Haiti’s government adopts a ‘war budget’ as town after town falls to gangs

Fort-Liberté community leads $10M effort to restore historic Haitian fort and boost tourism

FORT-LIBERTE—A multimillion-dollar restoration project is underway to revive Fort Pointe de la Roche, a centuries-old coastal fortress in northeast Haiti once used as a frontline defense during the Haitian Revolution. Backed by a small portion of funding from the Haitian government, the initiative is being driven by local residents seeking to boost tourism and economic development in the region.Known locally as Fort Dauphin, the long-neglected s…

The Haitian government announced approval of what it called a $275,000 “war budget” to alleviate the country’s crisis as gang violence escalates. Almost 40 percent of the money will go to the Haitian police and army “to fight the armed groups that threaten national stability,” while nearly 20 percent will go to strengthen the border that the country shares with the Dominican Republic, Haiti’s transitional presidential council said in a statement…

Clans and gangs dominate most of Port-au-Prince, Haiti has been sinking into violence for years. Now the desperate government wants to take action with a war fund against the criminals.

On the road to cocaine trafficking, the port of Port-au-Prince is in the hands of the gangs. France supports the Haitian police to prevent an emerge narco-state near the French overseas territories.

Haiti approves "war time budget" as criminal gangs wreak havoc

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's transitional presidential council has approved on Monday an exceptional "war time budget" to address what it called a security and social emergency as armed gangs have taken control of nearly all of the capital and surrounding…

Haiti's government announces 'war budget' as town after town falls to gangs

Haiti’s government says it has approved what it called a “war budget” of $275,000 aimed at alleviating the country’s crisis as gang violence surges. The transitional presidential council said Monday that nearly 40% of the money will go toward Haiti’s…