Not to be glib, but the phrase “hell in a handbasket” comes to mind when reading the latest news out of Haiti. The island nation has descended into chaos as gangs have attacked police stations and other government sites, and Prime Minister Ariel Henry remains in Puerto Rico, unable to return to his country. In response to the deteriorating situation, the U.S. Military has evacuated staff from the embassy in Port-au-Prince.
The U.S. military conducted an overnight mission to evacuate staff and add security at the embassy in Haiti, another sign of the deteriorating situation in the capital of Port-au-Prince.
The military airlifted U.S. personnel into and out of the embassy at the request of the U.S. State Department, according to an early Sunday statement from U.S. Southern Command. The mission was designed to “allow our Embassy mission operations to continue, and enable…
