US Announces $60 Million in Aid, Security Resources for Haiti Amid Gang Violence

The U.S. government said it will provide “a significant number” of mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles to Haiti.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on her nomination to be the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 27, 2021. Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images

The United States will give Haiti an additional $60 million in humanitarian aid and security assets to help quell gang violence in the crisis-hit nation, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Monday.

The latest aid package, announced by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield during her visit to Haiti, brings the total U.S. humanitarian support for the Caribbean country to $165 million this year.