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World Service,12 Mar 2024,49 mins

US pledges $100M for crisis-hit Haiti

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The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, and leaders of the Caribbean bloc have held emergency talks in Jamaica on the state of anarchy sweeping Haiti. The United Nations-backed multinational security force will receive $100 million to help Haitian police fight gangs and the US will give $33 million in humanitarian aid. Also, in the programme, Devina Gupta finds out what's happening with the Chinese economy and why US president Joe Biden is proposing to raise taxes. (Picture: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Jamaica. Picture credit: Reuters)

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