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Cuba starts evacuating citizens from Haiti
By AFP
The Cuban government said Friday it had started evacuating more than 250 citizens trapped for nearly two months in Haiti, which is wracked by gang violence and political turmoil.
Cuban nationals will first be transported in a convoy of buses from the capital Port-au-Prince to Cap-Haitien, on the Caribbean country’s northern coast, the foreign ministry said on X, formerly Twitter.
From there, they will be flown back to Cuba on flights operated by Sunrise Airways, which is based in Haiti, the ministry added.
Ministry sources said the first flight was expected to arrive in Cuba on Friday at Camaguey airport, 500 kilometers (310 miles) east of the capital Havana.
Four more flights are expected in Camaguey over the weekend, and a sixth in Santiago de Cuba Sunday.
More:
https://www.macaubusiness.com/cuba-starts-evacuating-citizens-from-haiti/