A demonstrator waves a Haitian flag during protests calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince on March 1, 2024. The current crisis demands both time, and a new approach from the international community.
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Emmanuel Sael, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP) e Jean-François Savard, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)
Haiti will be able to emerge from the crisis it is in if it has a strong public administration and co-ordinated international aid from countries that respect human rights.
The recent kidnapping of a US nurse has put a focus on the plight of Haitians living with organized crime every day. But few governments are willing to intervene.
Many Haitians are wary of International forces.
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Waves of US troops and international peacekeeping forces have repeatedly failed to make Haiti more stable for more than 100 years.
Police patrol outside the Embassy of Taiwan in Port-au-Prince on July 9, 2021, after 11 suspected assassins of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse broke into its embassy in an attempt to flee.
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Local power struggles and strong US interests have long shaped political leadership – and presidential assassinations – in Haiti, limiting nation-building projects on the Caribbean island.
Tires burn and police try to extinguish the flames and clear the road for vehicles in the Lalue neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after protesters unhappy with the growing violence set them on fire, July 14, 2021.
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It is necessary to put an end to the external shock therapy that has failed to generate a new social contract in Haiti and bring the country the prosperity it has been promised.
Young men protesting the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse near the Petion-Ville police station in Port-au-Prince, July 8.
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Emmanuel Sael, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP) e Jean-François Savard, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)
The current chaos in Haiti can be explained by the country’s political, institutional, economic and security conditions.
Haitians seeking asylum.
gather July 10, 2021, at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti after the president’s assassination plunged the country further into chaos,
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President Moïse is dead. Two politicians say they’re in charge. Parliament is suspended. A Haitian studies scholar explains Haiti’s power vacuum and says elections alone won’t restore democracy there.
Presidential guards patrol the entrance to the residence of late Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 7, 2021. Moïse was assassinated there early that morning.
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The assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in his home outside Port-au-Prince ended a presidency that had plunged the already troubled nation deeper into crisis.
Protest signs on the ground before a march on March 28, 2021, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to denounce President Jovenel Moïse’s efforts to stay in office past his term.
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Haitian president Jovenel Moïse is accused of overstaying his term, embezzling funds and dismantling parliament. Protests are a hallmark of his presidency – but the language of them has changed.
Blackouts are common in Haiti. In this February 2006 photo, Haitian electoral workers count ballots by candlelight during a routine blackout in Port-au-Prince.
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