U.S. defends anti-drug efforts in Haiti
The U.S. defended on Wednesday its anti-drug efforts in Haiti, two days after the Caribbean nation’s president accused America and other major drug-consuming countries of failing to adequately fight the narcotics trade. In a strongly worded speech to Parliament on Monday, President Rene Preval called drug trafficking the main cause of instability in his impoverished nation and said failed efforts by the United States and other countries to stop the trade had made Haiti a “victim.” Full Story