The U.S. Embassy in Haiti on Wednesday urged citizens in the Caribbean country to leave “as soon as possible” citing security and infrastructure challenges, as escalating violence has left thousands displaced and sent homicides soaring.
“U.S. citizens in Haiti should depart Haiti as soon as possible via commercial or private transport,” the embassy said in a statement, urging extreme caution.
An escalating gang turf war in Haiti has caused a devastating humanitarian crisis that has displaced around 200,000 nationwide and left some 5.2 million people - nearly half of Haiti’s population – in need of humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations.
You’re so shortsighted you probably can’t look past the tip of your nose.
But people rarely become criminals when their life is good.
“Haiti remains the poorest country in the LAC region and among the poorest countries in the world. In 2021, Haiti had a GDP per capita of US$1,815, the lowest in the LAC region and less than a fifth of the LAC average of US$15,092. On the UN’s Human Development Index, Haiti ranked 170 out of 189 countries in 2020.” Source
If you look at the history France is in big parts to blame for it.
Of course your “thugs” are not innocent but an important part is to understand why it became like this.
