Haiti transitional council names Garry Conille as new prime minister
Garry Conille has been named Haiti's new prime minister nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council had chosen someone else for the position.
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Garry Conille has been named Haiti's new prime minister nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council had chosen someone else for the position.
A new, transitional council was sworn in in Haiti Thursday, formalizing the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. They take on the daunting task of restoring order in the country amid escalating gang violence and political unrest. Haiti's finance minister, Michel Patrick Boisvert, will serve as interim prime minister until a new one is appointed. Robert Fatton Jr., professor of government and foreign affairs at the University of Virginia, joined CBS News to discuss the situation.
The U.S. continues to evacuate Americans trying to flee gang violence gripping parts of Haiti. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports.
Helicopters and charter flights from Port-au-Prince to Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, are carrying some U.S. citizens fleeing chaos in Haiti after weeks of gang violence and political insecurity. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports.
In recent weeks, a new wave of gang violence and unrest has shaken parts of Haiti. Many Haitians with dual U.S. citizenship are looking for ways to leave the country. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports from Cap-Haïtien.
Americans trapped in Haiti are desperately trying to escape the island nation as the conditions in Port-au-Prince continue to spiral amid gang violence. Meanwhile, CBS News has confirmed Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who agreed to resign last week, is under U.S. Secret Service protection. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez has more.
The State Department sponsored a charter flight that evacuated dozens of U.S. citizens from Haiti over the weekend as gang violence and political rifts in the country continue. The flight landed at Miami International Airport on Sunday. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez has more.
Haitians hoping to stock up on supplies are flocking to the border with the Dominican Republic as tensions remain high over continued political instability and gang violence. CBS News' Cristian Benavides reports from Dajabón, Dominican Republic.
The United Nations is evacuating some team members from Haiti as violence continues during a tense period of political instability. The border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic partially reopened Thursday for Haitians wanting to buy goods to take back into their country. CBS News' Cristian Benavides reports from Dajabón, Dominican Republic.
An anti-terrorism team of U.S. Marines has been dispatched to Haiti's capital city of Port-au-Prince as gang violence continues and political schisms threaten the country's stability. CBS News' Cristian Benavides reports from the Dominican Republic-Haiti border.
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to step down following weeks of violence and threats from gang leaders demanding his resignation. Henry stipulated he will only resign once a transitional presidential council is created. CBS News correspondent Cristian Benavides reports.
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry says he will step down once a transitional presidential council is created. Henry has been stranded in Puerto Rico since armed gangs unleashed a wave of deadly violence in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has more.
With Haiti teetering on collapse due to the rising power of criminal gangs seeking political control, Prime Minister Ariel Henry announces his resignation.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is attending an emergency meeting in Jamaica with Caribbean leaders Monday over the ongoing crisis in Haiti. Over the weekend, the U.S. military evacuated non-essential personnel at the American embassy in Port-au-Prince as heavily armed gangs target key government sites and issue threats of violence. CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports.
A Haitian gang leader is threatening civil war and genocide if Prime Minister Ariel Henry doesn't step down. The country has seen widespread gang violence over the last week with attacks on prisons and the Toussaint Louverture International Airport. Jacqueline Charles, a Haiti and Caribbean correspondent for the Miami Herald, joins CBS News with more.
Haitian gang leader Jimmy "Barbeque" Cherisier has announced a coordinated attack to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry.