US evacuates first American citizens from Port-au-Prince as Haiti crisis deepens

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The U.S. on Wednesday began evacuating American citizens from Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, with government chartered flights to the Dominican Republic.

The U.S. evacuated more than a dozen American citizens from Haiti on Wednesday with a helicopter flight to the capital of the Dominican Republic. The government-chartered helicopter left the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince with 15 U.S. citizens, the State Department said. The helicopter landed in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, where U.S. government personnel were present to provide consular assistance.

Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who was locked out of Haiti when the airports closed, has said he will resign once the council is formed.

 

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