warren's one-story, cinderblock, tin-roofed homes were damaged or destroyed by Saturday's quake.<\/p>\n<p>But the shipment was clearly insufficient for the hundreds who have lived under tents and tarps for five days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not enough, but we\u2019ll do everything we can to make sure everybody gets at least something,\u201d said Vladimir Martino, a representative of the camp who took charge of the precious cargo for distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Gerda Francoise, 24, was one of dozens who lined up in the wilting heat in hopes of receiving food. \u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to get, but I need something to take back to my tent,\u201d said Francoise. \u201cI have a child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night, Haiti\u2019s Civil Protection Agency put the number of deaths from Saturday\u2019s earthquake at 1,941. It also said 9,900 were injured, many of whom waited for hours outside in the stifling heat for medical assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign aid was arriving, but slowly. U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crews concentrated on the most urgent task, ferrying the injured to less-stressed medical facilities. A U.S. Navy amphibious warship, the USS Arlington, was expected to head for Haiti on Wednesday with a surgical team and landing craft.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers found the body of a man in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Les Cayes, where the stench of death hung in the tropical heat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"5993832,5992720\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//08//17//haiti-quake-death-toll-rises-to-1-419-injured-now-at-6-000/">Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,941, injured now at 9,900<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//08//17//just-two-days-after-a-powerful-earthquake-haiti-is-swept-by-tropical-storm-grace/">Just two days after a powerful earthquake, Haiti is hit by tropical storm Grace.<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Officials said the magnitude 7.2 earthquake destroyed more than 7,000 homes and damaged nearly 5,000, leaving about 30,000 families homeless. Hospitals, schools, offices and churches also were demolished or badly damaged.<\/p>\n<p>The quake wiped out many of the sources of food and income that many of the poor depend on for survival in Haiti, which is already struggling with the coronavirus, gang violence and the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have anything. Even the (farm) animals are gone. They were killed by the rockslides,\u201d said Elize Civil, 30, a farmer in the village of Fleurant, near the quake\u2019s epicenter.<\/p>\n<p>Civil's village and many of those in the hard-hit Nippes province depend on livestock such as goats, cows and chickens for much of their income, said Christy Delafield, who works with the U.S.-based relief organization Mercy Corps. The group is considering cash distributions to allow residents to continue buying local products from small local businesses that are vital to their communities.<\/p>\n<p>Large-scale aid has not yet reached many areas, and one dilemma for donors is that pouring huge amounts of staple foods purchased abroad could, in the long run, hurt local producers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to flood the area with a lot of products coming in from off the island,\u201d Delafield said. She said aid efforts must also take a longer view for areas like Nippes, which has been hit in recent years by ever-stronger cyclical droughts and soil erosion. Support for adapting farming practices to the new climate reality \u2014 with less reliable rainfall and more tropical storms \u2014 is vital, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe drought, followed by the earthquake, followed by the storm has caused the soil to be stripped,\u201d Delafield said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//VcO84e6n88w/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the public hospital in L\u2019Asile, deep in a remote stretch of countryside in the southwest, people were arriving from isolated villages with broken arms and legs.<\/p>\n<p>Hospital director Sonel Fevry said five such patients showed up Tuesday. Grinding poverty, poor roads and faith in natural medicine worsen the problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do what we can, remove the necrotized tissue and give them antibiotics and try to get them a splint,\u201d Fevry said, adding that access to the facility by road is difficult and not everyone can make it.<\/p>\n<p>Mercy Corps said about half of L'Asile's homes were destroyed and 90% were affected in some way. Most public buildings where people would normally shelter also were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>The obstetrics, pediatric and operating wing at the L\u2019Asile hospital collapsed, though everyone made it out. Despite the damage, the hospital was able to treat about 170 severely injured quake victims in improvised tents set up on the grounds of the facility.<\/p>\n<p>The nearby countryside was devastated: In one 10-mile (16-kilometer) stretch, not a single house, church, store or school was left standing.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Geological Survey said a preliminary analysis of satellite imagery after the earthquake \u201crevealed at least 150 landslides west of the town of L\u2019Asile in D\u00e9partement des Nippes and hundreds of landslides in the mountains and south of Beaumont in Department de la Grand\u2019Anse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Barth Green, President and co-founder of Project Medishare, an organization that has worked in Haiti since 1994 to improve health services, said among the most pressing needs was medical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hospitals are all broken and collapsed, the operating rooms aren\u2019t functional, and then if you bring tents, it\u2019s hurricane season, they can blow right away,\u201d Green said. He was hopeful the U.S. military would establish a field hospital in the affected area.<\/p>\n<p>He said the interim Haitian government was communicating well with them, \u201cbut there\u2019s no doubt that they\u2019re finding their way too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\"We have hundreds of medical volunteers, but the Haitian government tells us they don\u2019t need them. But we\u2019re still deploying along with other organizations,\u201d said Green, who is also the executive dean of Global Health and Community Service at the University of Miami. He sensed caution on the part of the government after bad experiences with outside aid following previous disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Etzer Emile, a Haitian economist and professor at Quisqueya University, a private institution in the capital of Port-au-Prince, said the disaster will increase Haitians' dependence on remittances from abroad and assistance from international nongovernmental groups, likely making the country even weaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForeign aid unfortunately never helps in the long term,\" he said. \u201cThe southwest needs instead activities that can boost economic capacity for jobs and better social conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1629317804,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1629319178,"firstPublishedAt":1629319181,"lastPublishedAt":1629358386,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/99\/57\/90\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d76d91b9-bd70-5b47-b3d2-28dbdfbf4aa5-5995790.jpg","altText":"A crane removes a truck from a 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HAITI QUAKE TOLL RISES","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,941, injured now at 9,900","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,941, injured now at 9,900","titleListing2":"Injured earthquake victims continued to stream into Les Cayes\u2019 overwhelmed general hospital, three days after the earthquake struck. Patients waited to be treated on stair steps, in corridors and the hospital\u2019s open veranda.","leadin":"Injured earthquake victims continued to stream into Les Cayes\u2019 overwhelmed general hospital, three days after the earthquake struck.","summary":"Injured earthquake victims continued to stream into Les Cayes\u2019 overwhelmed general hospital, three days after the earthquake struck.","keySentence":"","url":"haiti-quake-death-toll-rises-to-1-419-injured-now-at-6-000","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/08\/17\/haiti-quake-death-toll-rises-to-1-419-injured-now-at-6-000","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Haiti\u2019s Civil Protection Agency increased the number of fatalities from Saturday\u2019s earthquake to 1,941 overnight on Tuesday, a rise of over 500 from the previous day. It also raised the number of injured to 9,900, many of whom have had to wait for medical help lying outside in wilting heat and riding out a storm that brought heavy rains and wind gusts. \n\n\nA hospital in southwestern Haiti, where a powerful earthquake flattened homes, shops and other buildings over the weekend, was so overwhelmed with patients that many had to lie in patios, corridors, verandas and hallways. Then the approach of a storm expected to drench the quake zone Monday night forced officials to relocate them as best they could given the hospital\u2019s poor conditions. \n\n\u201cWe had planned to put up tents (in hospital patios), but we were told that could not be safe,\u201d said Gede Peterson, director of Les Cayes General Hospital. \n\nIt is not the first time that staff has been forced to improvise. The refrigeration in the hospital\u2019s morgue has not worked for three months, but after the earthquake struck Saturday, staff had to store as many as 20 bodies in the small space. Relatives quickly came to take most to private embalming services or immediate burial. By Monday only three bodies were in the morgue. \n\nThe quake, centered about 125 kilometres west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, nearly razed some towns and triggered landslides that hampered rescue efforts in a country that is the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti already was struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, gang violence, worsening poverty and the political uncertainty following the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse when the earthquake sent residents rushing to the streets. \n\nThe devastation could worsen with Monday night's arrival of Tropical Depression Grace with its heavy rain and strong winds and the threat of mudslides and flash flooding. The Civil Protection Agency said rainfall could reach 38 centimetres in some areas before the storm moved away on Tuesday. Grace also drenched Port-au-Prince, the capital. \n\n\u201cWe are working now to ensure that the resources we have are going to get to the places that are hardest hit,\u201d said agency head Jerry Chandler, referring to the towns of Les Cayes and Jeremie and the department of Nippes, which are in the country\u2019s southwestern portion. \n\nInjured earthquake victims continued to stream into Les Cayes\u2019 overwhelmed general hospital, three days after the earthquake struck. Patients waited to be treated on stair steps, in corridors and the hospital\u2019s open veranda. \n\n\u201cAfter two days, they are almost always generally infected,\u201d said Dr. Paurus Michelete, who had treated 250 patients and was one of only three doctors on call when the quake hit. \n\nMeanwhile, rescuers and scrap metal scavengers dug into the floors of a collapsed hotel Monday in this coastal town, where 15 bodies had already been extracted. Jean Moise Fortun\u00e8, whose brother, the hotel owner and a prominent politician, was killed in the quake, believed there were more people trapped in the rubble. \n\nBut based on the size of voids that workers cautiously peered into, perhaps a foot (0.3 metres) in depth, finding survivors appeared unlikely. \n\nAs work, fuel and money ran out, desperate Les Cayes residents searched collapsed houses for scrap metal to sell. Others waited for money wired from abroad, a mainstay of Haiti\u2019s economy even before the quake. \n\nAnthony Emile waited six hours in a line with dozens of others trying to get money his brother had wired from Chile, where he has worked since Haiti\u2019s last quake. \n\n\u201cWe have been waiting since morning for it, but there are too many people,\u201d said Emile, a banana farmer who said relatives in the countryside depend on him giving them money to survive. \n\nEfforts to treat the injured were difficult at the general hospital, where Michelete said pain killers, analgesics and steel pins to mend fractures were running out amid the crush of patients. \n\n\u201cWe are saturated, and people keep coming,\u201d he said. \n\nJosil Eliophane, 84, crouched on the steps of the hospital, clutching an X-ray showing his shattered arm bone and pleading for pain medication. \n\nMichelete said he would give one of his few remaining shots to Eliophane, who ran out of his house as the quake hit, only to have a wall fall on him. \n\nNearby, on the hospital\u2019s open-air veranda, patients were on beds and mattresses, hooked up to IV bags of saline fluid. Others lay in the garden under bed sheets erected to shield them from the brutal sun. None of the patients or relatives caring for them wore face masks amid a coronavirus surge. \n\nOfficials said the magnitude 7.2 earthquake left more than 7,000 homes destroyed and nearly 5,000 damaged from the quake, leaving some 30,000 families homeless. Hospitals, schools, offices and churches also were destroyed or badly damaged. \n\nUnderlining the dire conditions, local officials had to negotiate with gangs in the seaside district of Martissant to allow two humanitarian convoys a day to pass through the area, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported. The agency called Haiti\u2019s southern peninsula a \u201chot spot for gang-related violence,\u201d where humanitarian workers have been repeatedly attacked. \n\nThe agency said the area has been \u201cvirtually unreachable\u201d over the past two months because of road blocks and security concerns. Agency spokeswoman Anna Jefferys said the first convoy passed through Sunday with government and U.N. personnel. and the U.N. World Food Program plans to send in food supplies via trucks Tuesday. \n\nPrime Minister Ariel Henry declared a one-month state of emergency for the whole country and said the first government aid convoys had started moving help to areas where towns were destroyed and hospitals were overwhelmed. \n\nUNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said humanitarian needs were acute, with many Haitians urgently needing health care, clean water and shelter. Children separated from their parents also needed protection, she said. \n\n\u201cLittle more than a decade on, Haiti is reeling once again,\" Fore said, referring to the 2010 earthquake that ravaged Haiti\u2019s capital, killing tens of thousands. \u201cAnd this disaster coincides with political instability, rising gang violence, alarmingly high rates of malnutrition among children, and the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 for which Haiti has received just 500,000 vaccine doses, despite requiring far more.\u201d \n\nThe country of 11 million people received its first batch of U.S.-donated coronavirus vaccines only last month via a United Nations programme for low-income countries. \n\nMedical workers from across the region were scrambling to help as hospitals in Les Cayes started running out of space to perform surgeries. \n\n\u201cBasically, they need everything,\u201d said Dr. Inobert Pierre, a pediatrician with the nonprofit Health Equity International, which oversees St. Boniface Hospital, about two hours from Les Cayes. \n\nPierre\u2019s medical team was taking some patients to St. Boniface to undergo surgery, but with just two ambulances, they could transport only four at a time. \n\nWorking with USAID, the U.S. Coast Guard said a helicopter was transporting medical personnel from the Haitian capital to the quake zone and evacuating injured back to Port-au-Prince. Lt. Commander Jason Nieman, a spokesman, said other aircraft and ships were being sent. \n\nAt the Les Cayes hospital, Emma Cadet, 41, a carpenter\u2019s wife, hovered over her 18-year-old son, Charles Owen, as he awaited an operation on his broken arm. He was among the lucky patients to have received pain medication. \n\nWorse off was Nerison Vendredi, 19, lying quiet but alert. No casts or splint would help her because she apparently had suffered internal injuries and could not move. \n\nThere were some stories of miracle survivals, but they were becoming fewer as the days passed. \n\nJacquelion Luxama was leading his goats to a watering hole Saturday when a hillside collapsed on him, trapping him amid boulders and a rockslide that stripped skin from his hip. \n\n\u201cI started yelling, and luckily some other farmers heard me, and they came and pulled me out, \u201d said Luxama, lying on a mattress at the Les Cayes hospital. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Haiti\u2019s Civil Protection Agency increased the number of fatalities from Saturday\u2019s earthquake to 1,941 overnight on Tuesday, a rise of over 500 from the previous day. It also raised the number of injured to 9,900, many of whom have had to wait for medical help lying outside in wilting heat and riding out a storm that brought heavy rains and wind gusts. <\/p>\n<p>A hospital in southwestern Haiti, where a powerful earthquake flattened homes, shops and other buildings over the weekend, was so overwhelmed with patients that many had to lie in patios, corridors, verandas and hallways. Then the approach of a storm expected to drench the quake zone Monday night forced officials to relocate them as best they could given the hospital\u2019s poor conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had planned to put up tents (in hospital patios), but we were told that could not be safe,\u201d said Gede Peterson, director of Les Cayes General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time that staff has been forced to improvise. The refrigeration in the hospital\u2019s morgue has not worked for three months, but after the earthquake struck Saturday, staff had to store as many as 20 bodies in the small space. Relatives quickly came to take most to private embalming services or immediate burial. By Monday only three bodies were in the morgue.<\/p>\n<p>The quake, centered about 125 kilometres west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, nearly razed some towns and triggered landslides that hampered rescue efforts in a country that is the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti already was struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, gang violence, worsening poverty and the political uncertainty following the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse when the earthquake sent residents rushing to the streets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"5987342\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//08//16//strong-earthquake-strikes-off-coast-of-haiti/">Haiti earthquake death toll rises to nearly 1,300<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The devastation could worsen with Monday night's arrival of Tropical Depression Grace with its heavy rain and strong winds and the threat of mudslides and flash flooding. The Civil Protection Agency said rainfall could reach 38 centimetres in some areas before the storm moved away on Tuesday. Grace also drenched Port-au-Prince, the capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working now to ensure that the resources we have are going to get to the places that are hardest hit,\u201d said agency head Jerry Chandler, referring to the towns of Les Cayes and Jeremie and the department of Nippes, which are in the country\u2019s southwestern portion.<\/p>\n<p>Injured earthquake victims continued to stream into Les Cayes\u2019 overwhelmed general hospital, three days after the earthquake struck. Patients waited to be treated on stair steps, in corridors and the hospital\u2019s open veranda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter two days, they are almost always generally infected,\u201d said Dr. Paurus Michelete, who had treated 250 patients and was one of only three doctors on call when the quake hit.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, rescuers and scrap metal scavengers dug into the floors of a collapsed hotel Monday in this coastal town, where 15 bodies had already been extracted. Jean Moise Fortun\u00e8, whose brother, the hotel owner and a prominent politician, was killed in the quake, believed there were more people trapped in the rubble.<\/p>\n<p>But based on the size of voids that workers cautiously peered into, perhaps a foot (0.3 metres) in depth, finding survivors appeared unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>As work, fuel and money ran out, desperate Les Cayes residents searched collapsed houses for scrap metal to sell. Others waited for money wired from abroad, a mainstay of Haiti\u2019s economy even before the quake.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Emile waited six hours in a line with dozens of others trying to get money his brother had wired from Chile, where he has worked since Haiti\u2019s last quake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been waiting since morning for it, but there are too many people,\u201d said Emile, a banana farmer who said relatives in the countryside depend on him giving them money to survive.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to treat the injured were difficult at the general hospital, where Michelete said pain killers, analgesics and steel pins to mend fractures were running out amid the crush of patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are saturated, and people keep coming,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Josil Eliophane, 84, crouched on the steps of the hospital, clutching an X-ray showing his shattered arm bone and pleading for pain medication.<\/p>\n<p>Michelete said he would give one of his few remaining shots to Eliophane, who ran out of his house as the quake hit, only to have a wall fall on him.<\/p>\n<p>Nearby, on the hospital\u2019s open-air veranda, patients were on beds and mattresses, hooked up to IV bags of saline fluid. Others lay in the garden under bed sheets erected to shield them from the brutal sun. None of the patients or relatives caring for them wore face masks amid a coronavirus surge.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the magnitude 7.2 earthquake left more than 7,000 homes destroyed and nearly 5,000 damaged from the quake, leaving some 30,000 families homeless. Hospitals, schools, offices and churches also were destroyed or badly damaged.<\/p>\n<p>Underlining the dire conditions, local officials had to negotiate with gangs in the seaside district of Martissant to allow two humanitarian convoys a day to pass through the area, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported. The agency called Haiti\u2019s southern peninsula a \u201chot spot for gang-related violence,\u201d where humanitarian workers have been repeatedly attacked.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said the area has been \u201cvirtually unreachable\u201d over the past two months because of road blocks and security concerns. Agency spokeswoman Anna Jefferys said the first convoy passed through Sunday with government and U.N. personnel. and the U.N. World Food Program plans to send in food supplies via trucks Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Ariel Henry declared a one-month state of emergency for the whole country and said the first government aid convoys had started moving help to areas where towns were destroyed and hospitals were overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"5899214\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//21//haiti-installs-new-leader-as-country-mourns-slain-president/">Haiti installs new leader as country mourns slain president<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said humanitarian needs were acute, with many Haitians urgently needing health care, clean water and shelter. Children separated from their parents also needed protection, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLittle more than a decade on, Haiti is reeling once again,\" Fore said, referring to the 2010 earthquake that ravaged Haiti\u2019s capital, killing tens of thousands. \u201cAnd this disaster coincides with political instability, rising gang violence, alarmingly high rates of malnutrition among children, and the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 for which Haiti has received just 500,000 vaccine doses, despite requiring far more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The country of 11 million people received its first batch of U.S.-donated coronavirus vaccines only last month via a United Nations programme for low-income countries.<\/p>\n<p>Medical workers from across the region were scrambling to help as hospitals in Les Cayes started running out of space to perform surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasically, they need everything,\u201d said Dr. Inobert Pierre, a pediatrician with the nonprofit Health Equity International, which oversees St. Boniface Hospital, about two hours from Les Cayes.<\/p>\n<p>Pierre\u2019s medical team was taking some patients to St. Boniface to undergo surgery, but with just two ambulances, they could transport only four at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Working with USAID, the U.S. Coast Guard said a helicopter was transporting medical personnel from the Haitian capital to the quake zone and evacuating injured back to Port-au-Prince. 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Survivors in some areas were forced to wait out in the open amid oppressive heat for help from overloaded hospitals. \n\nThe devastation could soon worsen with the coming of Tropical Depression Grace, which is predicted to reach Haiti on Monday night. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned that although Grace had weakened from tropical storm strength Sunday, it still posed a threat to bring heavy rain, flooding and landslides. \n\nThe epicenter of the quake was about 125 kilometres west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the US Geological Survey said, and widespread damage was reported. The quake almost razed some towns and triggered landslides that hampered rescue efforts in a country already struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, a presidential assassination and a wave of gang violence. \n\nPrime Minister Ariel Henry appealed on Twitter to Haitians to unify as they \u2033confront this dramatic situation in which we\u2019re living right now.\" \n\nHe declared a one-month state of emergency for the whole country. At a press conference, he said he would not ask for international help until the extent of the damages is known. \n\nVideos posted to social media channels showed collapsed buildings near the epicentre and people running into the streets. \n\nPeople in Port-au-Prince felt the tremor and many rushed into the streets in fear, although there did not appear to be damage there. \n\nNaomi Verneus, a 34-year-old resident of Port-au-Prince, said she was jolted awake by the earthquake and that her bed was shaking. \n\n\u201cI woke up and didn\u2019t have time to put my shoes on. We lived the 2010 earthquake and all I could do was run. I later remembered my two kids and my mother were still inside. My neighbor went in and told them to get out. We ran to the street,\u201d Verneus said. \n\nThe impoverished country, where many live in tenuous circumstances, is vulnerable to earthquakes and hurricanes. It was struck by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in 2018 that killed more than a dozen people, and a vastly larger magnitude 7.1 quake that damaged much of the capital in 2010 and killed an estimated 300,000 people. \n\nThe National Hurricane Center has forecasted that Tropical Storm Grace will reach Haiti late Monday night or early Tuesday morning. \n\nThe earthquake struck more than a month after President Jovenel Mo\u00efse was killed, sending the country into political chaos, and humanitarian aid groups said the earthquake will add to the suffering. \n\n\u201cWe\u2019re concerned that this earthquake is just one more crisis on top of what the country is already facing - including the worsening political stalemate after the president\u2019s assassination, COVID and food insecurity,\u201d said Jean-Wickens Merone, spokesman for World Vision Haiti. \n\nCatholic priest Fredy Elie, who began working with the Mission in Haiti Congregation after the 2010 earthquake, told The Associated Press that access to the area is hindered by criminal gangs and was pleading for help. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s time to open the road to those who want to help ... They need help from all of us,\" Elie said. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off frantic rescue efforts ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching storm.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday's earthquake also left at least 5,700 people injured in the Caribbean nation, with thousands more displaced from their destroyed or damaged homes. Survivors in some areas were forced to wait out in the open amid oppressive heat for help from overloaded hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The devastation could soon worsen with the coming of Tropical Depression Grace, which is predicted to reach Haiti on Monday night. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned that although Grace had weakened from tropical storm strength Sunday, it still posed a threat to bring heavy rain, flooding and landslides.<\/p>\n<p>The epicenter of the quake was about 125 kilometres west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the US Geological Survey said, and widespread damage was reported. The quake almost razed some towns and triggered landslides that hampered rescue efforts in a country already struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, a presidential assassination and a wave of gang violence.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Ariel Henry appealed on Twitter to Haitians to unify as they \u2033confront this dramatic situation in which we\u2019re living right now.\"<\/p>\n<p>He declared a one-month state of emergency for the whole country. At a press conference, he said he would not ask for international help until the extent of the damages is known.<\/p>\n<p>Videos posted to social media channels showed collapsed buildings near the epicentre and people running into the streets.<\/p>\n<p>People in Port-au-Prince felt the tremor and many rushed into the streets in fear, although there did not appear to be damage there.<\/p>\n<p>Naomi Verneus, a 34-year-old resident of Port-au-Prince, said she was jolted awake by the earthquake and that her bed was shaking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI woke up and didn\u2019t have time to put my shoes on. We lived the 2010 earthquake and all I could do was run. I later remembered my two kids and my mother were still inside. My neighbor went in and told them to get out. We ran to the street,\u201d Verneus said.<\/p>\n<p>The impoverished country, where many live in tenuous circumstances, is vulnerable to earthquakes and hurricanes. It was struck by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in 2018 that killed more than a dozen people, and a vastly larger magnitude 7.1 quake that damaged much of the capital in 2010 and killed an estimated 300,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>The National Hurricane Center has forecasted that Tropical Storm Grace will reach Haiti late Monday night or early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake struck more than a month after President Jovenel Mo\u00efse was killed, sending the country into political chaos, and humanitarian aid groups said the earthquake will add to the suffering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re concerned that this earthquake is just one more crisis on top of what the country is already facing - including the worsening political stalemate after the president\u2019s assassination, COVID and food insecurity,\u201d said Jean-Wickens Merone, spokesman for World Vision Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Catholic priest Fredy Elie, who began working with the Mission in Haiti Congregation after the 2010 earthquake, told The Associated Press that access to the area is hindered by criminal gangs and was pleading for help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to open the road to those who want to help ... 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