2023 in Haiti
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Events in the year 2023 in Haiti.
Incumbents[edit]
- President: Ariel Henry (acting)
- Prime Minister: Ariel Henry (acting)
Events[edit]
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]
Scheduled
Holidays[edit]
- January 1 – New Year's Day and Independence Day, celebrating 217 years since the signing of the Haitian Declaration of Independence.[5]
- January 2 – Ancestry Day, honors those who fought for independence.[5]
- February 16 – Haitian Carnival and Mardi Gras.[5]
- October 17 – Dessalines Day, commemorating 215 years since the death of Haiti's first leader.[5]
- November 1–2 — All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day are celebrated in both the Christian and Haitian Vodou religion.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Le Nouvelliste". www.lenouvelliste.com. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ a b c d e "Independence Day in Haiti in 2022". Office Holidays. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
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