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Margot Wittig of Starnberg, Germany, foreground, and Amanda Fleury of Gretna, La., look at giant-sized sequined Vodou flags at the New Orleans Museum of Art on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2018. The exhibit of work by Louisiana artist Tina Giruard and many Haitian bead artists at a studio in Haiti is titled &quot;Bondye: Between and Beyond&quot; and runs through June 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Janet McConnaughey)

Sequined flags depict Haitian Vodou spirits, in New Orleans

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

Jesuit school, others settle Haiti sex abuse case for $60M

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press

In this Dec. 10, 2018, file photo, police guard an alleged gang member to keep the crowd from attacking him outside a police station in the La Saline slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Residents believe the arrested man is one of the perpetrators of a Nov. 13 massacre that killed at least 20 people in La Saline slum. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Witnesses: Men in police garb massacred civilians in Haiti

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2018 file photo, Haitian activists and immigrants protest on City Hall Plaza in Boston. A trial in New York over the Trump administration's move to cut off permission for thousands of Haitians to live in the U.S. is spotlighting emails between officials downplaying health and safety crises in the Caribbean nation as they tried to justify the change. The case centers on the Temporary Protected Status program, which has allowed about 50,000 people from Haiti to live and work in the U.S. temporarily since a devastating earthquake in 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Trump’s move to send Haitians home goes on trial in New York

By ADAM GELLER - Associated Press

Anderson Cooper arrives at the 2019 Sean Penn J/P HRO &amp; Disaster Relief Organizations Gala at The Wiltern Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Anderson Cooper honored at Sean Penn’s star-studded benefit

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. - Associated Press

Anderson Cooper arrives at the 2019 Sean Penn J/P HRO & Disaster Relief Organizations Gala at The Wiltern Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

Sean Penn lauds Anderson Cooper’s ‘aggressiveness to tell the truth in reporting the news’

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. - Associated Press

Cuban women shop at a street market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. The “Cuban market” in Port-au-Prince is part of a global trade, estimated to top $2 billion, fed by the confluence of Cubans’ increased freedom to travel with the communist state’s continued domination of the economy back home. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Cubans fly around the world hunting shopping bargains

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

Defamation lawsuit against activist continues in state court

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New Orleans chef visits Haiti, celebrating cultural links

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A man rides a bicycle past burning tires set by protesters demanding to know how Petro Caribe funds have been used by the current and past administrations, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. Much of the financial support to help Haiti rebuild after the 2010 earthquake comes from Venezuela's Petro Caribe fund, a 2005 pact that gives suppliers below-market financing for oil and is under the control of the central government. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Haitians protest alleged misuse of Petrocaribe funds

By EVENS SANON - Associated Press

Suburban Chicago man admits trying to export guns to Haiti

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Lodanise Joseph sits with her 9-month-old granddaughter outside their home damaged in the quake that hit over the weekend in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. The death toll from a 5.9 earthquake that hit Haiti over the weekend rose to at least 15 people with hundreds injured, according to updated figures released Monday by authorities, as rescue crews worked to help victims spooked by strong aftershocks. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Haiti quake death toll rises to 17 as govt calls for help

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Residents stand looking at a collapsed school damaged by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake the night before, in Gros Morne, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Emergency teams worked to provide relief in Haiti on Sunday after the quake killed at least 11 people and left dozens injured. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Death toll in Haiti earthquake rises to 15; 333 injured

By EVENS SANON - Associated Press

A bed is covered by rubble from a wall that collapsed during a magnitude 5.9 earthquake the night before, in Gros Morne, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Emergency teams worked to provide relief in Haiti on Sunday after the quake killed at least 11 people and left dozens injured. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Strong aftershock rattles north Haiti day after deadly quake

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Sr Maryse Alsaint walks alongside a school damaged by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake the night before, in Gros Morne, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Emergency teams worked to provide relief in Haiti on Sunday after the quake killed at least 11 people and left dozens injured. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

The Latest: 5.2-magnitude aftershock rattles northern Haiti

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A worker sits on his wheelbarrow while waiting for customers in downtown of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) ** FILE **

Magnitude 5.9 quake shakes northern Haiti

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Yaisah Val a transgender woman get her makeup done at her home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 12, 2018. Val recently came out publicly as a transgender woman on YouTube, a potentially risky move in a country like Haiti where LGBT residents face pervasive hostility in most spheres of public life. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

In Haiti, slight progress for LGBT rights is seen as victory

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

An orphan boy stands next to a staircase while looking out from the Nest of Hope orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Thursday, June 28, 2018. A new program is cited by Haitian and foreign experts as evidence of the government's determination to modernize and strengthen an array of child-oriented policies and practices _ and lessen reliance on foreign-based charities and mission groups. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Haiti grapples with task of helping its vulnerable children

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

An orphan boy stands next to a staircase while looking out from the Nest of Hope orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Thursday, June 28, 2018. A new program is cited by Haitian and foreign experts as evidence of the government's determination to modernize and strengthen an array of child-oriented policies and practices _ and lessen reliance on foreign-based charities and mission groups. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

New to Haiti: Foster care for the nation’s parentless kids

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

In this July 18, 2018 photo, a vendor sells meat at the Croix des Bossalles market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Chicken is a staple of the Haitian diet but its price has doubled over the past four years. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Life in Haiti was getting worse for many before latest riots

By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ - Associated Press