Nations consider sending troops to Haiti, despite troubled past foreign intervention
The U.S. and Mexico proposed to the United Nations Security Council a "non-U.N." force for Haiti to help the country resolve deepening crises, but countries are cautious given prior harmful efforts.
The United Nations Security Council is considering an international intervention in Haiti to open up aid corridors and resolve what the U.N. secretary-general calls an "an absolutely nightmarish situation."
Armed gangs have blocked the main fuel terminal in the capital since last month and severed access to aid routes. The country has been wracked by weeks of unrest, with many taking to the street protesting against higher fuel and food prices, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister faces acute hunger. And now the country faces an outbreak of cholera.
