Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who spent a significant amount of time speaking with Caribbean leaders about Haiti’s deepening instability during a visit last month to Jamaica, believes that the ...

Historians suggest those conditions, and the need to constantly renew the supply of slave labour from Africa, ultimately planted the seeds of Haiti’s uniquely successful slave revolt. “They ...

As a result, Haiti became the only country in the world where the descendants of enslaved people were forced over generations to compensate the descendants of their former colonial masters.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced the formation of a joint commission with Haiti to examine their intertwined history On April 17, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the formation ...

Goran Tomasevic The Globe and Mail The U.S. State Department and the Caribbean Community are condemning looming threats by a powerful gang coalition in Haiti to escalate violence against residents ...

CARICOM is speaking out against growing threats of a government overthrow in Haiti. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a 15-member Caribbean Community regional bloc, has issued a warning in ...

Guns are not manufactured in Haiti, and it’s illegal to ship any there, but the gangs terrorizing the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, never seem to be short of them — or of ammunition.

Royal Caribbean is again suspending visits to its private destination in Haiti amid ongoing violence in the country. “Out of an abundance of caution, we have temporarily paused our upcoming ...

French President Emmanuel Macron says it was an injustice imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity in exchange for its independence from France PARIS -- French President ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Marlene L. Daut is a Professor of French and African ...

NEW YORK, USA (CMC) – The Director General of the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on Thursday that the Haiti crisis could impact regional and global security.

In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country US$21 billion. The reason? In 1825, France extracted a huge indemnity from the young nation ...