Haiti’s leader resigns as gangs run rampant through country engulfed in crisis | CNN
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The embattled leader of Haiti, Ariel Henry, has resigned after weeks of mounting chaos in the Caribbean nation, where gangs have been attacking government structures and social order is on the brink of collapse.
  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldEnglish
    152·
    8 months ago

    So I guess the plan is for the current government to step down and become caretakers until new elections. Meanwhile, the Kenyan military will move in as peace keepers. Which right now means busting heads and throwing people back in jail. US to provide money to Kenya and to food for Haiti.

      • BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social
        14·
        8 months ago

        Kenya is one of the major supplier of UN Peacekeeping forces. It’s not at all unusual for Kenyan forces to be involved in something like this, anywhere in the world.

        And for better or for worse, optics matter. You really don’t think that the US military moving in wouldn’t bring a storm of controversy and accusations of neo-colonialism?

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
          61·
          8 months ago

          I’m no cartographer, but I’m almost positive that there are countries other than Cuba which are closer to Haiti than Kenya…

          • Altofaltception@lemmy.worldEnglish
            83·
            8 months ago

            The US has taken this new role of fighting proxy wars instead of full on conflict with boots on the ground.

            The other countries in the vicinity may not have the troops to perform an active invasion.

            Besides, Kenya consists of mostly black people, which is what Haiti consists of, so nobody can claim racism can they? /s

    • SeaJ@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      8 months ago

      The cheaper option definitely would have been for the FBI to arrest the arms dealers when they came to them with the plan to oust Moïse.