President. The trip is part of an effort to help caribbean leaders navigate rampant gang violence that threatens to overtake haiti. In a meeting with the new haitian prime minister, secretary blinken also announced m5 million in humanitarian aids. Haitian authorities have expanded as state of emergency or across the country and the humanitarian situation has rapidly deteriorated since the former prime minister resigned in march. Aid agencies report nearly 580,000 people have been internally displaced by conflict with close to 5 million facing severe hunger. About 400 kenyan troops arrived in the country injune as part of the un backed security mission. Before he left for the dominican republic, is to blink and reaffirm the us commitment to support the haitian people and foster a secure and peaceful haiti. The government and prime minister and the arrival of canny colleagues to support the police in the security mission and starting to see results from that. All with the objective of pu
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