Caribbean leaders are gathering in the Bahamas for a three-day meeting that will include discussion on the situation in Haiti

The talks bring together heads of government from the CARICOM bloc, a 15-member group home to about 16 million people, according to its website. 

Members include Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. 

Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis noted what he called “the challenges we have in Haiti,” as he spoke to reporters ahead of the meeting. 

Haiti has experienced a period of instability following the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, with a rise in violence and the influence of armed gangs. 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is participating in the meetings, with Davis saying Trudeau is looking to see what his government can do to try to help the situation in Haiti.

Source: VOANEWS