2023 in Haiti
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Events in the year2023inHaiti.Haiti still had no president, no parliamentary quorum, and a dysfunctional high court due to a lack of judges, with another news report of violent uprisings across the country, realizing they were sent by the gangs while the other families and neighbors escape from a burning capital Port-au-Prince. The government invoked amartial lawacross Haiti in an effort to containgang violence.The police and the military are forced to withdraw from their posts when their bases and police stations throughout Haiti are destroyed by more gangs who had also planted weapons in the area to provoke participation. Haiti is effectively destroyed byviolencethat no longer controls the island country after its long history ofnatural disastersandpolitical chaos,more than three million Haitian migrants sailed toFloridain theU.S.as refugees, and black civilians in Haiti are rallying to fight back against gang corruption.
Incumbents
[edit]- President:Ariel Henry(acting)
- Prime Minister:Ariel Henry(acting)
Events
[edit]Ongoing –COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti;2018–2023 Haitian crisis
- 26 January – Ten police officers are killed, one is critically injured and another is missing during a series of attacks inPort-au-Prince,by the Gan Grif gang.[1]
- 1 February –Jamaican Prime MinisterAndrew Holnesssays that hisgovernmentis willing to sendtroopstoHaitias part of a "multinational security assistance deployment".[2]
- 16 February –Canadaannounces that it will deploynavyvessels to Haiti for intelligence-gathering amid a worsening security situation in theCaribbeancountry.[3]
- 21 March – TheUnited Nationsreports that 187 people have been killed in a wave of violence in Haiti in the past eleven days during clashes betweengangs.Since the beginning of the year, 531 people have been murdered in the country.[4]
- 23 March –Assassination of Jovenel Moïse:A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen pleads guilty to threemurder-relatedchargesin a court in the United States over his role in theassassinationofHaitian presidentJovenel Moïse.[5]
- 28 July – TheBiden administrationordersU.S.government personnel and their families to leave Haiti, citing "kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure" in the country.[6]
- 2 October – TheUnited Nations Security Councilapprovesa resolutionestablishing aKenyan-ledsecurity forcewith a mandate of one year to combat gang violence in Haiti.[7]
- 9 October – A court inKenyablocks the government from deploying police personnel to Haiti.[8]
- 27 October – A retiredColombianarmy officer who participated in the 2021 assassination ofHaitianpresidentJovenel Moïseis sentenced to life in a court inMiami.[9]
- 16 November – TheParliament of Kenyaapproves the deployment ofits police officersto Haiti as part of aUnited Nations-backed multinational security mission to combat thegang war in Haiti.[10]
- 22 December –Assassination of Jovenel Moïse:A formerColombiansoldier,Mario Antonio Palacios Palacios,pleads guiltytoconspiringin theassassinationofHaitianPresidentJovenel Moïse.[11]
Scheduled
Holidays
[edit]- January 1 –New Year's Dayand Independence Day, celebrating 217 years since the signing of theHaitian Declaration of Independence.[13]
- January 2 – Ancestry Day, honors those who fought for independence.[13]
- February 16 –Haitian CarnivalandMardi Gras.[13]
- October 17 –DessalinesDay, commemorating 215 years since the death of Haiti's first leader.[13]
- November 1–2 —All Saints' DayandAll Souls' Dayare celebrated in both the Christian andHaitian Vodoureligion.[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Tensions soar in Haiti's capital after police officers killed".www.aljazeera.com.Retrieved2023-02-07.
- ^"Jamaica willing to take part in military intervention in Haiti, PM says".Reuters.2023-02-01.Retrieved2023-02-07.
- ^"Canada to deploy navy vessels to Haiti as violence worsens".AP NEWS.2023-02-16.Retrieved2023-02-17.
- ^"UN says that more than 530 killed in gang-related violence in Haiti this year".France 24.2023-03-21.Retrieved2023-04-05.
- ^Morland, Sarah (2023-03-24)."Man behind guns in Haitian president's assassination pleads guilty".Reuters.Retrieved2023-04-05.
- ^"US orders government personnel, family members to leave Haiti".Reuters.2023-07-28.Retrieved2023-07-28.
- ^Robles, Frances; Fassihi, Farnaz (2023-10-02)."U.N. Approves Kenya-Led Security Mission to Help Haiti Stamp Out Gangs".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2023-10-03.
- ^"Court blocks Kenya from deploying police officers to Haiti to fight gangs".The Guardian.Reuters. 2023-10-09.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved2023-10-09.
- ^"Retired Colombian army officer gets life sentence in 2021 assassination of Haiti's president".AP News.2023-10-27.Retrieved2023-10-28.
- ^"Kenya's parliament approves Haiti police deployment".The Times of India.2023-11-16.ISSN0971-8257.Retrieved2023-11-16.
- ^"Former Colombian soldier pleads guilty in 2021 assassination of Haiti's president".AP News.2023-12-22.Retrieved2023-12-23.
- ^"Le Nouvelliste".www.lenouvelliste.com.Retrieved2023-02-07.
- ^abcde"Independence Day in Haiti in 2022".Office Holidays.Archivedfrom the original on January 1, 2021.RetrievedJanuary 15,2021.
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