After prime minister pledges to step down, uneasy quiet in Haiti capital
investing.comBy Harold Isaac
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Uncertainty hung over Haiti's political future on Tuesday after its prime minister said he would step down, a move welcomed by many Haitians exhausted by months of escalating gang violence, but with questions over security still not settled.
Prime Minister Ariel Henry, stranded in Puerto Rico, released a video late on Monday night pledging to resign as soon as a transition council and temporary leader were chosen.
U.S. officials said on Tuesday that members of the council should be appointed by Wednesday or Thursday, after talks this week in Jamaica between Caribbean leaders and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who flew in to attend while pledging an additional $133 million in Haitian security and humanitarian aid.
Michel Boisvert, Haiti's acting prime minister while Henry was abroad, has signaled willingness to facilitate an orderly transition, a U.S. State Department official said.
There were signs in the capital, Port-au-Prince, of an improvement in the security situation on Tuesday, with the streets quiet and no attacks on government offices or police stations reported.
The main CPS cargo port had reopened, local news outlet Le Nouvelliste reported. The capital's airport has not resumed operations, but armed men who had taken control of it were no longer present.
Meanwhile, some fuel from the Varreux facility near the port had been allowed out.
However, Radio Television Caraibes, one of Haiti's oldest and largest TV stations, said it had to leave its headquarters in central Port-au-Prince, citing the insecurity.
In another potential setback, a senior Kenyan diplomatic official told Reuters that plans to deploy its police officers to Haiti to lead a U.N.-backed security
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