Blinken joins Caribbean leaders at meeting as Haiti’s violent crisis grows

Antony Blinken visited Jamaica for the meeting (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

US secretary of state Antony Blinken has met Caribbean leaders in Jamaica in an urgent push to solve the spiralling crisis in Haiti, while pressure grows on Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign or agree to a transitional council.

The closed-door meeting did not include Mr Henry, who has been locked out of his own country while travelling abroad, due to surging unrest and violence by criminal gangs who have overrun much of Haiti’s capital and closed down its main international airports.