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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Leon Bruneau

Blinken In Violence-torn Haiti To Assess Headway Against Gangs

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Blinken 'will reaffirm the United States' commitment to supporting the Haitian people' (Credit: AFP)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday paid a rare visit to violence-ravaged Haiti to evaluate progress in wresting control from gangs that have taken over much of the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Blinken, the highest-ranking US official to travel to the battered country since 2015, arrived two months after Kenya sent police officers to launch a long-awaited international force aimed at restoring order.

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