February 1 – President Jovenel Moïse says he will stay on until February 22 and urges people to support proposed Constitutional amendments. Opposition leaders step up demands he step down and a transportation strike cripples the country.[2]
February 10 – Police use
tear gas and shoot into the air to disperse a
rock-throwing crowd of protesters. Twenty-three people are arrested and two journalists are injured during the incident. Protesters shout, "We are back to dictatorship! Down with Moise! Down with Sison," a reference to the U.S. Ambassador,
Michele J. Sison, who supports Moïse.[5]
February 25 – At least 25 dead and many injured during a prison break at Croix-des-Bouquets Civil Prison, during which notorious gang leader Arnel Joseph escaped.[6][7] Joseph is later found and killed in
L'Estère.[8][9]
February 28 – Thousands wave tree branches and flags in protests against
kidnappings and Moïse.[10]
March 2 – Haitian-born former
U.S. marine Jacques Duroseau is sentenced to five years of prison for smuggling guns to Haiti in 2019.[11]
March 5 – Lissner Mathieu ("Ti-Nwa"), a U.S. national, and Peterson Benjamin ("Ti Peter Vilaj"), a Haitian national, are
extradited to the United States. Mathieu, 55, is accused on drug
charges, and Benjamin, a leader of the Village de Dieugang, faces kidnapping charges.[12]
March 24 – The Supreme Court orders the release of those accused of plotting a coup d'état.[13]
March 28 – Thousands take to the streets in
Port-au-Prince and other cities to reject a proposed
referendum to introduce a new constitution.[14][15]
April to June
April 2 – Fighting in
Bel Air leads to the burning of houses and at least three deaths.
Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier, pro-government leader of the ″G-9 and Family and Allies coalition″ accepts responsibility for the attacks.[16]
^"Several dead as gang leader escapes in Haiti prison break".
Al Jazeera English. February 26, 2021.
Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021. One of Haiti's most powerful gang leaders, Arnel Joseph, escaped from a prison in the outskirts of the capital Port-au-Prince during a riot that left several people dead, authorities told local media.
†Physiographically, these
continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.
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North Atlanticoceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the
Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.
Years in
Haiti (1804–present)
