Gathered in Jamaica, several countries are pressing for a political transition in Haiti. “It is clear that Haiti is at a tipping point,” said Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, while corpses are visible in the streets of the Haitian capital.

The president of Guyana and current president of Caricom, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, said he was "optimistic" after the meeting on the possibility of reaching a political solution. The latest sign of the security crisis is the evacuation on Monday of all European Union staff in Port-au-Prince.