Haiti: The Car Is on Fire and There´s No Driver at the Wheel

March 11, 2024 Hour: 7:27 pm

Haiti is in the hands of gangs and chaos. The armed groups seek the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry and prevent his return to the nation.

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Clashes between criminals and the police spread throughout the capital in strategic places such as the presidential palace and different prisons, which have taken and released prisoners.

The health service and medical care is in a deplorable state, with gangs looting hospitals and medical stations. As a result of the continuous incursions of criminals, they have had to evacuate patients from hospitals, including having to transport children and newborns.

Other areas controlled by bandits are some of the country’s port areas, an example of this last Thursday when they took over the company Caribbean Port Services SA (CPS).

��BREAKING: U.S., EU and Germany evacuated diplomatic staff from Haiti over violence.

The U.S. military airlifted nonessential embassy staff from Haiti in an overnight evacuation and boosted security in the capital, Port-au-Prince, due to escalating cannibal gang violence.… pic.twitter.com/DHSle4RTbC

— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre)
March 11, 2024

Fires in institutional areas such as commissaries and government buildings are also common in the country’s anarchic state.

Among all this chaos the United States has deployed troops to reinforce the security of the United States Embassy in Haiti and evacuate non-essential personnel, the evacuation was only of American citizens and diplomats.

On the other hand the European Union also withdrew all diplomatic personnel from the Caribbean island as well.

#FromTheSouth News Bits | Violence escalates in Haiti. Armed men attacked public institutions throughout Port-Au-Prince, the country’s capital. pic.twitter.com/HHNd4TXopB

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish)
March 11, 2024

Canada withdrew all diplomatic personnel and closed the embassy to the public and will remain inoperative as long as the state of emergency continues or until the security situation in Haiti is normalized.

German diplomats were evacuated by air on a mission to the Dominican Republic. However, diplomats from France, Spain and Mexico have not evacuated their staff from embassies.

#FromTheSouth News Bits | Faced with a serious crisis of violence in Haiti, the United Nations Security Council convened an emergency meeting to analyze the situation and seek solutions to guarantee peace and stability in the Caribbean country. pic.twitter.com/Luf6F5unGH

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish)
March 6, 2024