Haiti's minister of culture and communication announced Wednesday that national Carnival celebrations will be canceled in the wake of violent protests that paralyzed the country for more than 10 days.

Haitians party in Port-de-Paix, Haiti during the country’s three day National Carnival, which began on Sunday, February 14, 2021. The potential COVID-19 super spreader has led to the Bahamas issuing a ...

People in Port au Prince are mourning today, a day usually reserved for celebration. At least 16 people died during a Mardi Gras parade. They were electrocuted in trampled after a float struck a power ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - At least 16 people were killed and 78 injured early on Tuesday when a singer on a Carnival float hit an overhead power line in Port-au-Prince, setting off a stampede by ...

Revelers perform on the third day of the 2018 National Carnival Parade on February 13, 2018, in Port-au-Prince. HECTOR RETAMAL AFP via Getty Images After nearly a year of allowing travelers to visit ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — At least three Haitian bands said Saturday that they are being kept from performing at Carnival and that they suspect it’s because President Michel Martelly’s ...

A man takes pictures of the float on which a singer was electrocuted by an overhead power line as the float passed beneath it during a carnival parade in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Tuesday, Feb. 17, ...

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Families and friends light candles on a memorial during a vigil at the site of an accident that left at least 16 people dead in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday. Officials say a man on top of a musical ...