Hope amid chaos: Haiti students find refuge in music

A U.S.-sponsored music program is a rare lifeline for fun in Haiti, where children are mostly kept indoors for safety amid gang violence and crime.

Haitian students play drums and strum guitars to escape hunger, gang violence

Children across Haiti’s capital are playing drums, bass guitar and piano to drown out the trouble that erupts around them daily in the violent and impoverished country.

Growing gang violence crisis devastating Haitians, with major crime at a new high, UN envoy says

The U.N. special envoy for Haiti says growing gang violence is devastating the lives of its people, with major crimes rising to a new high.

US forces fly in to beef up security at embassy in Haiti and evacuate nonessential personnel

The U.S. military has flown in forces to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and evacuate nonessential personnel.

Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence

Shunned by the elite for centuries, Vodou is transforming into a more powerful religion across Haiti, where long-persecuted believers are seeking protection from violent gangs.

Ohio city whose Haitian migrants were disparaged by Trump braces to defend them against deportation

Springfield found itself in an unwelcome spotlight last year after Trump amplified false rumors that members of the city's burgeoning Haitian population were abducting and eating cats and dogs.

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Haitian students play drums and strum guitars to escape hunger, gang violence

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US forces fly in to beef up security at embassy in Haiti and evacuate nonessential personnel

Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence

Ohio city whose Haitian migrants were disparaged by Trump braces to defend them against deportation

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