Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday became the latest world leader to call for a stronger security force in Haiti, as the underfunded, poorly manned U.N.-backed mission has failed to make headway against the nation's spiraling gang crisis.

Haiti’s first commercial flight in seven months took off has taken off from the capital, going to the northern city of Cap-Haitien, where excited passengers hope to reunite with friends, relatives and business associates.

The airport in Port-au-Prince closed in mid-November for the second time last year after gangs opened fire on a Spirit Airlines flight as it was preparing to land.

At least 2,680 people were killed in Haiti in the first five months of the year, the United Nations said Friday, voicing alarm at widening gang violence.

The last stronghold of government control in Haiti’s capital is under siege. Armed gangs have taken over nearly all of Port-au-Prince, with only a single suburb still under state control. A failed international intervention and an impotent transitional council have left millions vulnerable,

Miami-based cargo carrier IBC Airways conducted a test flight Thursday to Haiti’s southern coast, landing at the Antoine Simon International Airport in the southwestern port city of Les Cayes.

Gangs armed with weapons largely trafficked from the U.S. control 85% of Port-au-Prince, according to the U.N.

President Trump, I ask you to please reconsider family reunification for residents,’ said a 10-year-old from Havana in a video.

You can’t separate out development and security from human rights and from creating a sense of opportunity for people.’

A 7-year-old adopted Haitian girl, Esther Smith, is safely in the U.S. after a rescue operation amidst ongoing violence in Haiti. Plano residents Kathleen and Jordan Smith had been trying to adopt Esther since December 2023,