This week Mélanie Joly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada met with her Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira to discuss the possibilities of strengthening the National Police of Haiti (PNH) and getting Haiti out of the serious socio-political and security crisis that this country is going through.

Vieira, who received his Canadian counterpart in Brasilia, declared that Haiti is going through a "multidimensional" crisis that requires "a lot of attention from the international community.

[...] We specifically discussed ways to strengthen the Police of Haiti to deal with the serious public security problems that affect life in this country," Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said in a statement to the press. without providing more details on the possibilities envisaged...

Let's recall that so far, the international community has been unable to reach a consensus on how to help Haiti, whose security situation continues to deteriorate since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse on the night of 6 to 7 July 2021 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34162-haiti-flash-president-jovenel-moise-assassinated-by-mercenaries-official-updated-7am-+-video.html

Murders, rapes and kidnappings have become daily occurrences in parts of Haiti and violent crime has more than doubled in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2022, according to UN estimates. https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-38937-icihaiti-insecurityassessment-in-figures-crimes-and-kidnappings-on-the-rise-2022.html

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-38937-icihaiti-insecurityassessment-in-figures-crimes-and-kidnappings-on-the-rise-2022.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34162-haiti-flash-president-jovenel-moise-assassinated-by-mercenaries-official-updated-7am-+-video.html

SL/ HaitiLibre