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Gangs in Haiti Try to Seize Port-au-Prince Airport

  • #Haiti
  • #Politics
  • #Prisons and prisoners
  • #Caribbean
Gangs in Haiti Try to Seize Port-au-Prince Airport
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MAR 2024
Image copyright: Spencer Platt/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images (Feb. 13, 2018)
story last updated MAR 2024

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

Armed bandits have orchestrated acts of violence and terror to cause chaos and panic in Haiti. Ruthless gangs control 80% of Port-au-Prince and are fighting to seize the rest to delay forming inclusive governance and restoring democracy in the country. The mass prison break and upsurge in violence underlines the need for the UN to deploy a multinational security force to bring peace to Haiti and eliminate the gang problem.

CNN

Establishment-critical narrative

Deploying a multinational security force in Haiti would legitimize the unelected leaders of Port-au-Prince. Prime Minister Henry must immediately step down to allow a fresh, credible transitional government to emerge and create the conditions for free and fair elections. Until leaders unaffiliated with gangs form a functional government in Haiti, hope and stability will continue to elude an impoverished nation.

New York Times

Metaculus Prediction


Establishment split

CRITICAL

PRO

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