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UN's Guterres Visits Haiti

Is international intervention in Haiti a cycle of dependency or the only path for stability?

Published 4 days ago

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Above: U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres and Haiti's Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé on June 16. Image credit: Clarens Siffroy/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Establishment-critical narrative

Repeated international interventions in Haiti have done nothing but entrench a cycle of dependency and foreign control. Guterres has visited the country before, with the previous trip producing the same hollow pledges while thousands of Haitians die. Real sovereignty means letting Haitians lead their own recovery. The country doesn't need more rubber-stamping transitional governments that lack electoral mandates.

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Pro-establishment narrative

Haiti's crisis is too severe to dismiss international support as mere imperialism: Gangs are in control of most of the country and nearly 1.5 million people are displaced. A serious strategy combining security operations, human rights safeguards, disarmament pathways and humanitarian coordination is exactly what the international community should be pushing for. Stepping up funding and stand with Haitians is the only credible path toward lasting stability.

António Guterres on X Americas Quarterly Human Rights Watch

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Editor's Note

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