Haiti
‘Everyone was crying’: Grieving Haitians bury their dead a week after quake
By Laura Gottesdiener MARCELINE, Haiti (Reuters) -Families gathered in villages in southwestern Haiti this weekend for church and funeral services...
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‘He never stood a chance’: the fateful downfall of Haiti’s president
By Dave Graham and Andre Paultre PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian President Jovenel Moise began this year by warning that his...
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Haiti faces anger and despair a week after quake, fanning security fears
By Laura Gottesdiener and Ricardo Arduengo MARCELINE, Haiti (Reuters) -Tensions in Haiti were rising on Saturday over a lack of...
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Almost a week after quake, desperate Haitians loot aid trucks
By Laura Gottesdiener and Ricardo Arduengo MARCELINE, Haiti (Reuters) -Haitians desperate for food looted a humanitarian convoy on Friday and...
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Foreign aid trickles in to rural Haiti amid struggle to count victims
By Laura Gottesdiener CAVAILLON, Haiti (Reuters) -A drip of foreign aid began to reach more rural areas of southwestern Haiti...
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Tremors strike Haitian city still reeling from quake
LES CAYES (Reuters) -Tremors shook buildings late on Wednesday in the southern Haitian city of Les Cayes, a Reuters witness...
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Quake leaves Haiti ‘on its knees’ as impatience grows over lack of aid
By Laura Gottesdiener LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) -An earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people in Haiti had left the...
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Morgues fill to capacity in Haitian town hard-hit by quake
LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) - Bodies lay in the courtyard of one morgue in the southern Haitian city of Les...
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Haiti quake leaves small businesses in ruins, compounding woes
By Laura Gottesdiener LES CAYES (Reuters) - Days before a powerful earthquake struck, Rosemond Clermont paid the $1,554 rent on...
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Haiti quake survivors cry for help as death toll nears 2,000
By Laura Gottesdiener and Ricardo Arduengo LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) -Survivors of the earthquake that killed at least 1,941 people...
Read more‘She is really suffering’: mothers beg aid for children hurt in Haiti quake
By Laura Gottesdiener LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) - Seventeen-month-old Esther Sanon lay on a mat in the overflowing hospital of...
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U.S. has no current plans to deploy military to Haiti -U.S. national security advisor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has no current plans to deploy U.S. military personnel to Haiti after an earthquake...
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Haiti quake death toll should be far below 2010 disaster: USAID
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The death toll from Haiti's earthquake on Saturday is unlikely to be "anywhere near" a 2010 quake...
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Haiti mourners tell of church collapse horror during quake
By Laura Gottesdiener TOIRAC, Haiti (Reuters) - When the ground began to tremble during a church funeral service in the...
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Storm brings floods as Haitians seek help at overloaded hospitals after quake
By Laura Gottesdiener and Ricardo Arduengo LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) -Doctors in Haiti on Monday battled in makeshift tents to...
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Haitians say 2010 quake lessons may have saved lives – but not enough
By Gessika Thomas and Sarah Marsh PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - When the ground shook in Haiti's capital in 2010, Alix Percinthe...
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Haiti quake revives anger over aid response to past disasters
By Laura Gottesdiener and Dave Graham PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -The earthquake that ravaged Haiti https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/haitians-scramble-rescue-survivors-ruins-major-quake-2021-08-15 on Saturday has revived anger over...
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Explainer: Why does Haiti have earthquakes?
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Almost 1,300 people have been reported killed by a powerful earthquake https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/medics-aid-workers-rush-reach-haiti-quake-zone-before-storm-2021-08-16 that rocked Haiti on Saturday,...
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Haiti hospitals overwhelmed by quake victims as death toll hits 1,297
By Laura Gottesdiener PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's hospitals were swamped on Sunday by thousands of injured residents after a devastating...
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U.N. calls for Haiti ‘humanitarian corridor’ in gang-held areas
By Laura Gottesdiener and Drazen Jorgic PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A "humanitarian corridor" through Haiti's gang-infested areas should be established so...
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