Haiti news

Former governor general Michaelle Jean says wealthy countries must admit mistakes they’ve made in Haiti and pressure that nation’s elite to find a path out of an ongoing humanitarian crisis. “What is endangered, at great risk, is the…

Former Haitian prime minister Laurent Lamothe is asking a judge to strike down sanctions Canada imposed on him over claims he supported gangs that have unleashed a humanitarian crisis in Haiti. Lamothe filed a notice of application…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is beefing up Canada’s embassy staffing in Haiti to work closer with security officials as Ottawa continues pushing the country’s political leaders to find consensus on how the West can help manage the…

Canada is trying to dislodge a political impasse in Haiti by sending one of its top diplomats to that country. Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, starts an in-person push for negotiations Wednesday in…

Canada is imposing more sanctions on Haitian elites it accuses of empowering gangs in the Caribbean country. The new sanctions freeze Canadian assets held by three of the country’s wealthiest people. They include Gilbert Bigio, who is…

Canadian military intervention in Haiti can’t happen unless all political parties in the troubled nation agree to it, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday. Trudeau was speaking from Tunisia where leaders of French-speaking…

Canada has announced additional sanctions on Haitian political elites who “provide illicit financial and operational support to armed gangs,” a news release from Global Affairs Canada said Saturday. Three new individuals have been…

The federal government sanctioned two “Haitian political elites” on Friday over suspicions they are enabling gangs that have shaken the Caribbean nation. Haiti is currently dealing with multiple crises, and has been unstable since the…

Haitian police have taken control of a fuel terminal that had been blockaded by armed gangs since September, three sources said on Thursday, ending a standoff that had triggered a humanitarian crisis and talks of foreign military…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet today with key cabinet ministers about the situation in Haiti. The collection of cabinet ministers known as the Incident Response Group meets only when something has “major implications for…