US urges citizens to avoid travel to Haiti
By Andre Paultre
P OR T- AU - PR INCE
(Reuters) – The U.S. State
Department on Thursday
raised its travel advisory
on Haiti to “do not travel”
from “reconsider travel”
citing risks of crime, civil
unrest and kidnapping on
the impoverished Caribbean
island nation.
Haitians have been
struggling with a prolonged
economic and
political crisis, including
weeks of violent protests
and a three-month lockdown
of shops and other
businesses. Violence still
flares sporadically.
The new travel advisory
puts Haiti on a par
with Syria, scarred by a
long-running civil war,
and China, which is grappling
with the coronavirus
outbreak that has
killed more than 3,200
people worldwide.
“Demonstrations, tire
burning, and roadblocks
are frequent, unpredictable,
and can turn violent,”
it said in a statement.
“Local police may lack
the resources to respond
effectively to serious
criminal incidents.”
It said violent crime,
such as armed robbery
and carjackings, was
common and kidnapping
was widespread in the
Western Hemisphere’s
poorest nation.
Haitian Prime Minister
Joseph Jouthe promised
on Wednesday during his
first public appearance
since his appointment by
presidential decree that
he would focus on fighting
insecurity and inequality
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while boosting
the economy.
(Reporting by Andre
Paultre; Editing by Stefanie
Eschenbacher and
Peter Cooney)
Haiti’s Prime Minister Joseph
Jouthe (left) and
President Jovenel Moise
stand for the national
anthem at the end of
Jouthe’s inauguration
ceremony in the National
Palace of Port-au-Prince,
Haiti March 4, 2020.
REUTERS / Andres Martinez
Casares
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