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Gendarmerie sub-district headquarters at Gros-Morne, Artibonite, pictured in the 1920s. The gendarmerie quickly evolved into the cornerstone of the United States occupation, and gendarmerie officers had practical control over the U.S. client government of Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave; one visiting American observer noted that: "the actual running of the government comes pretty near being ...
Two people were killed in protests in Port-au-Prince on 27 October. Masked police officers were themselves out on the streets demonstrating that day because of low salaries and lack of health insurance. [61] Although the Haitian constitution calls for legislative elections in October, none were held in October 2019. [50]
On Wednesday, the United Nations Integrated Office in Port-au-Prince said that between July and September, more than 1,200 people were killed and more than 500 injured by gang violence as well as ...
The worsening situation and lack of movement, both by those inside and outside of Haiti, led one of the country’s leading journalists, Roberson Alphonse, to ask this week whether Haitians lives ...
Human remains lie in the streets of the Haitian capital, yet a multinational security mission long touted by the country’s neighbors as a gamechanger for its gang problem is nowhere to be found.
The correct way to resolve the sad state of WP articles on Haiti topics is by improving one article at a time, not by blowing out a single neat, thorough and well-written entry on a small Haitian military unit - that is equal in depth and quality in every way to A-classed Serbian State Guard - to incorporate virtually the entire modern history ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. government is urging U.S. citizens to leave Haiti because of the country’s deepening insecurity and a severe lack of fuel that has affected hospitals ...
The origins of Haiti's military lie in the Haitian Revolution.A decade of warfare produced a military cadre from which Haiti's early leaders emerged. Defeat of the French demonstrated Haiti's considerable strategic stamina and tactical capabilities, but Haiti's victory did not translate into a successful national government or a strong economy.