Drafting.- ANDl United States Department of State ordered to leave Haiti to its “non-essential” diplomatic personnel and their families, due to the insecurity caused by gangs in the Caribbean nation.
“The government decided the departure of the relatives of government employees and non-essential personnel,” said an official statement issued on Thursday night, in which Americans are asked to leave the country “as soon as possible.”
It does not specify how many people are affected, but the government says it has “extremely limited capacity” to help Americans who are victims of violence in the country, reported the AFP news agency.
USA advises its citizens not to travel to Haiti, due to the risks of “kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure.”
The poorest country in America It is in the midst of an escalation of national violence, with areas practically controlled by armed gangs, and daily attacks and kidnappings, which since the beginning of the year left more than 1,400 people, according to estimates from United Nations.
The crisis of widespread violence in the country was aggravated by the ceconomic collapse, the cholera epidemic and the political crisis from the assassination of Jovenel Moise in July 2021, Therefore, the number of people in need of humanitarian aid has doubled in the last five years.
