Haiti calls for urgent regional gang-fighting support as US shies off funding

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Source: Reuters

Haiti calls for urgent regional gang-fighting support as US shies off funding

Sarah Morland
Thu, May 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM EDT 2 min read

(Reuters) -Top Haitian ministers called for urgent security support from neighbors at a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Thursday, while the U.S. signaled it would not continue current funding aimed at holding back the nation's armed gangs.

Powerful gangs, armed with guns the U.N. believes are trafficked largely from the United States and across the land border with the Dominican Republic, have taken control of most of the capital and expanded to the central plateau and agricultural heartlands, displacing over 1 million people.

"While we remain determined to assist the Haitian people achieve the peace, security and prosperity they deserve, the United States cannot continue shouldering such a significant financial burden," U.S. Caribbean Affairs deputy assistant secretary Barbara Feinstein said at the meeting.

The U.S. has cut much overseas aid and frozen some funding it earlier pledged to support a U.N.-backed mission in Haiti, and earlier this week Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested that OAS should play a greater role in supporting Haiti's security, such as mobilizing a force.

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1. Trump wants the fighting to continue in Haiti.

More fighting, more immigrants to the US.
Which gives him more campaign stunts.