Haiti's government has invested more than $3.8 million to welcome Colombia's president. The money was used to more than double the runway at the airport in the coastal city of Jacmel, repair its streets,

His foreign minister just abruptly resigned. A deadly wave of violence between fighting guerrilla groups is endangering his nation’s hard-won peace accord, and 17 of his countrymen, former soldiers accused in the July 2021 assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse,

I want to thank you for helping my America, my Colombia, achieve freedom,” he said. “You even gave us our flag.”

Colombian President Gustavo Petro looks on as he is welcomed with military honors by Leslie Voltaire, president of Haiti's Transition Council, upon his arrival for an official visit where they will have a binational council of ministers, in Jacmel, Haiti January 22, 2025. REUTERS/Marckinson Pierre

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A street vendor walks past a poster welcoming Colombian President Gustavo Petro for a one-day visit, in ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The money materialized as soon as Colombia’s president confirmed his visit to southern Haiti. The Haitian government invested more than $3.8 million to more than double ...

Petro’s visit came amid a violent upsurge in both countries, and as the United Nations Security Council begin meeting on Wednesday on the situation in Haiti. In Colombia at least 80 people have ...

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Agr. Vemel Joseph, Minister of Agriculture, organized a working session with directors and coordinators of the Ministry around the Memorandum of Understanding signed with his Colombian counterpart, Martha Carvajalino

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