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Port-au-Prince Women Resilient Amidst Post-Gang Violence Calm

2/26/2026

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At dawn in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, women set up fruit and vegetable stands under tattered umbrellas as dawn breaks.
The area around Carrefour Aéroport remains unusually quiet.
This quiet follows a surge of violence in early March 2024, when hundreds of gang members invaded the region, disrupting daily life and commerce.

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Story summary

At dawn in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, women set up fruit and vegetable stands under tattered umbrellas as dawn breaks.
The area around Carrefour Aéroport remains unusually quiet.
This quiet follows a surge of violence in early March 2024, when hundreds of gang members invaded the region, disrupting daily life and commerce.