Haiti's last U.S.-branded hotel announced it will close its doors, further illustrating the deepening crisis of the Caribbean country, besieged by criminal gangs.
Concretely, the 175-room Marriott in Port-au-Prince, built to create jobs and attract tourism to Haiti, said it will close about a decade after being inaugurated. The 11-story building was also a symbol of reconstruction after the devastating earthquake that impacted the country in 2010, killing over 300,000 people and affecting a million and a half.
