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Haiti under siege: 'Just when we think situation has reached rock bottom, it deteriorates further'

More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen under President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on foreign aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Powerful gangs, armed with weapons largely trafficked from the United States, have united in the Caribbean country’s capital Port-au-Prince under a common alliance and now control most of the city and are expanding to nearby areas. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s François Picard is joined by Diego Da Rin, Analyst in Haiti for the International Crisis Group.


This story originally appeared on France24

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