Senators to Reintroduce Bipartisan Haiti Sanctions Bill
Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Bob Menendez, D-N.J., plan to reintroduce a bill that would require the administration to produce an annual report on the relationship between criminal gangs and elites in Haiti and impose “robust” Magnitsky human rights sanctions on people identified in the report. The Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act previously was introduced in October (see 2210190015).
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“As Haiti’s future hangs in the balance, those responsible for these offenses must face consequences, regardless of their status,” said Menendez, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Rubio said the U.S. and allies “must hold these bad actors accountable as an initial step to address the island’s complex crisis.”