Can Haiti stop its descent into hell?

2023-06-04T16:00:53.953Z

Highlights: Gang violence is growing at an alarming rate in areas previously considered relatively safe in Port-au-Prince and outside the capital. Haitians, desperate, are fleeing their country by the tens of thousands to the United States or the neighboring Dominican Republic. The investigation into the assassination of Jovenel Moïse, on July 7, 2021, is stalling. High-ranking politicians, police officers and foreign mercenaries were arrested. The current Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, is even suspected.

GREAT DECRYPTION - Armed gangs reign terror on the island. Washington is urging Canada to carry out armed intervention.

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Gang violence is growing at an alarming rate in areas previously considered relatively safe in Port-au-Prince and outside the capital," the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Haiti, Maria Isabel Salvador, said recently. The country has descended into chaos. Port-au-Prince is handed over to armed gangs. Haitians, desperate, are fleeing their country by the tens of thousands to the United States or the neighboring Dominican Republic.

Santo Domingo embarked last year on the construction of a 160 km wall on its 380 km border with Haiti to protect itself from migrants. The investigation into the assassination of Jovenel Moïse, on July 7, 2021, is stalling. The list of suspects grows without any real lead. High-ranking politicians, police officers and foreign mercenaries were arrested. The current Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, is even suspected. Haitian investigating judges, terrorized by death threats, resign some...

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Source: lefigaro

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