Xiomara Castro at the UN General Assembly, Sept 25, 2024      Photo: @NoticiasONU

United Nations, September 26 (RHC)-- The President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, before the General Assembly of the United Nations announced that she will convene a summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to analyze the humanitarian crisis in Haiti.

The Honduran president called for cooperation and solidarity from the organization of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, whose presidency pro tempore for the period 2024-2025 was assumed by Honduras in March this year.  The demand is part of their condemnation of colonialism and its repercussions on nations of the continent and the world.

Xiomara Castro noted that the food and health crisis in the Caribbean nation is being aggravated daily by violence carried out by armed gangs that control more than 80% of Port-au-Prince and other important areas of the country.  In the past year alone, these gangs have caused nearly 3,900 deaths and injuries, according to UN data.

The summit is announced just over a hundred days after the inauguration of Prime Minister Garry Conille with little progress in stabilizing the country, and three days after the president of Kenya, William Ruto, will announce the arrival of another 600 Kenyan troops to join the Multinational Security Support Mission (MMSS), after three months of operation in the country.