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FILE PHOTO: Police patrol a street after authorities extended the state of emergency amid gang violence that has threatened to bring down the government, forcing thousands to flee their homes, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 8, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Police patrol a street after authorities extended the state of emergency amid gang violence that has threatened to bring down the government, forcing thousands to flee their homes, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 8, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

US military airlifts embassy personnel from Haiti, bolsters security

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. military said today it has carried out an operation in Haiti to airlift non-essential embassy personnel from the country and added U.S.

People flee their homes holding their belongings to escape gang violence, as Haiti continues in a state of emergency, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 6, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

Haiti extends state of emergency as PM absent

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti’s government today said it would extend a state of emergency in its Ouest Department, the seat of the capital Port-au-Prince, for another month after an escalation in violence from gangs seeking to oust the prime minister while he remains abroad.

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Venezuela sets presidential election for July 28

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela will hold its presidential election on July 28, the head of the national electoral council said yesterday, though uncertainty remains over who will be the opposition coalition’s candidate with President Nicolas Maduro expected to seek another term.

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