Why is Haiti so chaotic? Leaders used street gangs to gain power. Then the gangs got stronger

March 18, 2024


Haiti’s prime minister has said he will resign, bowing to international pressure to save his homeland gripped by violence and controlled by heavily armed gangsters. Ariel Henry made the announcement hours after officials, including Caribbean leaders and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, met in Jamaica to discuss a solution to halt Haiti’s spiraling crisis and agreed to a joint proposal to establish a transitional council. What is going on in Haiti? Haiti hasn’t had a standing army or a well-funded and robust national police force for decades.

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