{"id":196724,"date":"2024-03-12T07:46:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=196724"},"modified":"2024-03-12T07:46:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:46:32","slug":"haiti-pm-agrees-to-resign-in-regional-push-to-end-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/haiti-pm-agrees-to-resign-in-regional-push-to-end-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiti PM agrees to resign in regional push to end crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1485578700\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>(AFP) \u2014 Haiti\u2019s prime minister agreed late Monday to step aside as armed gangs plunge his country into anarchy, as he accepted a regional push for a transition that sets the stage for international intervention.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1400838776\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"BEAZER\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:883\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BEAZER.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:883\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BEAZER.jpeg 1309w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:245\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BEAZER.jpeg 245w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:838\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BEAZER.jpeg 838w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:939\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BEAZER.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:883\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BEAZER.jpeg 1257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1309\" height=\"1600\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Caribbean nations secured Ariel Henry\u2019s resignation at an emergency meeting in Jamaica where US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered another US$100 million to pave the way for the security force, which will be led by Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Gangs have taken over much of the Western Hemisphere\u2019s poorest country and in recent weeks the crisis has grown even more violent, with bodies strewn across the streets, armed bandits looting basic infrastructure and fears rising of a famine.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2083343985\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-3120328371\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"IMG_0040\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe government I lead cannot remain insensitive to this situation. As I have always said, no sacrifice is too great for our homeland Haiti,\u201d Henry said in a resignation address that he posted online.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2790571114\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Gang leaders had demanded the departure of Henry who, while speaking of himself as a transitional figure, had remained in power since 2021 when Haiti\u2019s president was assassinated. Haiti has not held an election since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Guyana\u2019s President Irfaan Ali, who chairs the Caribbean regional body Caricom, announced after a weekend of diplomacy that Henry would leave once a new transitional authority is in place.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2394877539\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Ali saluted Henry, saying that the prime minister \u2014 stranded in Puerto Rico as Haiti\u2019s main airport is no longer functioning \u2014 \u201chas assured us in his actions, in his words, of his selfless intent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that selfless intent was to see Haiti succeed,\u201d Ali said.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2028194952\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chtamarketplace.com\/\" aria-label=\"Social FaceBook Cover Desk_Mobile\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:111\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:379\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:285\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:569\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"949\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Blinken, who spent seven hours inside the talks in a Kingston hotel, confirmed Henry\u2019s resignation in a telephone call initiated by the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2442335599\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>A US official traveling with Blinken said that Henry had agreed to quit on Friday but was waiting for the Kingston conference to sort out details of the transition.<\/p>\n<p>Also raised were ways to prevent reprisals against Henry and his allies, with the United States agreeing that the outgoing prime minister would be welcome to stay on US soil if he feels unsafe in Haiti, the official said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Seeking new legitimacy \u2013<br \/>\nSenior officials from Brazil, Canada, France and Mexico joined the talks. Caricom, in a statement with its partners and the United Nations, said that Haiti\u2019s new Transitional Presidential Council would have seven voting members who make decisions by a majority vote.<\/p>\n<p>The seven will include representatives of major political parties, the private sector and the Montana Group, a civil society coalition that had proposed an interim government in 2021 after President Jovenel Moise\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be two non-voting seats on the council \u2014 one for civil society and another for the church.<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-reco-reel\" class=\" trc_related_container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_rec-reel-2n5-a \" data-placement-name=\"Mid Article Reco Reel\">\n<div class=\"trc_rbox_container\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"trc_wrapper_13156\" class=\"trc_rbox rec-reel-2n5-a trc-content-hybrid \">\n<div id=\"trc_header_13156\" class=\"trc_rbox_header trc_rbox_border_elm\">\n<div class=\"trc_header_ext\">\n<div class=\"logoDiv link-disclosure  attribution-disclosure-link-hybrid\"><a class=\"trc_desktop_disclosure_link trc_attribution_position_top\" href=\"https:\/\/popup.taboola.com\/en\/?template=colorbox&amp;utm_source=jamaicaobserver&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=rec-reel-2n5-a:Mid%20Article%20Reco%20Reel:\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\">Promoted Links<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"trc_rbox_header_span\">You May Like<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"outer_13156\" class=\"trc_rbox_outer\">\n<div id=\"rbox-t2m\" class=\"trc_rbox_div trc_rbox_border_elm\">\n<div id=\"internal_trc_13156\">\n<figure id=\"taboola-mid-article-reco-reel-video\">\n<div id=\"_cm-css-reset\" class=\"_cm-div\" data-tracked=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"videoCube trc_spotlight_item origin-default thumbnail_top syndicatedItem textItem videoCube_1_child trc-first-recommendation trc-spotlight-first-recommendation  trc_excludable \" data-item-id=\"~~V1~~-165111545378487929~~417dJj9srDU63ayxylNnvFpr-J_3BU09NCozOTACQYxw6cLzOYgYTH58zK8cIqqSj6VBCz3CndwZ6N9zRbJB4tW7x_fRXA43UGdfjHvSQCz5uLCUUizEKaXF7ZE3PP9xRdbgwlJdnqyroTPEQNNEnx_62J1Y-OidVBqvlnL7sgg\" data-item-title=\"Bari\u00e1trica caseira: &amp;#34;Essa planta &amp;#34;come&amp;#34; gordura&amp;#34;, diz especialista (veja como usar)\" data-item-thumb=\"http:\/\/cdn.taboola.com\/libtrc\/static\/thumbnails\/0f09cf1d73b4fc25877af83cd8c7aa52.png\" data-item-syndicated=\"true\">\n<div class=\"thumbBlock_holder\">\n<div class=\"videoCube_aspect\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\" item-label-href \" title=\"Bari\u00e1trica caseira: &quot;Essa planta &quot;come&quot; gordura&quot;, diz especialista (veja como usar)\" href=\"https:\/\/track.vivermaisativo.com\/65e7e0918af2fb00014b135d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><span class=\"video-label-box trc-main-label \"><span class=\"video-label video-title trc_ellipsis \">Bari\u00e1trica caseira: &#8220;Essa planta &#8220;come&#8221; gordura&#8221;, diz especialista (veja como usar)<\/span><span class=\"branding\">Fofocalizei | Sa\u00fade &amp; Voc\u00ea [TV]<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\" trc_user_exclude_btn \" title=\"Remove this item\"><\/div>\n<div class=\" trc_exclude_overlay trc_fade \"><\/div>\n<div class=\" trc_undo_btn \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"trc-widget-footer\">\n<div class=\"logoDiv link-attribution \"><a class=\"trc_desktop_attribution_link trc_attribution_position_bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/popup.taboola.com\/en\/?template=colorbox&amp;utm_source=jamaicaobserver&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=rec-reel-2n5-a:Mid%20Article%20Reco%20Reel:\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\">by Taboola<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"trc_clearer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Authority has badly eroded in Haiti. A nighttime curfew was extended through Thursday \u2014 although it is unlikely overstretched police can enforce it.<\/p>\n<p>Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, the host of the crisis talks, warned that Haiti risked all-out civil war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear that Haiti is now at a tipping point,\u201d he said, urging \u201cstrong and decisive action\u201d to \u201cstem the sea of lawlessness and hopelessness before it is too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 US boosts security aid \u2013<br \/>\nBlinken promised another $100 million to back an international stabilization force, bringing the total pledged by the United States to $300 million since the crisis intensified several years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken also offered another $33 million in immediate humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Escalating violence \u201ccreates an untenable situation for the Haitian people, and we all know that urgent action is needed on both the political and security tracks,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of us know that only the Haitian people can, and only the Haitian people should, determine their own future \u2014 not anyone else,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>But he said the United States and its partners \u201ccan help restore foundational security\u201d and address \u201cthe tremendous suffering\u201d in Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden \u2014 who ended the US war in Afghanistan \u2014 has ruled out putting troops in harm\u2019s way in Haiti, which the United States occupied for nearly two decades a century ago and where it has intervened since.<\/p>\n<p>Eyes initially turned to Canada, but it also decided a Haiti mission was too dangerous with success uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>Canada, however, has offered $91 million for Haiti, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised continued support as he addressed the Kingston summit remotely.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya stepped forward but was set back by a domestic court ruling against the deployment.<\/p>\n<p>The plan again picked up steam after Henry visited Nairobi and agreed on a \u201creciprocal\u201d exchange of forces between the two countries. 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