Can the Gangs That Are Terrorizing Haiti Be Stopped?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the surge in gang violence in Haiti and calls for the prime minister’s resignation.
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the surge in gang violence in Haiti and calls for the prime minister’s resignation.
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the potential deployment of Kenyan law enforcement officers to lead a multinational police force in Haiti.
Criminality is ubiquitous in Haitian officialdom. In fact, Haitian politics and government at all levels have become so enmeshed in and dependent on graft, gunrunning, drug smuggling, and gang violence that it is nearly impossible to disentangle them.
Since March 2021, Haitian civil society has been working hard to develop innovative, local solutions to the country’s problems, including a blueprint for a Haitian-led transition that could well forge a new path for the country. For that plan to work, the changes will need to be profound and transformative, and the process of implementing them as inclusive and empowering, as possible.