Hti: Crisis in Haiti

Thanks to Robert out in the VI for this feed.

The U.S. is recommending that

[a]ll non-government Americans in Haiti should leave while transportation is still available, the State Department said Thursday, citing the violent uprising.

Peace Corps personnel are being withdrawn, and the government has authorized the departure of family members and non-emergency employees of the U.S. Embassy on a voluntary basis, the department said.

Separately, the government said it was sending a military team to assess the security of the embassy in light of the uprising against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Events seem to be spiraling quickly toward chaos. Let us keep Haiti and its citizens in our prayers.