Haiti

[likesfish]

The “masses” haven’t got a hope the various gangs have links to the MRE’s.
Morally Repugnant Elite. A term coined in the last but one US intervention. Of the political/business elite , They fund and supply the Guns and get gang members out of jail. Ex police run one of the gangs.
Police earn less than $300 a month and live in gang country
Haiti’s basically America’s Northern Ireland a really bad idea that’s now a permanent problem that nobody really wants to solve.
A military intervention could smash the gangs but the “elite” don’t belive in the rule of law. ( Tory’s don’t belive they could get away with arming thugs in the red wall)

 

[hitmouse]

Bit late, but just seen that Haiti's been properly kicking off again:

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/02/americas/prisoners-escape-port-au-prince-prison-haiti-intl-hnk/index.html

Haiti orders curfew after armed gangs overran two prisons, releasing thousands of inmates

A 72-hour state of emergency began Sunday night. The government said it would set out to find the killers, kidnappers and other criminals who fled.

www.pbs.org

 

[phildwyer]

It's amusing how the MSM refers to "gang members" and "criminals" taking over the city, as if they were any more thuggish or corrupt than the US-sponsored government. The biggest gang down there is the CIA. When I was in Port-au-Prince in 1996, I encountered a group of extremely large, short-haired, slightly paranoid Americans who very cagily claimed to be "the President's bodyguard." The President was kidnapped shortly afterwards.

 

[hitmouse]

Well, Ariel Henry's time is up: Haiti's prime minister Ariel Henry resigns as law and order collapses

 

[hitmouse]

Long indepth podcast interview with a Haitian anarchist here:

This Is America #195: Friends of Aaron Bushnell Speak, Deep Dive on Situation in Haiti

Welcome, to This Is America, March 21st, 2024. In this episode, first we speak with several anarchists and mutual aid organizers in so-called San Antonio, Texas about their late friend, Aaron Bushnell. On February 25th of this year, Bushnell, an anarchist originally from the Cape Cod area of...

itsgoingdown.org

The podcast is two interviews in one, dunno why they do it like that, but anyway the first half is an interview with Aaron Bushnell's friends, very worth listening to in its own right, but if you just want to skip to the Haiti bit it starts at about 52 minutes in.

 

[hitmouse]

More analysis on Haiti:

Mr. Aristide Goes to Washington: The Truth About Lavalas, CARICOM, and the UN/US Invasion of Haiti

Anyone who speaks on behalf of the people of Haiti while collaborating with Empire cannot be trusted.

medium.com

 

[hitmouse]

Article from a Haitian leftist:

U.S. Imperialism, Get Out! And Take Your Presidential Council with You… - Haiti Liberte

(Français) A French saying goes: ‘Those who resemble each other, always end up flocking together.” Traditional Haitian political figures, who have flocked to the “transitional presidential council” (CPT) that U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken cooked up with the aid of a few lackeys from...

haitiliberte.com

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

in a weird twist of fate the kenyan police have landed in haiti today

 

[Humberto]

Still an incredibly volatile and dangerous place. Decent bit of reporting here:

‘This is effectively a civil war’: despair in Haiti as gangs step up assault on capital

Fighters wielding guns and machetes have taken a key zone of Port-au-Prince as the beleaguered authorities try to restore order

www.theguardian.com

And this on the mass hunger crisis unfolding as a result

Gang violence leaves Haiti facing ‘worst hunger emergency in the western hemisphere’

Half the country’s population now struggling to find food as lawlessness and inflation cause ‘full-blown crisis’, say aid agencies

www.theguardian.com

 

[teqniq]

The president has gone:

Garry Conille: Haiti's prime minister ousted after six months

The former United Nations official was brought in to lead Haiti through an ongoing, gang-led security crisis.

www.bbc.com

What I would like to know is all these armed gangs which seem to be one of if not the primary problem in Haiti; they must be being financed somehow and as the country is very poor on the whole it seems unlikely to be drugs. Does anyone know if there are external financial backers?

E2a: this article goes some way to answering my question:

Who are Haiti’s gangs and what do they want? All you need to know

Haitian armed groups have grown more autonomous, experts say, and force alone will not resolve growing security crisis.

www.aljazeera.com