2020 in Haiti
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Events in the year 2020 in Haiti.
Incumbents
- President: Jovenel Moïse
- Prime Minister: Fritz-William Michel (acting)
Events
- January 1 – 216th Independence Day (Public holiday)[1]
- January 2 – Ancestry Day (Public holiday)
- January 2 and 3 – Mange Loa (Voodoo holiday, "the breaking of the cakes")
- January 6 – Epiphany (holiday) (Public and Christian holiday)
- January 12 – Remembrance Day (victims of 2010 Haiti earthquake (Public holiday)
- January 20
- Saint Sebastian (Roman Catholic holiday)
- Grand Bois (Voodoo holiday, "great wood")
- February 13 – Fifteen children die in a fire in an orphanage in Kenscoff, Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest Department.[2]
- February 23 – Police in Port-au-Prince violently protest against money being spent on a carnaval celebrations instead of their salaries.[3]
- February 25 – Mardi Gras (Public holiday)
- February 26 – Ash Wednesday (Roman Catholic holiday)
- April 6 – Haiti has community transmission of the coronavirus.[4]
- April 9
- Maundy Thursday (Christian holiday)
- Many Haitians flee the Dominican Republic due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic.[5]
- April 10 – Good Friday (Christian holiday)
- April 12 – Easter (Christian holiday)
- April 13 – A historical landmark church inside Haiti’s UNESCO World Heritage site, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church in Milot, is destroyed in a fire.[6]
- April 20 – Haiti reopens factories; the country reports 40 COVID-19 cases and three deaths.[7]
- April 21 – Haiti and Mexico have detected coronavirus infections among migrants deported recently from the United States.[8]
Scheduled events
- May 1 – Labor and Agriculture Day (Public holiday)
- May 18 Flag and Universities Day (Public holiday)
- May 21 – Ascension of Jesus (Roman Catholic holiday)
- June 11 – Feast of Corpus Christi (Roman Catholic holiday)
- August 15 – Assumption of Mary (Public and Roman Catholic holiday)
- October 17 – 214th anniversary of the Death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Public holiday)[1]
- November 1 – All Saints Day (Public and Roman Catholic holiday)
- November 1 and 2 – Fet Gede (Voodoo holiday)
- November 2 All Souls' Day (Public Roman Catholic holiday)
- November 18 – 217th anniversary of the Battle of Vertières (Public holiday)[1]
- December 5 – Discovery Day (Public holiday)
- December 25
- Christmas (Public and Roman Catholic holiday)
- Bath of Christmas (Voodoo holiday)
Deaths
- January 14 – Bernard Diederich, journalist, author and historian (b. 1926).[9]
- January 24 – Georges Castera, poet and writer (b. 1936).[10]
See also
References
- Haiti Public Holidays 2020 retrieved 27 Feb 2020
- Mueren 15 niños al incendiarse orfanato en Haití (in Spanish) La Jornada, 14 Feb 2020
- Haiti carnival season start descends into gunfire and violent protests Independent, 24 Feb 2020
- "Haiti now has community transmission of the coronavirus. It's getting rapid testing". The Miami Herald. Retrieved Apr 26, 2020.
- "Haitians are fleeing the Dominican Republic due to coronavirus. Many arrive home unscreened". The Miami Herald. Apr 9, 2020. Retrieved Apr 26, 2020.
- "Historical symbol of Haitian identity gutted after church dome goes up in flames". Apr 13, 2020. Retrieved Apr 26, 2020.
- "Haiti declares early victory over coronavirus, plans to reopen factories". The Miami Herald. April 15, 2020. Retrieved Apr 26, 2020.
- "Exporting coronavirus? Infections among U.S. deportees reach Haiti, Mexico". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- "Bernard Diederich, dean of Haitian press who devoted life to telling Haiti's story, dies". miamiherald.com. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- "Le célèbre poète haïtien Georges Castera est mort à 83 ans". rezonodwes.com (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
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