"Haiti's Crisis Deepens Amid Foreign Interventions and Health System Collapse"
TL;DR
Despite the U.S. downplaying its role, a U.N.-approved stabilization force led by Kenya, with up to 2,500 police officers and soldiers from various countries, is set to arrive in Haiti to support the national police against armed gangs controlling much of the capital. The coalition was assembled by the Biden administration, which struggled to find a willing leader for the mission.
Topics:worldinternational-affairs#armed-gangs#haiti#international-affairs#kenya#un-mission#us-involvement
- U.S. tries to downplay role in Haiti, but it's hard to hide the planes The Washington Post
- Meeting the Gangs that Control Haiti : State of the World from NPR NPR
- Haiti health system on verge of collapse, UN warns BBC.com
- Foreign Interventions in Haiti: A Brief History The New York Times
- With Haiti cut off from the world, supplies are dwindling and its crisis is getting worse CNN
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