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12.11.2021 / 09:11

Canada, U.S. urge citizens to leave Haiti due to ‘deteriorating’ safety amid fuel crisis

Haiti and urging Canadian travellers to leave the country amid deepening insecurity and a severe lack of fuel that has affected hospitals, schools and banks.Global Affairs Canada said in a statement Thursday it is temporarily withdrawing non-essential Canadian employees as well as family members of embassy staff.“The security situation in Haiti is rapidly deteriorating and is being exacerbated by ongoing fuel shortages,” the statement reads.

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‘Get back to work’: Habitat for Humanity CEO remarks on Jimmy Carter’s legendary work ethic

Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in Georgia.His name will forever be tied to politics in the U.S., a moderate Democrat who served the 39th presidency term as an "outsider" in the wake of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. But his name is also synonymous for many with the nonprofit organization Habitat for Humanity. Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have worked extensively with Habitat for decades.

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Border crisis: US launches expulsion of thousands of Haitian migrants from Texas

DEL RIO, Texas (AP) - The U.S. flew Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland Sunday and tried blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico in a massive show of force that signaled the beginning of what could be one of America's swiftest, large-scale expulsions of migrants or refugees in decades.More than 320 migrants arrived in Port-au-Prince on three flights, and Haiti said six flights were expected Tuesday.

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Tropical Storm Grace drenches Haiti days after deadly earthquake

LES CAYES, Haiti - Tropical Storm Grace swept over Haiti with drenching rains just two days after a powerful earthquake battered the impoverished Caribbean nation, adding to the misery of thousands who lost loved ones, suffered injuries or found themselves homeless and forcing overwhelmed hospitals and rescuers to act quickly.After nightfall, heavy rain and strong winds whipped at the country's southwestern area, hit hardest by Saturday's quake, and officials warned that rainfall could reach 15 inches (38 centimeters) in some areas before the storm moved on. Port-au-Prince, the capital, also saw heavy rains.

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Haiti earthquake devastation captured in before-and-after satellite images

Satellite images show aftermath of deadly Haiti earthquake. RELATED: Haiti earthquake death toll climbs to 1,297 amid threat of storm Saturday’s earthquake also left at least 5,700 people injured, with thousands more displaced from destroyed or damaged homes.

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Former bodyguard at Canadian Embassy linked to Haitian president’s assassination

Haitian Americans — one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince — have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti’s president, Haitian officials said Thursday.James Solages and Joseph Vincent were among 17 suspects detained in the brazen killing of President Jovenel Moïse by gunmen at his home in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday. Fifteen of them are from Colombia, according to Léon Charles, chief of Haiti’s National Police.

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Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home by mercenaries: official

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in their home early Wednesday, inflicting more chaos on the unstable Caribbean country that was already enduring an escalation of gang violence, anti-government protests and a recent surge in coronavirus infections.Claude Joseph, the interim prime minister, confirmed the killing and said the police and military were in control of security in Haiti, where a history of dictatorship and political upheaval have long stymied the consolidation of democratic rule. Justin Trudeau condemns ‘appalling’ assassination of Haitian president While the streets of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, were quiet Wednesday morning, some people ransacked businesses in one area.

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Surge in violence rattles Haiti as poverty, fear deepens

PORT-AU-PRINCE – PORT-AU-The attack was brazen, streamed live on the internet: Men carrying big guns walked into a Holy Thursday church service, grabbed the pastor and three parishioners and led them away in full view of cameras.

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Police: Infamous gang leader killed after prison breakout

PORT-AU-PRINCE – PORT-AU-One of Haiti's most powerful gang leaders, Arnel Joseph, was killed on Friday, a day after he and dozens of other inmates in a prison breakout that left at least eight people dead, including the prison director, authorities said.

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Haiti braces for unrest as opposition demands new president

PORT-AU-PRINCE – PORT-AU-Flying rocks. Burning tires.

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Haitian police, protesters clash; president calls for unity

PORT-AU-PRINCE – PORT-AU-Haitian police on Saturday fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters who blocked roads and set fires in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Several people were injured.

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Arrival of first coronavirus cases in Haiti sends people scrambling for supplies

Haitians rushed to buy food, gas, soap and face masks Friday after the announcement of two imported cases of the coronavirus sparked worries that the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation could be overwhelmed by the illness.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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