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in the haiti. and this is what has created or the chairman the office deco support the economic positio ha. therefore there is a history of punishing haiti or making haiti look bad for u.s. foreign policy. some of the haitian international community. when youre come in and the children are children and you are deciding for them. anybody would not accept that. >> currently the headline they say their involved in battling the gangs that are there currently. how does that complicate the situation? >> very, the vigilantes gangs. the games gangs are armed. they have drones, we have a the vigilantes have machetes. therefore you have a situation you look at children the elderly are in a victimized situation. there are no flights out of haiti. it's getting worse and worse.q the roads are closed but dimmed the dominican republic has closed its border too haiti. in tryin to basically shut out the whole population. so therefore why is the■ethat w? and for it more forceful transition and set another ■z thi
in the haiti. and this is what has created or the chairman the office deco support the economic positio ha. therefore there is a history of punishing haiti or making haiti look bad for u.s. foreign policy. some of the haitian international community. when youre come in and the children are children and you are deciding for them. anybody would not accept that. >> currently the headline they say their involved in battling the gangs that are there currently. how does that complicate the...
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in haiti. /w host: the united nations tells us 362,000 people are internally displaced within the country. 5.5 million needing humanitarian assistance. we talked about the gang issues in 2023. 5300 incidents, including 1200 kidnappings. tell us about the gangs. tell us about ke the gangs orige security guards, a protective force for many business in haiti. they protected their businesses. this is how they squashed any kind of opposition from the population, from members of the civil society who wanted to have a better society in haiti. the gangs also came in and federated by the was government hoping that would control them. instead of controlling them, they went afters since no one could touch them anymore. between the gangs territory and the drug trafficking, more drugs are coming into haiti. many guns were coming directly from the united states. there was a lot of protests by the u.n., giving out reports and asking for the u.s. to take care of the gun trafficking in haiti. this did not happe
in haiti. /w host: the united nations tells us 362,000 people are internally displaced within the country. 5.5 million needing humanitarian assistance. we talked about the gang issues in 2023. 5300 incidents, including 1200 kidnappings. tell us about the gangs. tell us about ke the gangs orige security guards, a protective force for many business in haiti. they protected their businesses. this is how they squashed any kind of opposition from the population, from members of the civil society who...
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what is it about haiti that interest us so much? so what's, what's there that could lead to further involvement? well again, for a long time, i think the issue was that haiti was setting the bad example of getting rid of chattel slavery again prematurely when the us still ad chattel slavery. haiti is resisted french colonialism as well, which is also a know now in most recently, frankly, it's been discovered that 80 sitting on billions of dollars of minerals that the west would like to get its hands on. so i think all those things combined or leading to increased western intervention, the us state department spokesperson said washington does not support violent or on democratic regime changes. that's clearly not true. what, why would you say something like that? well, i mean, the double speaks amazing. you're right, they don't support it unless they are the ones doing it. i think that's probably an accurate statement. the us, uh, you know, believes they are the only ones who can, you know, create violent regime changes around the wo
what is it about haiti that interest us so much? so what's, what's there that could lead to further involvement? well again, for a long time, i think the issue was that haiti was setting the bad example of getting rid of chattel slavery again prematurely when the us still ad chattel slavery. haiti is resisted french colonialism as well, which is also a know now in most recently, frankly, it's been discovered that 80 sitting on billions of dollars of minerals that the west would like to get its...
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do you expect them to jostle for political part if haiti, woods, and make this transition as well? the reality of gangs in haiti is a complicated one because for long they have been weaponized to be um, to qual, defense in popular neighborhood, and to sway elections. one way or the other, they've become criminal enterprises, especially in the last few years, full going through criminal enterprises involving the racketeering and kidnappings . so there are next steps you know, following this evolution or this, this, these do steps politically, how they will grow from that. it's all unclear at this point, right from the outside looking in it, it looks desperate, you know, with the security and humanitarian situation as well as the political violence. help us understand why there is this great resistance within hazy towards the efforts of the outside wells to help. well, haiti has been facing both an institutional, any constitutional crisis for many, many years that has been aggravated with the assassination of president drove anomalies in july of 2021. and ever since the country has b
do you expect them to jostle for political part if haiti, woods, and make this transition as well? the reality of gangs in haiti is a complicated one because for long they have been weaponized to be um, to qual, defense in popular neighborhood, and to sway elections. one way or the other, they've become criminal enterprises, especially in the last few years, full going through criminal enterprises involving the racketeering and kidnappings . so there are next steps you know, following this...
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it took the us 58 years to recognize haiti's independence. their priorities haven't changed and today's american policy is more or less consistent with the way it's always been. the crew of september 1991 was undertaken with the support of the us administration. and in february 2004, it happened again. thanks to many of the same people. since then haiti has endured 2 decades of a revolving door of us 5 for james and today the caribbean nation. welcome cit. cool anniversary. without a single elected official and office and no elections inside. well, most haitian space, catastrophic humanitarian conditions. so here we go again. more intervention in haiti, more of the same from america as countries around the globe shawn past colonial powers, and seek independent homegrown leaders that have their country at heart as russia in china and the global south form of multiplan their world. in the face of former us dominance and control in tel aviv thousands of people flocked to the streets to protest against as rarely prime minister benjamin netanyahu
it took the us 58 years to recognize haiti's independence. their priorities haven't changed and today's american policy is more or less consistent with the way it's always been. the crew of september 1991 was undertaken with the support of the us administration. and in february 2004, it happened again. thanks to many of the same people. since then haiti has endured 2 decades of a revolving door of us 5 for james and today the caribbean nation. welcome cit. cool anniversary. without a single...
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paul farmer called the uses of haiti. it's a huge missed that the us could care less what happens in haiti. it's always been the us embassy, the us intelligence departments, depending on the state department and the us presidency that has made the ultimate decisions on haiti's destiny. they were the ones that decided to put our real and re into power. and the other ones who decided now to take our real are we out of power, who is a foreign power to decide haiti's destiny? right, well even there daniel shaw a latin american and caribbean studies professor at the city university of new york . daniel, thank you. thank you. rich. haitians aren't the only ones accusing to us of actions leading to turmoil in their country. washington's policy in africa has also been raising plenty of questions. let's have a listen to what was discussed that a re send us the state department briefing. the united states does not support violent or on democratic changes in government, in africa or elsewhere. and all violations of us export regulat
paul farmer called the uses of haiti. it's a huge missed that the us could care less what happens in haiti. it's always been the us embassy, the us intelligence departments, depending on the state department and the us presidency that has made the ultimate decisions on haiti's destiny. they were the ones that decided to put our real and re into power. and the other ones who decided now to take our real are we out of power, who is a foreign power to decide haiti's destiny? right, well even there...
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we begin in haiti. welcome to the programme. a 72—hour state of emergency has been declared in the capital port—au—prince and surrounding area after armed gangs staged jailbreaks. the state of emergency covers the capital and surrounding areas. night curfews are in force until wednesday. this is what we know so far. the biggest incident happened at the national penitentiary in the centre of port—au—prince — the biggest prison in the country. the bbc has been told the vast majority of inmates held there have escaped — that's around 4000 men. 0ne inmate spoke of people being massacred in their cells. a gang leader had warned the haitian prime minister not to return to haiti. he was in nairobi, discussing the possibility of a kenyan—led multinational security force. but the bbc has established that he left and returned to haiti safely on sunday. the decision to declare both a state of emergency and a night—time curfew in the haitian capital comes after fierce fighting by armed gangs who are now in control of most
we begin in haiti. welcome to the programme. a 72—hour state of emergency has been declared in the capital port—au—prince and surrounding area after armed gangs staged jailbreaks. the state of emergency covers the capital and surrounding areas. night curfews are in force until wednesday. this is what we know so far. the biggest incident happened at the national penitentiary in the centre of port—au—prince — the biggest prison in the country. the bbc has been told the vast majority...
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yeah, i think is you're aware um the the president of haiti was assassinated in july 2021 . the acting pre master took office following that and charged with moist before the assassination. with finding a consensus government to hold elections. elections haven't been held in the country since 2016 are no longer any elected leaders in the country. the prime minister has been able to make a whole lot of progress and this effort there issues and sort of an unwilling us to create concessions on both sides, the prime minister in the opposition. but essentially it's been 2 and a half years. there been a couple of agreements that have been made and they have not been implemented. and we're in a situation where the haitians are just incredibly frustrated and just very much want a change. where do you see the focus coming from the international community? is it going to be on quelling violence or i'm putting some sort of pressure on the prime minister in this case. i think there's a recognition that there needs to be focus from the international committee on both . i think of course
yeah, i think is you're aware um the the president of haiti was assassinated in july 2021 . the acting pre master took office following that and charged with moist before the assassination. with finding a consensus government to hold elections. elections haven't been held in the country since 2016 are no longer any elected leaders in the country. the prime minister has been able to make a whole lot of progress and this effort there issues and sort of an unwilling us to create concessions on...
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talk to me about the gangs these powerful gains in haiti. they have called for the prime minister to step down, the prime minister has announced that he will do that. so what are the gains now saying about what's happening today? or of course they have differences, but it must be understood that the stuff on the about what the days want because there's the position once the conditions to change. and even if they often agreed on everything, there is a political press trying to find a solution. we are awaiting the outcome of the discussions in the next few hours to state to slow what's the next few days? the gains we know the thrive in, in a political vacuum. the backend that was left after the assassination of president laws almost 3 years ago is anything or any one in sight that could fill that power vacuum. the prime minister did not meet the expectations on this point from now. the solutions of being in the shape of this big holders to fill the void, but it is due on certain whether this will succeed in the, in the file to get to the count
talk to me about the gangs these powerful gains in haiti. they have called for the prime minister to step down, the prime minister has announced that he will do that. so what are the gains now saying about what's happening today? or of course they have differences, but it must be understood that the stuff on the about what the days want because there's the position once the conditions to change. and even if they often agreed on everything, there is a political press trying to find a solution....
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so the haitian people, the haiti stands as one of the prime examples of the failure of u. s. foreign policy. and us strategies for providing nate, you know, the, the clinton foundation going back to 1910 in the aftermath of the earthquake. they raised over $50000000.00. none of that money made it really into the hands of the local haitians. us policies basically encouraged the farmers to not far before haiti was self sufficient and able to grow its own rice and fetus people. now it's dependent upon forwarding ports or the port collapse during the earthquake . and there was a big usa id project to rebuild the port that failed of that money. most of the money wound up in the hands of washington d. c. politicians, consulting firms, businesses connected particularly to the clintons, particularly to the obama administration. and i'm not, i'm not saying that the corruption was unique to the democrats to this this disaster and haiti has gone on to both republican and democratic administrations. so they've been called a game changer. and the ukranian conflict of russia's ministry
so the haitian people, the haiti stands as one of the prime examples of the failure of u. s. foreign policy. and us strategies for providing nate, you know, the, the clinton foundation going back to 1910 in the aftermath of the earthquake. they raised over $50000000.00. none of that money made it really into the hands of the local haitians. us policies basically encouraged the farmers to not far before haiti was self sufficient and able to grow its own rice and fetus people. now it's dependent...
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the g. 9 gun violence has killed thousands in haiti. he says he's fighting for the pool against government corruption. but in reality, gunter fools have forced hundreds of thousands from that homes, cutoff, food supplies, and fuel humanitarian crisis. pacey is desperately pool many still living and make shift a combination, puts off off the devastating us quake in 2010. that quake killed more than 200000 people. according to government tickets. at the time hated or even a democracy for 20 years unlocked to stable government, a hurricane followed, destroying more homes with a lack of lower and older guns begun to flourish. in 2017 shaven illinois was elected president. his government is said to have support each and is it under g. 9 gains. so all the while the guns were growing stronger. but 4 years later, in 2021, president lease was assassinated, triggering hate these defense into chaos. that was when aria on re took over as acting prime minister. he promised to hold the presidential elections but repeatedly postponing the ballot. in t
the g. 9 gun violence has killed thousands in haiti. he says he's fighting for the pool against government corruption. but in reality, gunter fools have forced hundreds of thousands from that homes, cutoff, food supplies, and fuel humanitarian crisis. pacey is desperately pool many still living and make shift a combination, puts off off the devastating us quake in 2010. that quake killed more than 200000 people. according to government tickets. at the time hated or even a democracy for 20 years...
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haiti wants peace. haiti needs to rebuild democratic institutions. i'm asking all haitians to remain calm and you have nothing they can to come back as fast as possible for the good of the country. amy: "the miami herald" is reporting caricom has proposed a plan to set up a seven-member presidential panel that would appoint a new interim prime minister for haiti. barbados prime minister mia mottley said the panel would only include haitians who support the deployment of a u.n.-backed security force. last week, ariel henry traveled to kenya, which is slated to lead the mission. he has been unable to return home and was reportedly most recently in puerto rico. on monday, one of the leaders of the recent armed uprising in haiti, jimmy chÉrizier, who is known as barbecue, warned against outside forces picking haiti's next leader. >> we take this opportunity to say to the international community that if it continues down this path, it will plunge haiti into chaos. today it is clear it is the working-class districts and the haitian people who know what th
haiti wants peace. haiti needs to rebuild democratic institutions. i'm asking all haitians to remain calm and you have nothing they can to come back as fast as possible for the good of the country. amy: "the miami herald" is reporting caricom has proposed a plan to set up a seven-member presidential panel that would appoint a new interim prime minister for haiti. barbados prime minister mia mottley said the panel would only include haitians who support the deployment of a u.n.-backed...
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but now as at least 3 of us, main you and agencies have warned haiti is in a very dire situation. you have the i lab, for instance, the international office of migration that said that over 15000, people have been displaced by violence only in the last 2 weeks. and you have the w p. m unit set for warning that nearly a good, a good part of the population of the metropolitan area of puerto prints are facing famine y conditions. in addition to about half of the population of havi being in a dire situation in terms of, of hunger. all right, that is harold on his act, speaking to us from puerto prince. thank you very much. indeed. thanks for having now. new york has regained a land lock that was gone for months for renovations. the retired concord jet retired to his home on a mat, had some pear offered jenny by boat. it really will be the very last to any of these concord aircraft. after months of restoration, it's headed back to peer $8.00 to $6.00. and the and trippy to see air and space museum on the banks of the hudson river in new york. a museum where a whole range of extraordina
but now as at least 3 of us, main you and agencies have warned haiti is in a very dire situation. you have the i lab, for instance, the international office of migration that said that over 15000, people have been displaced by violence only in the last 2 weeks. and you have the w p. m unit set for warning that nearly a good, a good part of the population of the metropolitan area of puerto prints are facing famine y conditions. in addition to about half of the population of havi being in a dire...
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in haiti. it has gotten worse now. host: the united nations tells us 3ternally displaced within the country. 5.5 million needing humanitarian assistance. we talked about the gang issues in 2023. 5300 and incidents including 1200 kidnappings. tell us about the gangs. tell us about who makes them up. guest: the gangs originally guards, a protective force for many businesses in haiti. they protected their businesses. this is how they squashed any kind of opposition from the population, from members of the civil society who wanted to have a better society in haiti. the gangs also came unin and federated by the was government hoping that would control them. instead of controlling them, they went after others since no one could touch them anymore. between the gangs territory and the drug trafficking, more drugs are coming into haiti. many guns were coming directly from the united states. there was a lot of protests u.n., giving out reports and asking for the u.s. to take care of the gun trafficking i
in haiti. it has gotten worse now. host: the united nations tells us 3ternally displaced within the country. 5.5 million needing humanitarian assistance. we talked about the gang issues in 2023. 5300 and incidents including 1200 kidnappings. tell us about the gangs. tell us about who makes them up. guest: the gangs originally guards, a protective force for many businesses in haiti. they protected their businesses. this is how they squashed any kind of opposition from the population, from...
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and haiti has been put on hold. it comes after haiti's prime minister announced that he will resign at least $21.00 palestinians have been killed in is really or strikes on residential buildings and data and but i hadn't central draws off. the one says more children have been killed and israel's born gaza then in 4 years of world life conflict. the is really military is killed, a 13 year old palestinian boy and occupied east jerusalem. he was playing with fireworks near the shop fox refugee camp checkpoints. and in a separate incidents and occupied east jerusalem as well as really forces shocks as to how this spinning ends in energy. cats are says it's working to establish a permanent ceasefire in gaza and not a short term truce of a few days. cuts ours for a ministry spokesman made the remarks during a media briefing here in del, how, how much all was there and sent this reports a why that has to be no break full in the negotiations according to the spokes amount of the for the ministry. he made it clear that the c
and haiti has been put on hold. it comes after haiti's prime minister announced that he will resign at least $21.00 palestinians have been killed in is really or strikes on residential buildings and data and but i hadn't central draws off. the one says more children have been killed and israel's born gaza then in 4 years of world life conflict. the is really military is killed, a 13 year old palestinian boy and occupied east jerusalem. he was playing with fireworks near the shop fox refugee...
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we have the us versus surrounding haiti. i said it and i repeat it is a clear violation of the international law. we quote use those devices to reach hey t creating it, trying to to communicate with the haitian people to retain. changing the haiti was a huge milestone for the us intelligence agency, a bloody revolt sold what democratic means never could of then us and bassett, a to haiti. james foley admitted that i received was the only politician to enjoy the support of over half of the population. pulling data from august 2004 showed that 8 percent of patients support family laval us more than any other single party, but a far cry from the 2040 percent, or even 80 percent lavolle as politicians and sister party enjoyed itself. that same poll, however, showed that aris died was still the only figure in haiti with a favorability rating above 50 percent. following the co, the us was not going to just drop the odd gained rain over hazy, the flu. i received to south africa something that the i was did leave the called a kidnap
we have the us versus surrounding haiti. i said it and i repeat it is a clear violation of the international law. we quote use those devices to reach hey t creating it, trying to to communicate with the haitian people to retain. changing the haiti was a huge milestone for the us intelligence agency, a bloody revolt sold what democratic means never could of then us and bassett, a to haiti. james foley admitted that i received was the only politician to enjoy the support of over half of the...
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special envoy for haiti. he resigned from his post in september 2021 citing the biden administration's inhumane treatment of haitian asylum seekers and u.s. meddling in haitian politics. he is joining us from buffalo, new york. welcome to democracy now! can you talk about what is happening right now in haiti? >> it is complete anarchy and chaos. haiti has been broken since the assassination of the president 32 months ago. but by anointing ariel henry, the united states and the international community put a hated party back in power in haiti, the party the haitians consider responsible for where they are right now. and as a result, 32 months has gone by. haiti has eroded by an magnitude of five or 10 times in that period. it is chaos on the street. currently, we are holding haiti hostage through this caricom political process. we wasted going on three weeks now since this current crisis started. i think that is a signal the haitian people probably don't what the caricom solution. amy: i want to turn to a clip
special envoy for haiti. he resigned from his post in september 2021 citing the biden administration's inhumane treatment of haitian asylum seekers and u.s. meddling in haitian politics. he is joining us from buffalo, new york. welcome to democracy now! can you talk about what is happening right now in haiti? >> it is complete anarchy and chaos. haiti has been broken since the assassination of the president 32 months ago. but by anointing ariel henry, the united states and the...
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amy: over the weekend, haiti's powerful gangs freed thousands from haiti's largest prisons. the gang federation leader known as "barbeque" claimed responsibility and is calling for the ousting of unelected prime minister ariel henry. gang members are reportedly uniting to bring down haiti's de facto prime minister henry, who yet -- who has yet to return to haiti since he traveled to kenya last week to discuss a deal to send about 1000 police to lead a u.n. peacekeeping force. the kenyan high court in january ruled the plan unconstitutional. for more we are joined by three guests. in nairobi, we're joined by kenyan parliamentarian otiende amollo, who opposes the police deployment to haiti. in washington, d.c., jake johnston, runs the haiti relief & reconstruction watch blog for the center for economic and policy research and is the author of the new book "aid state: elite panic, disaster capitalism, and the battle to control haiti." but first, we go to port-au-prince, haiti's capital, to speak with monique clesca, a haitian pro-democracy advocate who worked for many years wit
amy: over the weekend, haiti's powerful gangs freed thousands from haiti's largest prisons. the gang federation leader known as "barbeque" claimed responsibility and is calling for the ousting of unelected prime minister ariel henry. gang members are reportedly uniting to bring down haiti's de facto prime minister henry, who yet -- who has yet to return to haiti since he traveled to kenya last week to discuss a deal to send about 1000 police to lead a u.n. peacekeeping force. the...
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and haiti has been put on hold on. this comes after haiti's prime minister announced, but he will resign kenya's for a ministry size without a political administration in the country. then there is no anchor on which a police deployments can rest. are y'all and re says that he will step down after a transitional counsel has been set up for the united states as they expect members of the transition counsel to be appointed in the next 24 to 48 hours. and the council will then take steps to appoint an interim prime minister. meanwhile, chaos has descended onto the capital port au prince heavily armed gangs of attack the national palace and set up part of the interior ministry on the, on fire with petrol bombs. to raise a bose, joining us not from santo domingo, that's in the neighboring dominican republic. so what is the feeling amongst people about the latest developments, the prime minister is saying that he's going to resign. and this transitional counsel that's supposed to be set up well, certainly the news did not co
and haiti has been put on hold on. this comes after haiti's prime minister announced, but he will resign kenya's for a ministry size without a political administration in the country. then there is no anchor on which a police deployments can rest. are y'all and re says that he will step down after a transitional counsel has been set up for the united states as they expect members of the transition counsel to be appointed in the next 24 to 48 hours. and the council will then take steps to...
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there are 4000000 people in haiti that are food in the secure, with 1000000. just one step away from famine, with a shortage of food, that means prices are increasing in some parts of the country, jumping as much as 25 percent. now in terms of the political uncertainty in the country, the u. n says they will support any political transition proposed at the caricom meeting, the calls on all haitian stakeholders to act responsibly, to take steps towards the implementation of the agreement in order to restore the countries democratic institutions through peaceful, credible, participatory and inclusive elections. gabriel's ongoing outage data at the united nations in new york. so head on the on to 0 visiting publish lead is cool in the us government, on republican politicians to insure will continue from industry age and the high lower that will stop by looking at the satellite image for south asia. and you can see it is a fairly quiet picture, but we are going to see more in the way of winfrey weather, working its way across the north west. yes. another wesley di
there are 4000000 people in haiti that are food in the secure, with 1000000. just one step away from famine, with a shortage of food, that means prices are increasing in some parts of the country, jumping as much as 25 percent. now in terms of the political uncertainty in the country, the u. n says they will support any political transition proposed at the caricom meeting, the calls on all haitian stakeholders to act responsibly, to take steps towards the implementation of the agreement in...
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gangs in haiti threatened civil war and genocide. an estimated 80% of haiti's capitol and port-au-prince is controlled by gangs who have burned down hundreds of buildings and openly shoot and kill people in the streets. >> a lot of the gang members are just kids that are excited to be shooting his stuff. they are trigger-happy, they are crazy. brian stearns had his nonprofit project dynamo is working to rescue three dozen americans from haiti before international police force led by kenya enters the nation potentially jumpstarting more violence. >> the gang the site are going to need leverage. they're not going to motivate them face-to-face and nose to nose they're going to need leverage. and when that happens almost always it's kidnapping and hostage is >> 1.4 million haitians on the verge of famine. when merchants go out into the street looking for money to feed our children and wives we find nothing. thousands of patients weekly cross over the border into the dominican republic to buy necessities the mayor says dr is doing all it
gangs in haiti threatened civil war and genocide. an estimated 80% of haiti's capitol and port-au-prince is controlled by gangs who have burned down hundreds of buildings and openly shoot and kill people in the streets. >> a lot of the gang members are just kids that are excited to be shooting his stuff. they are trigger-happy, they are crazy. brian stearns had his nonprofit project dynamo is working to rescue three dozen americans from haiti before international police force led by kenya...
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including at the orphanage he operates there in haiti. ♪ ♪ shannon: chaos and violence has overrun haiti bringing the country to its knees. haitians and americans racing to escape the unrest have very few options. it was, in fact p a mission led by two members of congress that the successfully airlifted a group of volunteers from the island including best selling author mitch albom who joins us now to share his story. mitch, welcome. it's great to have you with us. i learned in interviewing you last year that you operate an orphanage a there. here is what the white house -- excuse me, the administration, the state department has said about americans being this in haiti. >> for years we have been telling americans, do not go to haiti. do not travel there. it's not safe to do so. and for those who are there, leave as soon as you can feasibly do so without putting yourself with at risk. shannon: why has it been so porn for you to be there? >> because it's the easy the say don't go there because with it's dangerous, but what about the children who live there, the children who live there? if
including at the orphanage he operates there in haiti. ♪ ♪ shannon: chaos and violence has overrun haiti bringing the country to its knees. haitians and americans racing to escape the unrest have very few options. it was, in fact p a mission led by two members of congress that the successfully airlifted a group of volunteers from the island including best selling author mitch albom who joins us now to share his story. mitch, welcome. it's great to have you with us. i learned in interviewing...
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of the situation right now in haiti-— now in haiti. i don't want to use the word couo. _ now in haiti. i don't want to use the word coup, but _ now in haiti. i don't want to use the word coup, but how- now in haiti. i don't want to use the word coup, but how close i now in haiti. i don't want to use the word coup, but how close isj the word coup, but how close is the government right now to completely losing control of the situation in the country? it losing control of the situation in the country?— losing control of the situation in the country? it already has. haiti has been a _ the country? it already has. haiti has been a failed _ the country? it already has. haiti has been a failed state _ the country? it already has. haiti has been a failed state since - the country? it already has. haiti has been a failed state since the | has been a failed state since the assassination and the us appointed de facto prime minister ariel henry who currently has the entire country including the gangs violently calling for his resignation, he has
of the situation right now in haiti-— now in haiti. i don't want to use the word couo. _ now in haiti. i don't want to use the word coup, but _ now in haiti. i don't want to use the word coup, but how- now in haiti. i don't want to use the word coup, but how close i now in haiti. i don't want to use the word coup, but how close isj the word coup, but how close is the government right now to completely losing control of the situation in the country? it losing control of the situation in the...
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—— haiti and the gangs. as of this morning, the idea was that the seven important sectors within haiti society, the religious sector, and community will name of representative. that has been in session since the morning. important actors appeared to be waffling and blocking out. some very powerful gangs, such as the one led byjimmy cherizier, known as barbecue, have announced this is not going to be satisfactory. a man currently live guy philipe, wants to be part of the council and has declared he wants to create two separate council. a great deal of uncertainty as to whether the council will be from, how fast it will be formed and to whom it would be acceptable. in the meantime, it seems like there is a power vacuum in the country. the prime minister having announced his resignation. how concerned are you that someone else might step in and try to fill it? someone like a gang leader or someone like guy philipe who led a coup could fill in? the possibility _ led a coup could fill in? the possibility is _ led
—— haiti and the gangs. as of this morning, the idea was that the seven important sectors within haiti society, the religious sector, and community will name of representative. that has been in session since the morning. important actors appeared to be waffling and blocking out. some very powerful gangs, such as the one led byjimmy cherizier, known as barbecue, have announced this is not going to be satisfactory. a man currently live guy philipe, wants to be part of the council and has...
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haiti, she is from haiti. it has a profile that sounds familiar to what is going on ie and haiti's socioeconomic, political, economic unrest over th■;pa years including the brutal assassination of the president in 2,020 one, armed ngviolence, kidnapping, other crimes that destroyed the social fabric of haiti, in the city of port-au-prince where gangs terrorize the population, women and children are particularly vulnerable. everything everywhere all at once like syria.3 marie-marcelle deschamps, we will see a little bit of your story. >> my name is marie-marcelle deschamps. i am from haiti. violence and crime and gangs, we are surrounded and surrounding us our families. education in haiti, primary education, health and human development. all those people, the war line, and come from that. >> kids from four years old or 10 years old come here and pursue their education. the right example of a public program. it takes courage and determination. even in a war zone, you can accomplish activities. >> host: so glad
haiti, she is from haiti. it has a profile that sounds familiar to what is going on ie and haiti's socioeconomic, political, economic unrest over th■;pa years including the brutal assassination of the president in 2,020 one, armed ngviolence, kidnapping, other crimes that destroyed the social fabric of haiti, in the city of port-au-prince where gangs terrorize the population, women and children are particularly vulnerable. everything everywhere all at once like syria.3 marie-marcelle...
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will: haiti is in freefall towards total anarchy. the past few days have seen a relentlessscalation of violence as gains roam the streets, firing on police and attacking buildings with molotov cocktails. the situation was at breaking point already. gangs bring to bullets on the international air and forcing it to shut -- shutter all flights, including one bringing the country's prime minister back from a trip to kenya. turned away, he remains stuck in puerto rico, unable to return to the nation he leads. in his absence, gangs control more than 80% of the capital. police stations are a particular target. the country's main gang leader says he is prepared to take the country to civil war unless he resigns. he didn't -- some who were managed to get in were -- 11 million haitians don't have that luxury. the situation in the general hospital in port au prince is especially dire. a dead body lies next to patients waiting in vain for treatment. rapidly decomposing in the caribbean heat. except for the patient's, the hospital is abandoned. t
will: haiti is in freefall towards total anarchy. the past few days have seen a relentlessscalation of violence as gains roam the streets, firing on police and attacking buildings with molotov cocktails. the situation was at breaking point already. gangs bring to bullets on the international air and forcing it to shut -- shutter all flights, including one bringing the country's prime minister back from a trip to kenya. turned away, he remains stuck in puerto rico, unable to return to the nation...
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not as much in the rural areas of haiti. that's where we are in the northwest part of the dominican republic, the northeast part of haiti. not as much violence here. but there is extreme poverty. and the humanitarian need is overwhelming because there is a lot of hunger here. so you see all these haitians now waiting in line to get back across the border. and there is that open air market over there. jose, as you say, the deterioration in haiti is deteriorating even more. and they just keep saying they want the world to pay attention and know just how much need there is here. >> and so, gabe, thank you for being there. thank you for bringing us -- i want to talk about the area. this is just a temporary one day pause in what has been a shut border for the longest period of time. so, the people that are coming from haiti are allowed to go into that area, but not into the dominican republic, essentially and then forced to go back? >> reporter: that's right. so, let me -- yes, exactly right. so, the ones that are allowed to come
not as much in the rural areas of haiti. that's where we are in the northwest part of the dominican republic, the northeast part of haiti. not as much violence here. but there is extreme poverty. and the humanitarian need is overwhelming because there is a lot of hunger here. so you see all these haitians now waiting in line to get back across the border. and there is that open air market over there. jose, as you say, the deterioration in haiti is deteriorating even more. and they just keep...
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are key name here is jimmy cherizier, known in haiti - isjimmy cherizier, known in haiti as jamie barbecue. he is a former security forces officer and now the head of a gang. this is a group of criminal gangs that has been accused of human rights groups of attacking groups in katie. jimmy cherizier has been sanctioned by the united states and what is asking for is the president not to come to the country or to be overthrown because, in his words, he's a revolutionary leader trying to overthrow a corrupt elites in katie. he is saying his weapons are not to threaten a people of haiti but to change the country. we are speaking to a senior research fellow at a think tank. thank you for coming on the programme. thank ou for for coming on the programme. thank you for having _ for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. _ for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. how _ for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. how out - for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. how out of - you for having me. how out of control is _ you for having me. how out of contr
are key name here is jimmy cherizier, known in haiti - isjimmy cherizier, known in haiti as jamie barbecue. he is a former security forces officer and now the head of a gang. this is a group of criminal gangs that has been accused of human rights groups of attacking groups in katie. jimmy cherizier has been sanctioned by the united states and what is asking for is the president not to come to the country or to be overthrown because, in his words, he's a revolutionary leader trying to overthrow...
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popular protests in haiti's capital continue . protesters carrying cloths and writings gathered in the capital of haiti at the height of political unrest and emphasized the need to remove the prime minister from power. the protests came as haiti prepares for a new prime minister. after prime minister ariel henry eti announced on tuesday that after the formation of the transitional presidential council resigns politicians across haiti are scrambling for power. in recent days , hundreds of haitians have protested against the government of prime minister ariel henry, whose government has witnessed the expansion of the activities and dominance of organized crime gangs since taking office in 2020. found throughout the capital and its adjacent areas , they came to the streets. these days, the violence of criminal gangs has paralyzed the capital of this poor island country and forced diplomats from foreign countries, including the united states, to flee from haiti. hossam badran, a member of the political bureau of the hamas movement, em
popular protests in haiti's capital continue . protesters carrying cloths and writings gathered in the capital of haiti at the height of political unrest and emphasized the need to remove the prime minister from power. the protests came as haiti prepares for a new prime minister. after prime minister ariel henry eti announced on tuesday that after the formation of the transitional presidential council resigns politicians across haiti are scrambling for power. in recent days , hundreds of...
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telling americans don't go to haiti. do not travel there, is not safe to do so and for those they are leivo soon as you can feasibly do so without putting yourself at risk. >> so why has been so important for you to be there? >> because it's easy to say don't go there because it's dangerous but what about the people living there? what about the children who live there? i've operated in orphanage there every year -- every day for the last 14 years. i can't stop going just because of danger. it's more dangerous to the children of people they are. >> was the situation like on the ground there? >> it's almost indescribable. every night there is gunfire, kids saying their prayers with gunfire the background and you hear about police stations being burned banks being looted and bodies being left out of the middle of the street. there is no government to speak of, the gangs basically control everything, our kids have been outside of our orphanage stories in three years. because it's too dangerous to go on the streets. it is not
telling americans don't go to haiti. do not travel there, is not safe to do so and for those they are leivo soon as you can feasibly do so without putting yourself at risk. >> so why has been so important for you to be there? >> because it's easy to say don't go there because it's dangerous but what about the people living there? what about the children who live there? i've operated in orphanage there every year -- every day for the last 14 years. i can't stop going just because of...
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escalante joined us from bogota earlier with details on the us intervention in haiti. the united states southern command, which the united states. is the area of the military, the section of the military responsible for the caribbean and latin america, has deployed an elite unit of us marines to the haisian capital. it said that an overnight statement, just days ago, it also put out a statement saying that it was augmenting security around its embassy in the haisian capital, saying that for that reason diplomats and personnel would be airlifted by helicopter. opter in and out of the area so it seems that obviously they're preparing for somewhat of uh more intensified uh security situation right now uh i'm not sure if you mentioned this already but the president was unable to return to the country having traveled abroad and he was reportedly for some time uh last we know of him in puerto rico being reported or being protected by the fbi we're hearing a lot of reactions from around the continent uh this week, including by president nicolas maduro, he said that haiti has
escalante joined us from bogota earlier with details on the us intervention in haiti. the united states southern command, which the united states. is the area of the military, the section of the military responsible for the caribbean and latin america, has deployed an elite unit of us marines to the haisian capital. it said that an overnight statement, just days ago, it also put out a statement saying that it was augmenting security around its embassy in the haisian capital, saying that for...