Police Battle Gangs Attempting to Seize Haitian Capital
NewsweekOCT 2024
Just days after PM Fils-Aimé's inauguration, violence has spiraled out of control, with Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier's gang forcing 20K more from their homes in a week. Over 700K are now displaced, and aid delivery has become too dangerous. With insufficient police to restore order, Haiti faces a deepening humanitarian crisis. The world must act urgently to provide the help Haiti desperately needs.
Haiti should not trust Western calls for intervention, as it's the West, led by the US government, who have controlled the country to benefit from sweat shop labor. The US knows these are actually fredom fighters trying to take down the Western-backed oligarchy, which is why it smears them as gangs as an excuse to send in international military operations. The West loves the chaos because it keeps Haitians poor and forced to work for cheap.
There is a 69% chance Haiti will experience a successful coup d'etat before 2040, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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