Embassies and consulates present in Haiti take action against the violent demonstrations in the country after the murder of police officers and this Friday they close their doors and ask their nationals to limit displacement.
The Spanish embassy in Haiti remains closed to the public due to the situation in Port-au-Prince, a measure that the Mexican legation has also adopted, according to their Twitter accounts.
“In the face of possible situations of violence in the country, we suggest avoiding non-essential transfers, avoiding concentrations of people and paying attention to your surroundings,” the Mexican representation warned the day before.
Also the French embassy, in the face of the protest movement of the Haitian National Police (PNH) after the murder of their colleagues, continues to urge its citizens this Friday to limit movement and recommends greater vigilance in those who are “essential”.
condemnations of violence
In addition, condemnations of violence continue and, thus, the United States embassy in Haiti has posted a message from the Under Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Bryan A. Nichols, on its Twitter page.
“We condemn the violence of the gangs that have killed several agents of the National Police in Haiti and we call for calm in the midst of the ongoing demonstrations.
We convey our condolences to the families of those killed in the line of duty,” said Nichols.
The United States, he says, “will continue to impose costs on those responsible for this hateful violence.”
Canada, which expresses its condolences for these deaths, also stresses that it “continues to support the solutions proposed by Haitians to put an end to the violence that plagues the country.”
For its part, the Government of the Bahamas ordered this Friday the departure of all its diplomatic personnel from Haiti immediately or as soon as security conditions allow.
Meanwhile, the Executive of the neighboring Dominican Republic stressed that it will continue to “closely monitor the situation” in Haiti and “take all necessary measures to maintain security and peace” on the border.
Yesterday, Haiti woke up in apparent calm, after the violent acts of the day before, with shots, burning tires and attacks on the private residence of the country’s prime minister, Ariel Henry.
The demonstrators also protested in the surroundings of the Toussaint Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince, where they erected barricades and burned tires, which delayed the landing of the plane in which Henry was returning from Argentina after participating in the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States ( celac).
Faced with the acute crisis and the spiral of violence that Haiti is experiencing, the government officially requested the dispatch of a foreign force last October, after which the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, proposed establishing a “rapid action force” composed of by the military of one or several countries and not under the United Nations flag.