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Haiti spirals to collapse as gangs tighten grip
BBC ^ | 11 Mar, 2024 | Will Grant

Posted on 03/11/2024 5:30:42 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Haiti is fast descending into anarchy.

Over the weekend, the violence in the capital Port-au-Prince ramped up once again. Heavily armed gangs attacked the National Palace and set part of the Interior Ministry on fire with petrol bombs.

It comes after a sustained attack on the international airport, which remains closed to all flights - including one carrying Prime Minister Ariel Henry.

He tried to fly back to Haiti from the United States last week, but his plane was refused permission to land. He was then turned away from the neighbouring Dominican Republic too.

Mr Henry is now stuck in Puerto Rico, unable to set foot in the nation he ostensibly leads.

Among those who did manage to get into the stricken Caribbean nation, though, was a group of US military personnel.

Following a request from the US State Department, the Pentagon confirmed it had carried out an operation to, as it put it, "augment the security" of the US embassy in Port-au-Prince and airlift all non-essential staff to safety.

Soon after, the German ambassador and some EU diplomats followed suit, fleeing a nation mired in violence and facing its biggest humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake.

Millions of Haitians, however, simply don't have that luxury. They're trapped, no matter how bad things get.

The situation is dire at the State University of Haiti Hospital, known as the general hospital, in downtown Port-au-Prince. There is no sign of any medical staff at all.

A dead body, covered by a sheet and swarming with flies, lies in a bed next to patients waiting in vain for treatment.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: haiti; revolution
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To: desertsolitaire

Anyone so worried about Haiti who would go there should be prepared for the worst. Pat Robertson said the early founders made a pact with the Devil. Maybe so.


41 posted on 03/11/2024 6:51:38 AM PDT by healy61 (.)
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To: LeonardFMason

The border of Haiti (left) and Dominican Republic (right)


42 posted on 03/11/2024 6:51:55 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

That 8 Embassies that have had to be evacuated under his watch. Marines on duty should be paid combat pay during his administration.


43 posted on 03/11/2024 6:53:51 AM PDT by mware
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To: MtnClimber

Heavily armed? I thought that was illegal down there......


44 posted on 03/11/2024 6:54:40 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‘!)
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To: imabadboy99

True story... My ancestors on my mother side were silver smiths and moved from France to Haiti. When the revolution started there they got on the first boat available. It happen to be going to Phila, so that is where they opened a new business. Several pieces of their silver are still on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.


45 posted on 03/11/2024 7:00:09 AM PDT by mware
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To: MtnClimber

Yikes, that pic you posted does not bode well for the Dominican Republic.


46 posted on 03/11/2024 7:01:42 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: MtnClimber

Hope they have a real high fence.


47 posted on 03/11/2024 7:04:08 AM PDT by mware
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To: Dead Corpse

I saw that also. I guess I should avoid the “street food” when I taker my spring vacation in that blissful country run by “kangs”.


48 posted on 03/11/2024 7:04:14 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: MtnClimber

According to their own history or myth, the nation sold their souls to the devil to gain freedom from France. They have been suffering the consequences ever since.


49 posted on 03/11/2024 7:04:27 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: MtnClimber

Didn’t they put Bill an Hillary in charge of saving Haiti a few years ago?


50 posted on 03/11/2024 7:07:29 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: MtnClimber

Eric Prince, the head of the mercenary / security company Blackwater, was claiming on-line he could take Haiti with 4000 men and 70 fixed-wing and helicopter aircraft.

at this point, Haiti should be turned into someone else’s property / colony. It would be the humane thing to do.


51 posted on 03/11/2024 7:07:57 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: MtnClimber

So is Barbecue the good guy? The gubment of Haiti is as corrupt as the day is long. I guess I’ll just have to believe whatever our honest media here in the USA reports.


52 posted on 03/11/2024 7:14:25 AM PDT by CodeJockey
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To: MinorityRepublican

“We are the World... “

Soros, Xi, and Satan smile.


53 posted on 03/11/2024 7:14:54 AM PDT by epluribus_2
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To: MplsSteve
Yikes, that pic you posted does not bode well for the Dominican Republic.

Dominican Republic has closed the border to all Haitians except for students attending school in DR.

54 posted on 03/11/2024 7:25:25 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: PGR88
Don't worry, Obama's civilian QRF is on the ground:


55 posted on 03/11/2024 7:59:23 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: DCBryan1

That’s a beautiful wedding gown. I wonder where Zer got it?


56 posted on 03/11/2024 8:12:31 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: MtnClimber

“Outward migration during an election year in the US” is all part of the plan. Remind them to vote early and vote often.

PM Henry could get back if he halfway wanted to.


57 posted on 03/11/2024 8:13:04 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Nateman

They’re already here.


58 posted on 03/11/2024 8:14:34 AM PDT by bgill
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To: CodeJockey

I don’t think there are any “good guys” involved on any of the sides of this conflict.


59 posted on 03/11/2024 8:16:02 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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Independence since 1804โ€ฆ


60 posted on 03/11/2024 8:17:42 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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