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Haiti chaos: Unelected PM resigns amidst growing violence and anti-US sentiment

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Alleged gang leader Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier (L), Ariel Henry (R).

The situation in the Caribbean country is deteriorating rapidly, with claims on social media of atrocities and cannibalism.

After weeks of violence on the streets and increasing public pressure, Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to step down.

The decision came after a meeting in Jamaica with Caribbean leaders, addressing the need for political transition in Haiti. Henry assumed leadership of the country following the assassination of the previous president in July 2021

Henry is currently stranded in Puerto Rico due to armed gang activities preventing his return. The Caribbean Community’s chair and Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali, announced Henry’s resignation would coincide with the formation of a transitional presidential council and the appointment of an interim prime minister.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, has been under the control of heavily armed gangs demanding Henry’s resignation, leading to a state of emergency and extended curfews.

Unverified reports on social media claim multiple atrocities have taken place, and even cannibalism.

The violence coincides with a sharp rise in anti-US sentiment, with many locals blaming the actions of former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and globalist financier George Soros for the country’s decline, when they intervened in domestic affairs via well-financed NGOs and ‘foundations’ after a series of earthquakes devastated the small nation from 2010 onwards.

Haitian activists claim powerful US interests have illegally appropriated the island’s rich deposits of iridium since the earthquakes and funnelled the vast profits overseas.

Allegations of child trafficking by members of the Clinton Foundation in Haiti have also been reported.

Henry’s trip to Kenya for security assistance was interrupted when gangs launched attacks on police stations and prisons, and his plane was prevented from landing in Haiti due to violence at the international airport.

Henry’s departure was anticipated as Caribbean nations and international observers viewed him as a barrier to Haiti’s stability. The escalating conflict in Haiti led the U.S. to reconsider its stance on Henry’s role in the transitional process. Lacking support from the U.S. and neighbouring countries, Henry had no choice but to resign.

The U.S. has pledged significant financial support to a UN-backed security force expected to be led by Kenya, aiming to restore order in Haiti. The transitional council, composed of observers and voting members from various sectors, is tasked with appointing an interim prime minister and paving the way for Haiti’s first elections since 2016.

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7 COMMENTS

  1. Everyone is sick of US imperialism…well almost everyone…aside from Five Eyes boot licker nations and the proxy known as the EU…..

  2. Member when Trump called Haiti a sh*thole and the entire mainstream media and left establishment lost their collective minds and called him “racist” and “just plain wrong”?

    I member.

    • Just look at Liberty City in Miami….ice-addicted Barbecue’ types biting the faces off of white people…!

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