Haiti extends state of emergency and shuts main port

1 month ago

Haiti has extended a state of emergency and shut main port due to "sabotage" after days of worsening gang violence that have plunged the Caribbean country into chaos and left the prime minister unable to return from abroad. Caribbean Port Services, the sole operator of the port in Haiti's capital city Port-au-Prince, cited "malicious acts of sabotage and vandalism" on Thursday