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US evacuates Americans from Haiti to Dominican Republic, Florida

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Dominican Republic soldiers keep watch at a gate on the border with Haiti, in Dajabon, Dominican Republic, March 18, 2024. [Reuters]

The United States said Thursday that it was evacuating more Americans from Haiti as the impoverished Caribbean country is consumed with violence.

The State Department helped more than 90 U.S. citizens leave the country on Thursday, a spokesperson told VOA. Some were transported to Miami, others to the Dominican Republic.

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