The Latest Breaking News from Haiti

Two Haitian politicians are facing U.S. sanctions over allegations they abused their positions to traffic drugs in collaboration with gang networks and directed others to engage in violence

The United States and Canada on Friday imposed sanctions on two Haitian politicians, including the president of the country's Senate, as Washington accused them of abusing their positions to traffic drugs and collaborate with gang networks in the country.

Haiti's police on Thursday launched an operation to confront gangs that are blocking the Varreux fuel terminal, according to three sources with knowledge of the situation, in an effort to restore fuel distribution halted by the gangs in September.

Haiti, the poorest nation in Latin America with a history of foreign interventions, is on the cusp of total anarchy — and the rest of the Western Hemisphere, including the United States, is frantically searching for ways to restore a degree of order and tranquillity to a Haitian population increasingly…