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Incumbents

President: Ariel Henry (acting)
Prime Minister: Ariel Henry (acting)

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti

January 1 – Prime Minister Ariel Henry survives an assassination attempt when shooters opened fire at a ceremony celebrating the country's independence anniversary in a church in the city of Gonaïves.
January 6 – Two journalists are killed and their bodies burned during a gang attack in Port-au-Prince.
February 1 – 2022 Haiti flood: Three people are killed and at least 2,500 families have been evacuated amid heavy rains and flooding in Haiti.
April 20 – A small plane crashes into a street in Port-au-Prince, killing six people.
May 3 – Carlos Guillén Tatis, the agriculture counselor at the Dominican Republic's embassy in Haiti, is kidnapped in Croix-des-Bouquets.
July 14 – At least 89 people, including 42 civilians, are killed after gang warfare over the control of the Cité Soleil neighbourhood began a week ago between the G9 and G-Pèp gangs in Port-au-Prince.
July 16 – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights documents 934 killings, 684 injuries and 680 kidnappings in Port-au-Prince since the start of 2022, in a sharp increase of violence in the city.
July 24 – At least 17 Haitian migrants are killed and 25 others are rescued when their boat capsizes off New Providence, Bahamas.
October 2 – Haitian authorities announce an unexpected resurgence of cholera in the country and report that at least seven people have died from the disease.
October 9 – UN Secretary-General António Guterres proposes a "rapid action force" of several countries that could intervene in Haiti in order to help the Haitian National Police restore control of the country and remove the threat posed by "armed gangs".
October 16 – 2018–2022 Haitian protests:
- The United States and Canada send military equipment to Haiti, including tactical and armoured vehicles, as violence and shortages continue to worsen in the country.
- The U.S. drafts a resolution at the United Nations Security Council to approve the deployment of a "multinational rapid action force" to Haiti, citing ongoing "instability and violence" in the country.
October 19 – Prime Minister of the Bahamas Philip Davis says that he is ready to send troops to Haiti as part of a peacekeeping force if asked to do so by the Caribbean Community.
November 6 – Following increased international pressure, Haitian gang leader Jimmy Chérizier announces the end of a blockade that his gang had imposed on a key fuel station.
December 1 – Twelve people are killed as armed gangs storm the town of Cabaret, Haiti.

Holidays

Main article: Public holidays in Haiti

January 1 – New Year's Day and Independence Day, celebrating 217 years since the signing of the Haitian Declaration of Independence.
January 2 – Ancestry Day, honors those who fought for independence.
February 16 – Haitian Carnival and Mardi Gras.
October 17 – Dessalines Day, commemorating 215 years since the death of Haiti's first leader.
November 1–2 — All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day are celebrated in both the Christian and Haitian Vodou religion.

Deaths

30 March – Yanick Étienne, singer (born 1957)
6 August – Yvon Buissereth, politician, member of the Senate
24 August – Hérard Abraham, military officer, acting president (1990), commander-in-chief of the armed forces (1990–1991) and twice minister of foreign affairs. (born 1940)
28 October – Eric Jean Baptiste, politician (born 1970)

References

"Haiti PM Ariel Henry survived assassination attempt - officials". BBC News. 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
"Two Haitian journalists killed in gang attack". BBC News. 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
"At least three dead in Haiti rains, flooding: Official". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
Erol, Ralph Tedy; Thomas, Gessika (2022-04-21). "Plane crash onto busy Haitian street kills at least six". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
"Dominican diplomat apparently kidnapped in Haiti". AP NEWS. 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
"Haiti violence: Scores killed as gangs fight for control". BBC News. 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
"UN decries rising death toll, rights violations in Haiti". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
Porterfield, Carlie. "17 Haitian Migrants—Possibly Bound For Florida—Die After Boat Capsizes Near Bahamas". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
Isaac, Harold; Ellsworth, Brian (2022-10-02). "Cholera kills at least seven in Haiti as disease returns". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
Nichols, Michelle; Singh, Kanishka (2022-10-09). "U.N. chief suggests rapid action force to help Haiti". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
"Canada, US send military equipment to crisis-torn Haiti". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
"U.S. backs sending international forces to Haiti, draft proposal says". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
Ward, Jasper; Ellsworth, Brian (2022-10-18). "The Bahamas would send troops to Haiti if asked, minister says". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
"Nations consider sending troops to Haiti, despite troubled past foreign intervention". NPR.org.
US News, A. B. C. "Haiti gang leader to lift fuel blockade amid shortages". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
"Armed gangs kill 12 in Haiti as public security crisis deepens". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
^ "Independence Day in Haiti in 2022". Office Holidays. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
"iciHaiti - Obituaries : Passing away of Singer Yanick Étienne (Video) - iciHaiti.com : All the news in brief 7/7". IciHaiti.com. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
Salmon, Santana (August 8, 2022). "Former Haitian senator Yvon Buissereth assassinated in upscale neighborhood".
St, Haiti; ard (25 August 2022). "Décès : le général retraité des Forces armées d'Haïti, Hérard Abraham est mort à 82 ans - Haïti Standard". haitistandard.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
"High-profile Haitian politician killed in apparent gang attack -reports". www.yahoo.com. 29 October 2022.

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West
Indies

Antilles

Greater
Antilles

Hispaniola	Dominican Republic Haiti

Lesser
Antilles

Leeward
Islands

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Guadeloupe
- La Désirade
- Les Saintes
- Marie-Galante
Montserrat
Saba
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sint Eustatius

Saint Martin	Collectivity of Saint Martin Sint Maarten
Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Southern
Caribbean

Leeward
Antilles

Insular Venezuela
- Federal Dependencies
- Nueva Esparta

ABC islands	Aruba Bonaire Curaçao

Windward
Islands

Lucayan
Archipelago

Bahamas

Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean
Sea

Aves Island
San Andrés and Providencia
- Bajo Nuevo Bank
- Serranilla Bank

Caribbean
continental
zone

Quintana Roo
- Cozumel

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Yucatán Peninsula	Campeche Petén Yucatán
The Guianas	Amapá French Guiana Venezuelan Guayana Guyana Guayana Esequiba Tigri Area Suriname

N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

Disputed territories administered by Guyana. Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.

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