Insecurity: Americans Urged to Leave Haiti as Soon as Possible

Kraze Baryè gang's recent armed attacks on Tabarre neighborhoods caught the attention of the U.S. State Department. These acts of violence, which also affected the immediate vicinity of the U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince, forced dozens of residents to flee their homes. Some of those seeking refuge in front of the embassy's main façade were dispersed by tear gas used by agents of the Haitian National Police. On July 27, a security alert posted on the embassy's website urges American citizens to depart from Haiti as s