Cheap holidays and bloodthirsty dictators: the story of the island with a split personality
It started, as did so much in the Caribbean, with Christopher Columbus. The Genoese navigator encountered this 29,418-square-mile chunk of misty mountains and virgin forest – which,…
Haiti hostages stage dramatic escape ‘after receiving sign from God’
The group was kidnapped as they were returning from an orphanage in an area east of the capital Port-au-Prince. The kidnappers, one of Haiti’s most powerful gangs…
Pictured: Bargain-hunting Haitians flock across border to Friday market
Fresh fruit, livestock and even timber are available to bulk buy at this bustling bi-national market. On Tuesdays and Fridays, vendors and buyers from Haiti make the…
Two missionaries held hostage in Haiti by notorious gang freed
Two North American hostages captured at gunpoint last month by a notorious Haitian criminal gang have been released it was announced on Sunday. Details of the release…