2023 in Haiti
Incumbents
- President: Ariel Henry (acting)
- Prime Minister: Ariel Henry (acting)
Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti; 2018–2023 Haitian crisis
- January 26 – Ten police officers are killed, one is critically injured and another is missing during a series of attacks in Port-au-Prince, by the Gan Grif gang.[1]
- February 1 – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that his government is willing to send troops to Haiti as part of a "multinational security assistance deployment".[2]
- February 16 – Canada announces that it will deploy navy vessels to Haiti for intelligence-gathering amid a worsening security situation in the Caribbean country.[3]
- 21 March – The United Nations reports that 187 people have been killed in a wave of violence in Haiti in the past eleven days during clashes between gangs. Since the beginning of the year, 531 people have been murdered in the country.[4]
- 23 March – Assassination of Jovenel Moïse: A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen pleads guilty to three murder-related charges in a court in the United States over his role in the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse.[5]
Scheduled
Holidays
- January 1 – New Year's Day and Independence Day, celebrating 217 years since the signing of the Haitian Declaration of Independence.[7]
- January 2 – Ancestry Day, honors those who fought for independence.[7]
- February 16 – Haitian Carnival and Mardi Gras.[7]
- October 17 – Dessalines Day, commemorating 215 years since the death of Haiti's first leader.[7]
- November 1–2 — All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day are celebrated in both the Christian and Haitian Vodou religion.[7]
See also
References
- "Tensions soar in Haiti's capital after police officers killed". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- "Jamaica willing to take part in military intervention in Haiti, PM says". Reuters. 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- "Canada to deploy navy vessels to Haiti as violence worsens". AP NEWS. 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- "UN says that more than 530 killed in gang-related violence in Haiti this year". France 24. 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- Morland, Sarah (2023-03-24). "Man behind guns in Haitian president's assassination pleads guilty". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- "Le Nouvelliste". www.lenouvelliste.com. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- "Independence Day in Haiti in 2022". Office Holidays. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
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