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Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced his resignation amid increased gang violence in the country's capital and growing international pressure. Henry, who is presumed to be in Puerto Rico, said in a video address that he will resign once a transitional presidential council is installed and an interim prime minister is named. The CARICOM bloc of Caribbean nations, which called an emergency meeting in Jamaica yesterday, said it had brokered the deal.
