Haiti is facing a severe crisis with gang violence and political instability. Gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, known as 'Barbecue,' demands a detailed plan for the country's future. The international community is urged to assist Haiti amid widespread violence and calls for a democratic transition. The UN expert suggests deploying foreign police, emphasizing the urgent need for security support. The crisis is attributed to corrupt regimes, lack of accountability, and external impediments to development.
Ultimately, it is in Haiti’s feat of self-liberation that the country’s hopes for rebirth must lie, columnist @hofrench writes. https://t.co/hqPdXR8VS8
"It is not difficult to see why a lot of Haitians over the past century-plus have found their country unlivable. And the US’s role in rendering it so just makes the Guantanamo 'contingency plan' all the more criminal." — #AJOpinion by @MariaBelen_Fdez ⤵️https://t.co/FAHpOcxDOH
Haiti’s chronically ill struggle to find care amid violence | Miami Herald https://t.co/vnojofIt22
Targeted by gangs, Haiti’s doctors, nurses have been fleeing | Miami Herald https://t.co/GuDpnFjSEM
Haiti’s health sector is on life support as doctors and nurses flee gang violence https://t.co/ZEIqLDMF7U
‘Countdown to death’: Haiti’s health crisis grows as gangs destroy hospitals, pharmacies https://t.co/axXuAEKGb2
How did Haiti’s Gangs Become so Powerful - Flashback https://t.co/NwJJyrjiq7
.@YourFellowArab confirms he was freed because of Barbecue Now freed from captivity, @YourFellowArab explains that he was released because of an intervention from Jimmy Cherizier AKA Barbecue. "I think Barbecue personally called the guy and said 'if you don't release him, we're… https://t.co/mRBNEhI4Ca
"Back then, the worst outcomes were avoided through decisive American intervention. Today’s crisis might require it as well," writes James B. Foley, who was U.S. ambassador to Haiti from 2003 to 2005. https://t.co/w4pmh35XBR
Rescue groups are struggling to evacuate American citizens who remain trapped in Haiti, where a deadly eruption of gang violence earlier this month has left the state teetering on the brink of collapse. https://t.co/V2dZLUl1XR
Leader of the gang who held YouTuber, Yourfellowarab, says he has been released https://t.co/Rbbf4F7xGH
Lanmo Sanjou, leader of 400 Mawozo, shared this video, YourFellowArab, saying he and his Haitian fixer have been released unconditionally and without ransom. 😳 https://t.co/47upBvaO17
To date, most of the international efforts in Haiti have focused on the evacuation of foreign citizens and non-essential diplomatic personnel. But many Haitians are calling on the United States to do more https://t.co/1K5BaloSDz 👇
We need a holistic & compassionate response to the crisis in Haiti. We must halt deportations, redesignate Haiti for TPS, expedite immigrant visas, support a Haitian-led democratic transition, & provide the security, humanitarian, & economic assistance that the island needs.
I remain deeply concerned about the ongoing violence unfolding in Haiti. This week I led a group of lawmakers in urging @SecBlinken to quickly expedite the visa process for Haitians fleeing the extreme unrest. We must help protect families. https://t.co/dwgwnK1bmm
The crisis in Haiti over gangs who have overrun the country and outmatched security forces is fueled in part by a major, illegal flow of U.S. guns to the Caribbean nation, a longstanding problem that has only grown worse. https://t.co/rPeW6mDcDL
The crisis in Haiti continues as gang violence has taken over, forcing the prime minister to resign. Now, one of the most powerful gang leaders there is making his demands. @ellisonbarber has the latest. https://t.co/ERAya3lbsn
Haitian underworld leader Jimmy Cherizier, also known as "Barbecue", has demanded that the international community present him with a "detailed plan for the future of the country" as the only solution to the huge crisis of violence. Cherizier warned that “the days to come will… https://t.co/4Pv2icZCLt
VIDEO: "It's up to the Haitians to unite to resolve this crisis", says a resident of Port-au-Prince, the country being in the grip of a "cataclysmic" situation according to the UN and awaiting a political transition since the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. https://t.co/w5E7YKCCV5
As gang violence rages, UN expert says Haiti now needs 5,000 foreign police https://t.co/hidR5X3CUe
On Thursday, William O'Neill, member of the UN Human Rights Office, said the deployment of the international security force in #Haiti is essential and urgent along with the establishment of a presidential council. https://t.co/Ny1zaJp2Kq
Gang violence, political instability & poor governance - unsurprisingly - have not been good for Haiti's economy but Haitians are a resilient bunch: https://t.co/04MJRr51b0 my report with @jorgedlq via @cgtnamerica
So barbecue is a Freemason - A day with 'Barbecue'; Head of one of Haiti's most powerful gangs https://t.co/iy4pu6OM25
4/ @HaitiJustice pointed out that one example of #USG failing to listen to #Haitian #diaspora is its disregard of letter by @nhaeon and @fanm_in. Read it here: https://t.co/IdFFhQR7Qz https://t.co/apQFWdwhXV
3/ @susandpage: #USG is also not listening to #Haitians or to Haitian #diaspora. Instead, it is deporting Haitians back to a country from which US has evacuated its own citizens. "Something is wrong with that picture." https://t.co/wljYZn7tJf
1/ @susandpage pointed out that #USG has its own interests here and does not always prioritize #HumanRights in its policies.
.@JStPaul1: Haitian “politics have been captured by an elite w no connection to the population” - a “politics of the belly” where elites use the state for own benefit rather than advancing rights of the people. But there are those who are fighting for citizenship that emancipates
On U.S. security support to Haiti and MSS preparations amid widespread gang violence: “We hope that others in the international community will also step forward to assist at this incredibly important moment.” Listen to the full @WBUR interview ➡️ https://t.co/uz8NK2JAyS
1/ @JStPaul1 emphasizes the need to question peacekeeping operations into #Haiti as emanations of a #racialized #capitalist system that has a history of looking down at Haitians and disregarding the history of external impediments to the development of a strong social state
4/ And the crisis in Haiti is a predictable consequence of 14 years of such U.S. support for corrupt, repressive regimes that dismantled Haiti’s democracy and accountability, stolen billions from the Haitian people, and colluded with armed groups to weaken opposition. https://t.co/waaahYhxjg
3/ And #UN and #USG did not stand with her and #Haitian #rights. This was a clear inflection point where the international community gave that regime the green light to dismantle Haiti’s #justice system and #democracy https://t.co/tyT7gex0PC
2/ @HaitiJustice recalls that @susandpage had called for a judicial process to confront widespread corruption and police massacres - measures that should have been uncontroversial but implicated the regime in power, which declared her persona non grata. https://t.co/hjTwOIOgWG
1/ Amb. @susandpage shared that as head of UN mission she was “essentially kicked out and not supported by #UN” for doing her job and calling for justice and accountability
3/ Haitians have a long history of coming together to build a better future. They have a real chance at doing so again and returning to a more stable, democratic path, but only if the Biden administration gives them the space to do so https://t.co/RRQuhr9fzf
2/ IJDH’s @HaitiJustice the crisis must be understood against the repeated phenomenon of Haitians trying to achieve transformational change and being impeded by self-dealing elites and the international community https://t.co/4SKwqxzhRw
https://t.co/cojHcVpFty When a humanitarian crisis strikes, it must be approached with human dignity at its core. Haiti is no different. Email your Member of Congress demanding the Biden administration
🚨NEW: Interview with Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier, the leader of one of Haiti's most powerful gangs "To the outside world, he might be a gangster, but here, he is a sort of Robin Hood" Barbecue says that if foreign troops or police enter Haiti's streets he would "consider them… https://t.co/rN1fUsC6yi