USA : Non-immigrant visa applications, no longer processed except...

The State Department announced that it will no longer process non-immigrant visa applications in Port-au-Prince unless it is an emergency vitaluntil further notice. Haitians needing a visa to travel to the USA will have to go to an American Embassy or Consulate outside Haiti and request beforehand by email to the American embassy or consulate in the country that he plans to visit, the transfer of his visa application from the American embassy in Port-au-Prince.

More than 13,000 "Madan Sara" in difficulty

More than 13,000 merchants are decapitalized or victims of the climate of violence and insecurity prevalent in several regions of the country, deplores the Gathering of "Madan Sara" of Haiti.

The IMF forecasts -3% growth for Haiti

The International Monetary Fund forecasts negative economic growth of -3.0% for Haiti in 2024, in its report entitled "Stable but slow: resilience in divergence" published Tuesday April 16. Which would then be the 6th consecutive year of decline for Haiti.

Haiti at the World Skate Games 2024

Haitian freestyle roller skater Gesny Pierre-Louis qualified for the qualifiers this week for the "World Skate Games 2024" which will take place in several cities in southern Italy from September 6 to 22, 2024. A competition which will bring together 100 countries and 12,000 athletes in 12 disciplines: Skateboarding, Freestyle roller skating, Scootering, Racing roller skating, Downhill, Slalom, Inline freestyle, Skatecross, Rink hockey, Roller hockey, Roller derby and Artistic roller skating.

Haiti at the 2024 Senior Caribbean Championship

Table tennis player Jameson Bernard in Group 1 will be the only representative of Haiti at the 2024 Senior Caribbean Championship in the individual category which will take place from April 16 to 21, 2024 in the Dominican Republic. Playing in the United States in Philadelphia with a ranking of 2145 on the American circuit, he is eagerly awaited in this competition. He will face the Puerto Rican Angel Naranjo in the opening match on April 18 and the next day he will face the Trinidadian Arun Roopnarine.

The BINUH will monitor the CPT

International support for the Haitian National Police remains essential to restore security and the rule of law. "We reaffirm our commitment to supporting the country's institutions in their efforts to restore democratic institutions," said the Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Haiti, Maria Isabel Salvador. The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) continues to closely monitor the Haitian political process which led to the publication on April 12 of the Decree Creating the Transitional Presidential Council.

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