The Organization of American States is coming under pressure to help quash gang violence in Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Organization of American States came under pressure Thursday to help quash gang violence in Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police in the troubled ...

The Organisation of American States (OAS), which comprises most countries of the Americas, has been urged to become more ...

In the two-page letter, association president Randolph Rameau cited Haiti’s widespread gang violence ... warned that anyone providing “material support” risks being sanctioned and criminally ...

Port-au-Prince - Armed gangs continued to ... disease and violence. Haiti doesn’t need more punitive gestures. It needs protection, support and a coordinated international response.

"We want your support within the framework ... shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti, which is riddled with poverty and gang violence. More than a million Haitians have been ...

Last year, more than 5,600 people across Haiti were killed, according to the U.N. Gang violence also has left more than one million people homeless in recent years. Gunmen in recent months have ...