The international community must act decisively to prevent Haiti's complete collapse into chaos. Gang violence has reached unprecedented levels, with criminal groups now with near-total control over Port-au-Prince and expanding their reign of terror nationwide. Without immediate international intervention and proper resources, Haiti will collapse and become a failed state that threatens regional stability and forces desperate Haitians to flee their homeland. - The UN Security Council's establishment of a Gang Suppression Force marks a decisive turning point for Haiti's future. This critical resolution provides the framework to restore order and protect innocent lives while supporting Haiti's democratic path forward. The international community now has the proper tools and burden-sharing model needed to effectively combat criminal organizations terrorizing Haitian communities.
Foreign powers have repeatedly failed Haiti, never breaking the country's cycle of violence and instability. The U.S. has overthrown three Haitian governments since the Cold War, installing puppet regimes while dismantling state institutions and flooding the country with NGOs that benefit foreign interests rather than Haitians. Real solutions must come from the Haitian people themselves, not from another invasion disguised as humanitarian intervention. - The UN's new gang suppression force for Haiti represents another likely failure in a long history of international interventions. The current Kenyan-led mission remains severely understaffed with less than 1,000 personnel instead of the planned 2,500, and critically underfunded with only 14% of needed resources. There's no clear deployment timeline, no guaranteed funding for personnel salaries, and a dangerous security gap looms as the current mission expires.
There's a 60% chance that Haiti will experience a civil war before 2036, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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