Posted on 12/06/2022 4:01:31 PM PST by Libloather
It was once a symbol of hope. Haiti: the first black republic and first Caribbean state to declare independence. Now, it symbolises only death and despair.
The poorest nation in the Western hemisphere, devastated by disasters both natural and man-made, plagued by disease, stalked by hunger, and now over-run by gangs.
There has effectively been no government here since President Jovenel Moise was assassinated last year, a crime which continues to go unpunished.
Into that power vacuum have moved hundreds of highly organised and extremely violent criminal groups which often have links to politicians and police - meaning they are free to kidnap, murder and commit atrocities such as gang rapes at will.
Victims have told of being forced to listen to their loved ones being raped until they pay ransoms, which can reach up to $1million.
In one ten-day orgy of violence in the capital Port-au-Prince back in July, 300 people were killed and at least 50 women and girls were subjected to rapes - many of which happened in front of their young children.
One woman recalled how four men raped her in front of her three-year-old daughter, with the young girl stabbed when she wouldn't stop crying.
Haiti's gang problem is nothing new, but a confluence of recent disasters has caused it to become much more widespread and dangerous.
Many of the country's gangs were first organised by political leaders such Francois 'Papa Doc' Duvalier who created his own paramilitary group to protect himself following and attempted coup in 1958.
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If we allow them to disarm us.
Stumbled across a video on Twitter recently. I wish I could find it.
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On Twitter? Probably available somewhere but never again at Twitter. If you find it please send it to us.
The stories out in the media right now about Haiti are because the US and Canada have already committed to an international force to intervene.
This is your psychological preparation by the mainstream media for what is to happen next.
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Yup. Yet *another* foreign war we’ll be involved in.
Those conditions in Haiti are horrific.
It’s basically an open garbage dump they are living in.
What despair.
Should send the Min. Somalians over; they would fit right in.
I’m surprised Biden isn’t sending in billions in exchange for “citizenship” and voting rights for all Haitians “only wanting a better life.”
Oh, wait.
>>Demographics is destiny.<<
Man oh man, hate to sound like Debby downer, but I think America has seen it’s better days. Looks like the enemies of this nation have finally brought America to her knees.
If mass amnesty is passed, it will throw thirty to forty million illegals onto our already overloaded social services.
Millions upon millions of the world’s poor thrown at our systems/infrastructure.
$32-34 Trillion debt, $93 Trillion total national debt and a whopping $173 Trillion unfunded liabilities (SS,Medicare,Medicaid).
Looming economic recession, this is simply unsustainable.
Wakanda is fiction.
Haiti is reality.
DR is a hude kiteboarder haven but i’ll never step foot on that island just because Haiti is that close to kite beach!! no friggin way!!
The 19th Amendment which led to the 1965 Immigration Act destroyed this country.
Wanna know about Haiti?
Check this out:
I had a step-niece who was talking about how horrible her life was. I let her read that section, she suddenly understood that being middle class in Nashville wasn’t the hell on Earth she thought it was.
Somehow I am sure this is the fault of whiteness and my white ancestors who fled the soviets.
I wonder if Conan Obrien will go back to the heavily armed all inclusive resort to show us how wonderful Haiti is.
All we can do is baton down the hatches and prepare for rough years ahead. Cynical I know, but looking out over the landscape it just looks grim.
Lame duck congress literally about to hammer in the last nail. Sad to witness this.
It is. In 2001 I was very proud to enter the military.
Today, I would never join.
Sounds like hellhole large democrat cities or the direction they're moving in...
I would never encourage my son to join and fight for a highly politicized armed force. Always been so patriotic. I’ve lost my luster. Corrupt corrupt political leaders.
We’ve been heading the wrong way for a while now.
Turning to??
These days the Haitians float into Mexican coast, then make their way north to the US/Mexican border. Haiti looks worse than most African nations. You take a place like Kenya; it is a fairly decent place to live, with lots of cool high altitudes to live in.
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