Aristil Steven

In an interview with our editorial staff on May 9, 2019, the United States Ambassador to Haiti, Michele Jeanne Sison, shared his point of view on a Haitian custom assimilated to human trafficking called "Alantran". Common in the locality of "Demarré".

https://www.msf.org/earthquake-survivors-haiti-face-multitude-obstacles-their-path-recovery

More than a week after an earthquake destroyed his home and fractured the bones of his leg, two-year-old Widnika sleeps in a bed at MSF's Tabarre hospital in Port-au-Prince as his mother Widline sits with him.

On Saturday August 14 at 8:30 am local time, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the southern region of Haiti, more specifically the provinces of Grand'Anse, Nippes and South. The death toll now stands at more than 2,200 dead.

https://www.ruptly.tv/en/videos/20210818-011-Haiti--Tropical-storm-Grace-overloads-hospital-staff--hindering-rescue-efforts?search_key=cfbd6d8b-530c-4e80-8143-4ed95b4f3a17

Wounded residents shaken by Haiti's recent earthquake and now soaked in heavy rains, were seen lying on the floors of the Immaculate Conception Hospital in Les Cayes on Tuesday, waiting to be seen by medical staff.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Haitian police officers on Thursday blocked streets and forced their way into the country's main airport to protest the recent killing of officers by armed gangs expanding their grip on the Caribbean nation.

In Verrettes, young girls are sold to men as concubines. At "Démarré", the sixth communal section of Verrettes, a "custom" known as "Alantran" allows a man to have a young girl aged 17 to 21 or even a girl aged 14 to 16 under his roof.