The border of Haiti (left) and Dominican Republic (right)
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.
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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.
That 8 Embassies that have had to be evacuated under his watch. Marines on duty should be paid combat pay during his administration.
Heavily armed? I thought that was illegal down there......
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.
Yikes, that pic you posted does not bode well for the Dominican Republic.
Hope they have a real high fence.
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”.
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.
Didn’t they put Bill an Hillary in charge of saving Haiti a few years ago?
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.
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.
“We are the World... “
Soros, Xi, and Satan smile.
Dominican Republic has closed the border to all Haitians except for students attending school in DR.
That’s a beautiful wedding gown. I wonder where Zer got it?
“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.
They’re already here.
I don’t think there are any “good guys” involved on any of the sides of this conflict.
Independence since 1804…
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