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Guatemalan and Salvadoran forces arrive in Haiti to join fight against violent gangs

CNN  —  Security forces from Guatemala and El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Friday to reinforce a multinational mission tasked with tackling the country’s rampant gang violence, the Haitian National Police announced. High-ranking officials gathered on the tarmac of the international airport in the capital Port-au-Prince to greet the 75 Guatemalan and eight Salvadoran officers, …

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US to evacuate 20 embassy staff from Haiti following car attack and intensifying gang violence, say sources

CNN  —  Violence is intensifying in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, this week, which saw a United Nations helicopter hit by gunfire and two gangs apparently target US embassy vehicles. A security source told CNN on Tuesday that two armored vehicles belonging to the US Embassy in Haiti were fired upon by the criminal groups “400 Mawozo” …

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Machete-wielding militias battle gangs in Port-au-Prince as Haiti’s elites vie for power

Port-au-Prince, Haiti CNN  —  The wide road that passes in front of Haiti’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport has a post-apocalyptic stillness these days. Where cars and crowds of people once massed, only tendrils of smoke rise from smoldering piles of trash, sending a bitter taste into the air. An armored police vehicle hulks nearby; the …

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Inside Haiti: A lucky few escape, while millions face gang rule, hunger and chaos

Port-au-Prince, Haiti CNN  —  In a city silenced by gangs, everyone notices the thrum of a helicopter beating overhead in the night – a brief sign that someone very lucky has been able to leave Port-au-Prince. CNN was able to land in the Haitian capital by helicopter on Friday after days of on-again, off-again plans …

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Haiti’s cholera death toll rises to 136 as outbreak gets ‘worse and worse every day’

CNN  —  A deadly resurgence of cholera in Haiti has claimed 136 lives so far, according to the Caribbean nation’s health ministry. Eighty-nine of the people who were infected died in a hospital or in cholera treatment centers, while 47 of them died at home, according to the Haitian Health Ministry’s statement. The Haitian government …

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Haitian politician shot dead, as violent gangs and political turmoil push country to the ‘edge of collapse’

CNN – A Haitian politician has been shot dead outside his home, authorities have said, as international concerns intensify over the gang violence, political turmoil and humanitarian crises that have seized control of the country. Eric Jean Baptiste was killed on Friday night outside his home in the capital Port-au-Prince, local police told CNN. He …

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