In the late 1980s, Richard Morse became the hotel’s manager. His band, RAM, played Haitian roots music on Thursday nights ...

Haiti's once-illustrious Grand Hôtel Oloffson, a beloved Gothic gingerbread home that inspired books, hosted parties until ...

Grand Hotel Oloffson, famed for inspiring books and hosting celebrities, destroyed as gang violence sweeps Port-au-Prince.

Prince, long a haven for artists and writers, poets and presidents, a symbol of Haiti's troubled politics and its storied ...

Haiti’s once-illustrious Grand Hotel Oloffson, a beloved gothic gingerbread home that inspired books, hosted parties until dawn and attracted visitors from Mick Jagger to Haitian presidents, was burnt ...

Haitian security forces in February. Gangs control much of the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Mentor David Lorens/EPA, via Shutterstock ...

The fire that destroyed the historic cultural landmark on July 5 has caused great sadness and anger, emphasizing the extent of gang violence in Haiti at a time when both police and civilians are still ...

Jimmy Chérizier, a former elite police officer known as Barbecue who leads the G9 and Family gang, speaks to journalists in the Delmas 6 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in July 2024.

Conflicts in Ecuador, Mexico and Haiti stem from corruption, a lack of state authority and entities such as drug cartels.

Haitians go about their day at a displacement camp Léogâne, Haiti. In June of 2025, the country had nearly 1.3 million people internally displaced by armed gangs, the United Nations said.

More than 5,600 people were killed across Haiti last year, with gang violence leaving more than 1 million homeless in the country of nearly 12 million people, according to the U.N.