US Department of State amps up travel warning on Haiti
The Department of State has issued a new Travel Warning to US citizens traveling to or living in Haiti.
The warning takes the place of an earlier, less comprehensive warning from June. It says that the level of violent crimes against American citizens, the presence of cholera and lack of adequate medical and other infrastructure, plus limited police protection mean that US citizens traveling or living in Haiti should "exercise caution."
The advisory cites incidents of violent crime to travelers arriving in Port-au-Prince on flights from the US. Travelers have been shot and killed in robbery and kidnapping incidents in 2012. The State Department says Haitian authorities have "limited capacity to deter or investigate such violent acts, or prosecute perpetrators." The notice says that even the State Department itself limits its staff’s travel in areas outside the capital and that fact constrains its ability to offer emergency services to US citizens outside of Port-au-Prince.
Continued incidents of cholera and the lack of medical infrastructure are also mentioned. The Dominican Republic, which covers the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola which it shares with Haiti, does not have a current consular warning or advisory. However, the State Department says that robberies and other violent crimes in the more stable nation are also on the rise.
More information at www.travel.state.gov.
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