Rubio Suggests OAS Play Greater Role in Haiti, Including Mobilizing ‘a Force’

The United States is investing more and more resources in the Multinational Security Mission (MSS) in support of Haiti for the release of the capital of the country, Port-au-Prince, under the control of gangs of criminals who have occupied about 90% of the city...

Rubio suggests OAS play greater role in Haiti, including mobilizing ‘a force’

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested on Tuesday that the Organization of American States play a greater role in Haiti, where he acknowledged the country is being overtaken by criminal gangs and a U.S.-backed mission led by Kenya is…

The U.S. questioned the OAS on Tuesday and urged it to “take a step forward” and lead an international mission in Haiti because the situation “is about to take a very dramatic turn.” AFP Haiti is plunged into a socio-political crisis aggravated by the assassination of President Jovel Moïse in 2021 and suffers a wave of violence perpetrated by armed groups that control at least 85% of the capital, Port-au-Prince. The poorest country in Latin Amer…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday questioned the Organization of American States' (OAS) position on the severe humanitarian and security crisis in Haiti, while encouraging the institution to "step up" and lead an international peacekeeping mission in that country. "If there were ever a regional crisis where you thought an organization could step in and provide a force or a group of countries that, working together, could help resolv…

Santo Domingo.- Dominican President Luis Abinader said this Monday that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is “concerned” by the situation that Haiti is going through and that the US is “advancing” in the process of pacification in that country. In his usual Monday meeting with the media, the ruler said that the country is ...