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Haiti’s biggest celebration of the year, Carnival, has been canceled after deadly protests and gunfire interrupted the first day of festivities in Port-au-Prince, leaving at least one person dead.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A Haitian singer who was shocked by a high-voltage wire during Carnival is giving his account of what may have caused an accident that resulted in 16 deaths. The hip-hop ...
On the first day of Haiti’s pre-Lenten Carnival celebration, the country’s two armed forces squared off Sunday, with off-duty members of the Haiti National Police and their supporters ...
Carnival in the Haitian town of Jacmel is both visual feast and street theater. Illustration: LAURA GREENAN The best trips, we’re often told, are never planned.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — At least 20 people were killed early Tuesday in the Haitian capital after a man on top of a musical group’s Carnival float was electrocuted, setting off a panic … ...
Haiti has declared three days of mourning beginning Wednesday after at least 16 people were killed and more than 70 injured early Tuesday during the second day of its packed carnival celebration.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A Haitian singer who was shocked by a high-voltage wire during Carnival is giving his account of what may have caused an accident that resulted in 16 deaths.. The hip-hop ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- At least 16 people were killed early Tuesday in the Haitian capital after a man on top of a musical group's Carnival float was shocked by high-voltage wires above the str ...
Haiti's tourism minister, Stephanie Villedrouin, said that the government ultimately is planning excursions from Carnival’s enclave into other parts of the island.