PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The money materialized as soon as Colombia’s president confirmed his visit to southern Haiti. The Haitian government invested more than $3.8 million to more than double the runway at the airport in the coastal city of Jacmel ...

Across the sea in Haiti, Melissa killed at least 20 people, including ten children. Heavy rains caused a flash flood that swept away their makeshift homes on the banks of the Digue river in Petit-Goâve, on the southern peninsula. The main road into the town of Jacmel, on Haiti’s south coast, was also sheered off by storm surge.

Part-time Columbus resident Jessica Eugene, director of Damou Christian Mission in Haiti, is shown with Haitian young people. Photo provided Amid the government-related chaos and anarchy reigning in Haiti, part-time Columbus resident Jessica Eugene finds ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Colombian President Gustavo Petro visited Haiti on Wednesday as part of a whirlwind trip to strengthen ties with the violence-wracked country. He was expected to meet with officials and talk about potential joint projects focused ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro asks Haitians for “forgiveness” for the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Petro made a historic visit to the port city of Jacmel, Haiti on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. Haiti Presidential Council ...

JACMEL, HAITI -- The floor rippled, as though a wave were moving through the operating room. Haitian nurses began running, grabbing a post-op patient on a gurney along the way, as chunks of concrete fell around them. Half the building had been destroyed in ...