The Trump administration gave its strongest signal yet Monday on its thinking in regard to Haiti as the country spirals deeper into gang-fueled chaos and its capital stands on the precipice of being fully under gang control. “
America cannot continue shouldering such a significant financial burden,” said Dorothy Camille Shea, interim chargé d’affaires at the United States’ mission at the United Nations.
Shea called on others in the international community to increase support for the response to Haiti’s rapidly deteriorating situation, which is triggering one of the worst humanitarian crisis in the hemisphere at a moment when Washington is cutting back on foreign assistance. Her appeal and comments on where the United States stands after the previous administration pumped more than $600 million to support the U.N.-authorized Multinational Security Support mission, led by Kenya, comes amid growing uncertainty over the force’s future and widespread agreement that Port-au-Prince is at imminent risk of being overtaken by criminal gangs.
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