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Relatives of murdered community leader Josemano &quot;Badou&quot; Victorieux mourn during Victorieux's funeral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Family members plan to bury three of the people killed in recent violence related to protests calling for the resignation of President Jovenel Moise. Haiti has entered into a fifth week of deadly protests that have paralyzed the economy and shuttered schools. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Haitian funerals turn to protests as mourners, police clash

By EVENS SANON and REBECCA BLACKWELL - Associated Press

People look on from a motorcycle on the edge of a march led by the art community demanding the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019.Thousands of Haitians joined a largely peaceful protest called by the art community Sunday to demand that Moïse step down, increasing pressure on the embattled leader after nearly a month of marches that have shuttered schools and businesses.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Haiti’s embattled president faces 5th week of protests

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

A vendor displays her wares for potential clients in front of a home partly built from the walls of portable toilets, in the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Residents of Cite Soleil say that their already limited access to basic services, work, and security has only been declining, and many are participating in the protests calling for the resignation of President Jovenel Moise. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Thousands of protesters in Haiti loot stores, battle police

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

Youths fish with bits of line on the coast near Jacmel, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. Weeks of political turmoil are hitting cities and towns outside the capital of Port-au-Prince especially hard, forcing non-government organizations to suspend aid as barricades cut off the flow of goods between the city and the countryside. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Barricades burn as Haiti enters 4th week of deadly protests

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

Shoppers browse in a market in Leogane, Haiti, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. The political turmoil is hitting cities and towns outside the capital of Port-au-Prince especially hard, forcing non-government organizations to suspend aid as barricades ranging from large rocks to burning tires cut off the flow of goods between the city and the countryside, further deepening poverty in places like Leogane.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Protests choke communities in Haiti as aid, supplies dwindle

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

A demonstrator washes his faces from the effects of tear gas during a protest demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moise, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. After a two-day respite from the recent protests that have wracked Haiti's capital, opposition leaders urged citizens angry over corruption, gas shortages, and inflation to join them for a massive protest march to the local headquarters of the United Nations. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Haiti braces for more upheaval after big protest

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

Vendors sell from sidewalk stands and people wait for public transport, alongside a car burned during Monday protests, in the Delmas district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. There was a relative pause in disturbances that have wracked Haiti’s capital for weeks as protesters have tried to drive President Jovenel Moïse from power. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Deadly protests squeeze Haitians in shrinking economy

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

John Carey, 21-years-old, who was injured during Friday's protests, poses for photos in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. Haitian opposition leaders are calling for a nationwide push Monday to block streets, paralyze the economy and push President Jovenel Moise from power, and tens of thousands of their dedicated young supporters are expected to heed their call. (AP Photo/Edris Fortune)

New protest hit Haiti amid demands that president resign

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

A motorcyclist drives past a burning barricade during a nationwide push to block streets and paralyze the country's economy as protesters press for President Jovenel Moise to give up power, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Opposition leaders and supporters say they are angry about public corruption, spiraling inflation and a dwindling supply of gasoline that has forced many gas stations in the capital to close as suppliers demand the cash-strapped government pay them more than $100 million owed. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A look at the protests roiling Haiti

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 8, 2019 file photo, a protestor holds a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: &quot;It's not a fashion. It's the fourth wave. Legal abortion is an obligation of the state,&quot; during a march to mark International Women's Day in Mexico City. Mexican women are marching Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, for greater reproductive rights, including access to abortions, in one of the world’s most restrictive regions for reproductive choice. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

AP Explains: Abortion rights in Mexico and Latin America

By AMY GUTHRIE - Associated Press

This Sept. 6, 2019 photo released by Amilcar Navarro shows chef Jose Andres distributing food at the Marsh Harbour Government Complex in Abaco, Bahamas, in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. Andres, who has two James Beard Awards and nearly three dozen restaurants, founded the nonprofit World Central Kitchen in 2010 to respond quickly with food and water distribution after natural disasters and other emergencies around the globe. (Amilcar Navarro via AP)

When disaster strikes, Chef Jose Andres is on the ground

By LEANNE ITALIE - Associated Press

Opposition Senator Ralph Fethiere fires his gun outside Parliament as he arrives for a ceremony to ratify Fritz William Michel's nomination as prime minister in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. Opposition members confronted ruling-party senators, and Fethiere pulled a pistol when protesters rushed at him and members of his entourage. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

AP photographer wounded as senator fires gun during protest

By EVENS SANON - Associated Press

Ruling party Senator Ralph Fethiere fires his gun outside Parliament as he arrives for a vote on the ratification of Fritz William Michel's nomination as prime minister in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. Opposition members confronted ruling-party senators, and Fethiere pulled a pistol when protesters rushed at him and members of his entourage. The vote was cancelled. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Ralph Fethiere, Haiti senator, fires gun; AP photographer wounded

By Evens Sanon - Associated Press

In this Thursday, July 18, 2019 photo, murals adorn a wall next to a vacant lot in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami. The lot is adjacent to a billion-dollar development project known as the Magic City Innovation District set to be built in the historic neighborhood. The mixed-use development will take up 17 acres of land and has inspired hope and fear among the residents. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

A giant Little Haiti project is met with cautious approval

By MARCUS LIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 9, 2015, file photo, Michael Geilenfeld, right, arrives at U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Thursday, July 9, 2015, in Portland, Maine. An attorney says a defamation lawsuit against a Maine activist who accused an orphanage founder in Haiti of being a serial pedophile has been settled. Paul Kendrick’s attorney told The Associated Press that the defendant’s insurance companies agreed to pay $3 million to Hearts With Haiti but nothing to orphanage founder Michael Geilenfeld. The attorney says Hearts With Haiti and Geilenfeld dropped their defamation claims. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Defamation suit over Haiti sex abuse claim settled

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

Haitian man pardoned by governor; could seek return to Maine

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Haiti's President Jovenel Moise speaks during an interview in his office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Moise told The Associated Press Wednesday that he will serve out his term despite rising violence, poor economic performance and months of protests over unresolved allegations of corruption in his predecessor’s administration. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

AP Interview: Haitian president pledges to outlast troubles

By CHRISTOPHER GILLETTE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks as he views construction during a visit to Shell's soon-to-be completed Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, in Monaca, Pa. At left is Hilary Mercer, vice president of Shell Pennsylvania Chemicals, left, and second from left is Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler and Charles Holliday, chairman of the board of directors for Royal Dutch Shell. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Appeals court casts doubt on Trump ‘animus’ in case involving ‘s—-hole’ countries

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 28, 2019 photo, Haitian artist Ernst Jeudy works on the restoration of a painting by Haitian artist Edouard Duval Carrie, at the Musée d'Art du Collège Saint Pierre, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is one of dozens of well-known paintings that artists are still trying to rescue nearly a decade after the magnitude 7.0 quake that killed an estimated 300,000 people or more and damaged countless buildings, including the Museum of Haitian Art of St. Pierre College, one of the country's top museums. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Artists struggle to save Haiti museum after 2010 earthquake

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

Haiti midfielder Steeven Saba and Mexico midfielder Andres Guardado (18) fight for the ball during the first half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match, Tuesday, July 2, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Mexico outlasts Haiti 1-0 in Gold Cup semifinals

By JOHN MARSHALL - Associated Press