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In the late 1980s, Richard Morse became the hotel’s manager. His band, RAM, played Haitian roots music on Thursday nights ...
The historic Hotel Oloffson, an emblem of Haiti’s cultural heritage, was destroyed in a fire blamed on armed gangs in Port-au ...
Haiti’s famed Oloffson Hotel, a cultural landmark and celebrity haven, was incinerated amid rising violence by gangs that ...
Jackie Onassis and Mick Jagger once slept there, and writer Graham Greene immortalized it. Now Haitian gangs have destroyed ...
Haiti's criminal gangs have exerted "near-total control" over the capital, as escalating violence pushes the Caribbean nation ...
Groups of Haitian vigilantes fighting gangs are allegedly committing the same abuses they are claiming to fight against, ...
Residents of Mirebalais shut down Haiti’s Péligre hydroelectric plant to protest gang control, triggering blackouts in Port-au-Prince for the second time. This time, the situation is more complex, as ...
Senior U.N. officials warn that Haiti’s gangs have gained “near-total control” of the capital and authorities are unable to ...
Here’s a look at the life of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the first democratically elected president of Haiti. Personal Birth date: July 15, 1953 Birth place: Port Salut, Haiti Birth name: Jean-Bertrand ...
SEAL, as gang violence surges. Prince advises on security strategies to restore order and support police efforts.
From above, much of Port-au-Prince looks more like a great grey beach of crumbled concrete than the bustling port city of 2.8 million people that it once was and will be again.
Port-au-Prince bustled. The garden-filled capital city of 3 million was flocked with hills, covered in chalk-white buildings, home to palaces and slums.