U.S. Allows Embassy Staff to Leave Haiti

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The State Department authorized on Tuesday the departure of family members and nonemergency employees of the U.S. Embassy in Haiti as a result of increased political violence in the country.

The travel warning also urged private Americans to get out of Haiti if they can do it safely and said embassy personnel could not leave the area around Port-au-Prince, the capital.

Additionally, the department advised U.S. citizens to scrap any plans for going to Haiti. "Americans are reminded of the potential for spontaneous demonstrations and violent confrontations between government supporters and students and other groups that oppose the government of Haiti," the warning said.

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