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Organization of American States under pressure from the US to help quell gang violence in Haiti
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Commuters pass by police patrolling an intersection in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, May 9, 2025. - photo by AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Organization of American States came under pressure Thursday to help quash gang violence in Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police in the troubled Caribbean country struggles with a lack of funds and personnel. A U.S. Department of State official attending an OAS meeting on Haiti’s security crisis said that the Washington-based group has a critical role to play in the nation. “Much more can and should be done,” said Barbara Feinstein, deputy assistant secretary for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti at the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs.