The head of the United Nations Antonio Guterres has called for \u201carmed action\u201d in Haiti, warning that residents face a \u201cnightmarish\u201d situation, especially in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
\nAccording to international media, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that he believed such action was necessary to ease the grip gangs have on a port that is critical to allowing fuel supplies into the country.
\nA weeks-long gang blockade of the Varreux terminal in Port-au-Prince has led to critical shortages of fuel and water and complicated efforts to respond to a dangerous outbreak of cholera.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s an absolutely nightmarish situation for the population of Haiti, especially in Port-au-Prince,\u201d Guterres said.
\n\u201cI believe that we need not only to strengthen the [Haitian] police strengthening it with training, with equipment, with a number of other measures but that in the present circumstances, we need an armed action to release the port and to allow for a humanitarian corridor to be established,\u201d he said.
\nPrime Minister Ariel Henry this month asked the international community to help set up a \u201cspecialised armed force\u201d to quell the violence, which has worsened in the power vacuum created by the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise.
\nBut many Haitian protesters and civil society leaders have rejected the prospect of international intervention, saying history has demonstrated that foreign forces bring \u201cmore problems than solutions\u201d.
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