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Haiti is in crisis, but foreign intervention comes with an ugly past

  • Written by Ernesto Sagás, Professor of Ethnic Studies, Colorado State University

Haiti is fast becoming a failed state.

Armed gangs control most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and have forced the shutdown of the capital’s international airport and gasoline refinery. Most businesses are closed or are being extorted by the gangs.

Ordinary Haitians fear for their safety without the umbrella of law and order that only the...

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