U.S. government revokes more visas for Haitians

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The U.S. State Department has revoked visas for a number of Haitian citizens, an American diplomat in the Caribbean country announced on May 19.

Jon Piechowski, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Port-au- Prince, declined to disclose the identities of the Haitians, or to say if some or all were public officials, citing privacy rules for individual visa decisions. He also gave no specific number.

He would say only that the travel documents were lifted earlier this week because the holders “were no longer qualified to have those visas.” In January, the U.S. revoked the visas of about two dozen Haitian officials to step up international pressure that led Haiti’s previous government to drop its favoured candidate from a presidential runoff election. There was widespread speculation on Haitian radio on Thursday afternoon, May 19, that Washington had targeted Haitian electoral officials in this latest case because they refused to reverse the results in a handful of legislative races challenged by the U.S. and others for alleged election fraud. (Excerpt from Yahoo News)

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