Police officers on the street of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. File photoWASHINGTON, Oct. 8 The United States will consider a request from the Haitian government to help secure security threatened by criminal gangs, State Department spokesman Ned Price said. request foreign military assistance.
Two journalists killed in Haiti after reporting on a bandit victim»We are closely monitoring the deteriorating health and security situation in Haiti , and especially the continued actions of criminal elements obstructing urgent measures to combat the threat posed to the Haitian population by the spread of cholera,” Price said. “In this context, we will review the request from the Government of Haiti, in coordination with international partners, and determine how we can step up our support to help Haiti with deal with fuel shortages and security problems,” he added. According to the Miami Herald, the Haitian authorities, faced with mass protests, riots, rampant armed street gangs, are counting on foreign contingents to restore fuel supplies from the Varreux terminal and allow the fight to be established cholera outbreak.
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