In response to the worsening humanitarian crisis in Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world, the European Commission announced the release of €10 million in humanitarian aid on Monday 17 July, the first day of the EU-CELAC summit in Brussels.
5.2 million people, almost half the Haitian population, are in desperate need of urgent humanitarian assistance due to a combination of hunger, widespread violence, the ongoing economic collapse and a cholera epidemic. The country is...