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Patrick Oppmann
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THE UNITED STATES IS ANNOUNCING 65-MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW FUNDING TO HAITI'S POLICE -- AND OTHER MEASURES TO SUPPORT THE COUNTRY
CNN'S PATRICK OPPMANN HAS MORE ON THAT

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Patrick Oppmann: 'The United States government on Friday announcing that it's taking further steps to help Haiti crack down on its out-of-control gang violence problem US Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying that five Haitian individuals including former and current Haitian officials will now be under visa restrictions They will be unable to travel to the United States Blinken as well saying that the US will send 65 million dollars to help professionalize Haiti's National Police Force This is a police force that is increasingly finding itself outgunned by Haiti's violent gangs The police actually have carried out protests against their own government over the past several months on occasion because they say that when they were sent out to the street to fight these gangs that have taken over large areas of the country and the capital of Port Au Prince, that they are simply unable to do so because they do not have the man power and they do not have the resources they need to fight against the gangs Of course, billions of dollars have flowed to Haiti over the years to help Haiti following natural disasters But so much of that money, investigations have uncovered, is either stolen or misspent So, over the years, it has been proven already that Haiti's problems, many deep systematic problems are simply ones that money alone cannot solve Patrick Oppmann, CNN, Havana, Cuba”

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HAITI US POLITICS ANTONY BLINKEN LATIN AMERICA