Haiti

Coordinates: 19°00′N 72°25′W / 19.000°N 72.417°W / 19.000; -72.417

Haiti (i/ˈhti/; French: Haïti [a.iti]; Haitian Creole: Ayiti [ajiti]), officially the Republic of Haiti (French: République d'Haïti; Haitian Creole: Repiblik Ayiti), is a country in the western hemisphere, and is located on the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti is 27,750 square kilometres (10,714 sq mi) in size and has an estimated 10.6 million people, making it the most populous country in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the third-most populous country in the Caribbean as a whole.

Originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno people, Europeans first became aware of the island on December 5, 1492 during the first voyage of Christopher Columbus across the Atlantic. When Columbus first landed in Haiti, he had thought he had found India or Asia. Deciding to establish the first settlement in the area, a contingent of men were left at an outpost christened La Navidad because of the wreck to their sunken flagship, the Santa Maria, that occurred at Christmas, north of what is now Limonade. The island was named Hispaniola and claimed by Spain, which ruled until the early 17th century. Competing claims and settlements by the French led to the western portion of the island being ceded to France, which named it Saint-Domingue. The development of sugarcane plantations, worked by slaves brought from Africa, led to the colony being among the most lucrative in the world.

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Rubio defends US stance on Cuban medical missions during Caribbean tour

Anadolu Agency 27 Mar 2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Kingston, Jamaica on Wednesday as part of a Caribbean tour to discuss several issues with regional leaders, including Cuban medical missions and the situation in Haiti ... “We are ensuring the program complies with all international laws and standards to which we are a party to,” he added....
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Venezuela says it will resume accepting U.S. deportation flights

The Spokesman-Review 22 Mar 2025
The agreement to resume the deportation flights to Venezuela also comes a day after the Trump administration said that it would end a Biden-era program that allowed hundreds of thousands of people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to enter the United States lawfully and work for up to two years....
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Fine Points of the Law

Salt Lake City Weekly 19 Mar 2025
Fine Points of the Law ... Doing so violated the country's weapons law, prosecutors said ... The sister told law enforcement that they'd been traveling to Haiti to "flee religious attacks of a spiritual nature." Augustin had told her that "Satan's disciples had followed them onto the plane and the legion did not want the Augustins to make it to Haiti."...
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Homeland Security revokes temporary status for 532,000 immigrants, which will impact some Haitians in Springfield

Springfield News-Sun 17 Mar 2025
Springfield advocates have denounced this practice, saying that creating immigrants living in the country illegally does not make sense if the goal is to reduce illegal immigration, and could impact area businesses who would lose a portion of their workers.ExploreHow could the end of Haiti TPS impact Springfield, regional economy?....
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Imprisonment, murder, extortion: Why U.S. deportees to Haiti are being targeted by gangs

Daily Record Parsippany 12 Mar 2025
US freezes $13.3M in funds for international police force in Haiti ... has frozen $13.3 million in funding for international security force in Haiti ... The law clinic, in consultation with human rights groups, called for ending deportations to Haiti and granting asylum to those who could face jailing or persecution in Haiti....

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