US State Department bars officials from traveling to Haiti in wake of riots
updated 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The U.S. State Department banned government officials from traveling to Haiti in a statement issued Friday after recent violent demonstrations.
It also advised American citizens to consider leaving the impoverished Caribbean country where protests over high costs of living left five dead in the countryside. The warning comes despite a general sense of calm settling over Port-au-Prince.
"If you don't need to stay, you might consider departing," said James Ellickson-Brown, spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince.
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