Haiti is again descending deep into chaos and violence — to the point where, historically, the United States has intervened.
Haiti is again descending deep into chaos and violence — to the point where, historically, the United States has intervened.
Will the Biden administration refuse?
The latest was the March 2 prison break that sprang most of the nearly 4,000 inmates of the National Penitentiary, part of coordinated strikes across the capital city of Port-au-Prince.
Heavily armed gangs now control 80% of the city, including the nation’s only international airport. Armed vigilantes are the main opposition to the gangs across the country.
The chaos forced Prime Minister Ariel Henry to land in Puerto Rico, disrupting his return from Kenya, where he was pushing for the deployment of a UN-promised international force to help restore order.
The State Department has urged Americans to leave Haiti, but good luck; the gangs have the airport and the neighboring Dominican Republic has closed its airspace to planes flying to and from Haiti.
