{"id":2037971,"date":"2023-09-19T19:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T23:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-embassy-issues-warning-for-americans-traveling-in-these-2-countries\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T20:02:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T00:02:06","slug":"us-embassy-issues-warning-for-americans-traveling-in-these-2-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-embassy-issues-warning-for-americans-traveling-in-these-2-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"US Embassy warns Americans traveling in 2 countries."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-embassy-issues-warning-for-americans-traveling-in-these-2-countries%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2037971&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The U.S. Department of State Issues Travel Warning for Dominican Republic and Haiti<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. Department of State has recently issued\u200d a travel warning for \u200cAmerican citizens traveling between the \u200dDominican Republic and \u200dHaiti following a border closure announcement last week.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d a \u200cbulletin, the U.S. Embassy \u200breleased a &#8220;security alert&#8221; stating that U.S. citizens planning to depart \u2064Haiti for the Dominican Republic on or after September 14 will not \u200dbe able to do so and \u2063will need to make alternate arrangements. The embassy also warned that it\u2064 cannot facilitate entry into the Dominican Republic through a closed border crossing.<\/p>\n<p>The bulletin clarified that flights from Haiti to the United States and \u2063other destinations are still\u200c operating normally.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/officials-find-debris-field-in-search-for-a-missing-f-35-fighter-jet-5493994?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Officials Find Debris\u200b Field in Search for a Missing F-35 Fighter Jet<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/18\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/us-nurse-kidnapped-in-haiti-speaks-via-video-for-first-time-since-her-release-5479983?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">US Nurse Kidnapped \u2064in \u2063Haiti Speaks via Video for First Time Since Her Release<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/26\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This travel warning comes after the State Department previously urged Americans to leave Haiti immediately due to the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-u-s-citizens-trapped-by-taliban-in-kabul-as-state-department-demands-foreign-nationals-be-allowed-to-leave\/\" title=\"Report: U.S. Citizens Trapped By Taliban In Kabul As State Department Demands Foreign Nationals Be Allowed To Leave\">deteriorating security situation<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-embassy-issues-warning-for-americans-traveling-in-these-2-countries\/\" title=\"US Embassy warns Americans traveling in 2 countries.\">criminal gangs taking control<\/a> of large \u2064areas. The warning cited kidnapping, crime, civil unrest,\u200c and poor healthcare infrastructure \u2062as reasons for concern.<\/p>\n<p>On July 27,\u200c the State Department ordered\u2063 the departure of family members of government employees and non-emergency government staffers.<\/p>\n<p>In a televised speech, Dominican Republican President Luis Abinader announced the closure of the Haiti border, including air, sea, and land traffic, due to a dispute \u200cover the \u2064construction of a canal that\u200b would utilize water from the Massacre \u2062River to alleviate a drought in Haiti. President Abinader suggested that high-ranking gang members\u2062 in Haiti were attempting to steal the water.<\/p>\n<p>President Abinader stated, &#8220;We do not desire\u200b or seek confrontation, \u200dbut we are confronting the uncontrollable people who keep Haiti insecure, and \u2064who, due to their private interests, now also conspire against the stability of their government\u200c and the security of our water resources.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A vehicle set on fire by protesters\u2064 burns during a\u2063 demonstration against insecurity in\u200c Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on\u200c Aug. 7, 2023. (Odelyn Joseph\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The full border shutdowns occurred four days after President Abinader announced the suspension of \u2062visa issuance\u200d to Haitians \u200cand the closure of \u200bthe border near the town of Dajabon.\u2063 He emphasized the need to raise awareness in the\u2062 international community for assistance to Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Haiti&#8217;s \u200cgovernment\u200b has condemned the Dominican Republic&#8217;s decision to close all borders\u2062 while both sides were in discussions to find a solution. However, Haiti has expressed support for the\u2062 canal\u200b project.<\/p>\n<p>During his attendance at the United Nations General\u2062 Assembly, President Abinader explained that the border closure aimed\u200c to protect his country from \u200barmed \u2064criminal gangs in Haiti, which is \u200dconsidered the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n<p>President \u200cAbinader said, &#8220;What we are\u200c doing is to protect our\u2064 country from\u2062 the bands \u2063and the gangs \u2063that are in part of the territory, \u2063political extremism that does not respect\u2064 even the Haitian government. As president of the Dominican Republic, I have to protect our country and I hope they stop\u200c the construction \u2063of the canal and we can have \u2064a solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Haiti has\u200c also requested assistance in\u200d combating the surge in\u200c gang violence, with the United States planning to submit a U.N. Security Council resolution\u2064 authorizing Kenya&#8217;s offer to lead a\u200c multinational police force. However, no\u2062 resolution has been submitted yet.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a prominent Haitian gang leader, Jimmy &#8220;Barbecue&#8221; Cherizer, has vowed to \u200cfight \u2062against any foreign force deployed to the country, stating, &#8220;We will fight against\u200b them until our last breath. It will be a fight of the \u200dHaitian people to save the dignity of our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Haiti has been in a state of chaos and anarchy since the\u200d assassination of former \u2063President\u200b Jovenel Moise in July 2021. Three Haitian Americans and a Colombian have\u2062 been\u2064 charged \u200din connection with the\u200d case.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200cHow \u200cdoes the closure of the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic\u2063 affect travel plans for American citizens?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The U.S. Department of State has recently issued\u200c a travel warning for American citizens traveling between the Dominican\u2064 Republic and Haiti following a \u200bborder closure \u2064announcement last week.<\/p>\n<p>In a bulletin, the U.S. Embassy\u200b released \u2062a &#8220;security alert&#8221;\u200c stating that U.S. citizens planning to depart \u200bHaiti for the Dominican Republic on or after \u2064September 14 will \u200cnot be able to do\u2062 so and will need to make \u200balternate arrangements. The embassy also warned that it cannot facilitate entry into the Dominican Republic through a closed border crossing.<\/p>\n<p>The bulletin clarified that flights from Haiti to the United\u200c States and other destinations are still operating normally.<\/p>\n<p>This travel warning \u2064comes after \u2064the State \u2063Department previously \u200curged Americans to leave\u200b Haiti immediately due to the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-embassy-tells-americans-in-this-country-to-leave-as-soon-as-possible\/\" title=\"US Embassy advises immediate departure for Americans in this nation.\">deteriorating security\u200c situation<\/a>, with criminal gangs taking control \u200cof large areas. The warning \u2063cited kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor\u2063 healthcare\u200c infrastructure as reasons for concern.<\/p>\n<p>On July 27, the State Department ordered\u200d the departure of family members of government employees and non-emergency government\u200b staffers.<\/p>\n<p>In a televised speech, Dominican\u2064 Republican President Luis\u2064 Abinader\u200b announced the closure of the Haiti border, including air, sea, and land traffic, \u200cdue to a dispute over the construction of a\u200d canal that would utilize water from the Massacre River to alleviate a\u200b drought \u200din Haiti. President Abinader suggested that high-ranking gang members in Haiti were attempting to steal the water.<\/p>\n<p>President Abinader stated, &#8220;We do not\u2062 desire or seek confrontation, but\u200b we are confronting the uncontrollable people \u2062who keep Haiti insecure, and who, due to their\u200c private interests, now also conspire against the stability of \u200dtheir government and the security of our\u2062 water resources.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The situation in Haiti and the Dominican \u200dRepublic remains \u200btense, with the\u2063 closure of the border impacting travel plans for American citizens. The U.S. Department of State&#8217;s travel warning serves as a reminder for individuals\u2064 to exercise\u2063 caution\u200d and consider alternate arrangements when traveling\u200d between \u200dthe two countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of State has issued a travel warning for American citizens traveling between the Dominican Republic and Haiti due to a recent border closure. The U.S. Embassy released a &#8220;security alert&#8221; stating that U.S. citizens planning to travel from Haiti to the Dominican Republic may face difficulties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2037972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2037971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2037971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2037972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}