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Why the US should tread carefully as it weighs supporting armed intervention in Haiti again

  • Written by Claire Antone Payton, Manager of the Memory Project, Karsh Institute of Democracy, University of Virginia
imageMany Haitians are wary of International forces.Jaime Razuri/AFP via Getty Images)

Haiti appears to be on the precipice of foreign intervention yet again.

Gangs have been blockading the country’s biggest fuel terminal since mid-September 2022, strangling Haiti’s food and energy supplies. The World Food Program says that Haiti’s need...

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