Haiti gangs loot national library, threatening historic documents

Haiti’s National Library was looted Wednesday by armed gangs terrorizing the Caribbean nation’s capital Port-au-Prince amid extended political paralysis, its director told AFP. Dangelo Neard said the history of Haiti — the Western Hemisphere’s second-oldest republic — was being threatened. “I was told that the thugs are taking away the institution’s furniture. They also ransacked […]

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