State Department Eyeballing $200 Million in Aid as Haiti’s Security Crisis Devolves

The United States may double its $100 million set aside in support of a mission to deploy a multinational security force to Haiti.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he departs from Abu Dhabi for Saudi Arabia on Jan. 8, 2024, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East. Evelyn Hockstein/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Secretary of State Antony Blinken joined a high-level meeting with Caribbean leaders in Jamaica on Monday to discuss solutions to the crisis unfolding in Haiti as gang violence grips the small island state.

According to a March 11 press statement from Secretary Blinken’s office, the high-level meeting was to discuss and expedite a political transition in Haiti by creating a broad-based, independent presidential college.