There is a long, and often ugly, history of foreign intervention in Haiti.
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Can a multinational security mission provide Haiti with a stable future? Not without sustained funding for after the troops leave.
Haiti is descending into anarchy, causing the gang leader behind the violence to emerge as the country’s most powerful leader.
Haiti is facing a wave of chaos as gang violence grips the country.
Devastating quake came weeks after the assassination of Haiti’s president. A scholar of disaster preparedness explains the concept of ‘cascading crises’ and how other countries can help stabilize Haiti.
It is necessary to put an end to the external shock therapy that has failed to generate a new social contract in Haiti and bring the country the prosperity it has been promised.
Why the rest of the world needs to listen to Haitian voices and take a longer view of Haiti’s unique history.
President Moïse is dead. Two politicians say they’re in charge. Parliament is suspended. A Haitian studies scholar explains Haiti’s power vacuum and says elections alone won’t restore democracy there.
The assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in his home outside Port-au-Prince ended a presidency that had plunged the already troubled nation deeper into crisis.
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