International Haiti has collapsed into Cannibalism. Nayib Bukele says he can fix it

[Two Crows]

This cannot be a real story.

Hopefully, you are correct and it was some kind of misguided attempt to make a point.

It's been around since at least 2010 on a website funded by Ohio State University;
https://race-talk.org/?p=4008

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Gangs unleash lethal new attacks on upscale areas in Haiti’s capital​

The rampage left at least a dozen dead.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Gangs attacked two upscale neighborhoods in Haiti’s capital early Monday in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas.

Gunmen looted homes in the communities of Laboule and Thomassin before sunrise, forcing residents to flee as some called radio stations pleading for police. The neighborhoods had remained largely peaceful despite a surge in violent gang attacks across Port-au-Prince that began on Feb. 29.

An Associated Press photographer saw the bodies of at least 12 men strewn on the streets of Pétionville, located just below the mountainous communities of Laboule and Thomassin.


Crowds began gathering around the victims. One was lying face up on the street surrounded by a scattered deck of cards and another found face down inside a pick-up truck known as a “tap-tap” that operates as a taxi. A woman at one of the scenes collapsed and had to be held by others after learning that a relative of hers was killed.

“Abuse! This is abuse!” cried out one Haitian man who did not want to be identified as he raised his arms and stood near one of the victims. “People of Haiti! Wake up!” An ambulance arrived shortly afterward and made its way through Pétionville, collecting the victims.

“We woke up this morning to find bodies in the street in our community of Pétionville,” said Douce Titi, who works at the mayor’s office. “Ours is not that kind of community. We will start working to remove those bodies before the children start walking by to go to school and the vendors start to arrive.”
It was too late for some, though. A relative of one of the victims hugged a young boy close to his chest, with his head turned away from the scene.

The most recent attacks raised concerns that gang violence would not cease despite Prime Minister Ariel Henry announcing nearly a week ago that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created, a move that gangs had been demanding.

Gangs have long opposed Henry, saying he was never elected by the people as they blame him for deepening poverty, but critics of gangs accuse them of trying to seize power for themselves or for unidentified Haitian politicians.

Also on Monday, Haiti’s power company announced that four substations in the capital and elsewhere “were destroyed and rendered completely dysfunctional.” As a result, swaths of Port-au-Prince were without power, including the Cite Soleil slum, the Croix-des-Bouquets community and a hospital.

The company said criminals also seized important documents, cables, inverters, batteries and other items.

As gang violence continues unabated, Caribbean leaders have been helping with the creation of a transitional council. It was originally supposed to have seven members with voting powers. But one political party in Haiti rejected the seat they were offered, and another is still squabbling over who should be nominated.


Meanwhile, the deployment of a U.N.-backed Kenyan police force to fight gangs in Haiti has been delayed, with the East African country saying it would wait until the transitional council is established.

In a bid to curb the relentless violence, Haiti’s government announced Sunday that it was extending a nighttime curfew through March 20.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/18/gang-attacks-haiti-capital-deaths-00147707

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

Humans are looking for any excuse to resort to cannibalism. Smdh

 

[Sinister]

There are no verified reports of any cannibalism currently occurring in Haiti. Just another "those people are savages" trope used against a colonized Country in Civil turmoil.

 

[Spam On Rye]

Feel like I'm in a Graham Greene novel here. Haiti has a history of cannibalism and a lot of other fucked up shit via their crazy Doctrine of Christian Voodoo.

 

[Sinister]

Feel like I'm in a Graham Greene novel here. Haiti has a history of cannibalism and a lot of other fucked up shit via their crazy Doctrine of Christian Voodoo.

Europeans have had a long History of ritualistic cannibalism, which included consuming parts of mummified corpses medicinally, not merely just the "this is literally the flesh and blood of our Savior because that guy in the dress said so" sh*t that still goes on right this second. Just sayin'...religious weirdos be weirdly religified.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

Europeans have had a long History of ritualistic cannibalism

whataboutism of the day just dropped.

 

[Sinister]

whataboutism of the day just dropped.

Have some flesh and blood of a dead guy, you'll feel better.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

Have some flesh and blood of a dead guy, you'll feel better.

No thank you, that's not my culture.
Why don't you pull a still-beating heart from some guy's chest though. i'm sure the sun will rise tomorrow because of it.

 

[Spounman]

So in other words, Haiti has become east Africa?

 

[Sinister]

No thank you, that's not my culture.
Why don't you pull a still-beating heart from some guy's chest though. i'm sure the sun will rise tomorrow because of it.

No, seriously, it will make you right with God. And if you have a tummy ache just chew on the finger of a dead Pharaoh.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

No, seriously, it will make you right with God. And if you have a tummy ache just chew on the finger of a dead Pharaoh.

no seriously, just do some blood sacrifice, it will make you true to yourself.

 

[Spam On Rye]

Europeans have had a long History of ritualistic cannibalism, which included consuming parts of mummified corpses medicinally, not merely just the "this is literally the flesh and blood of our Savior because that guy in the dress said so" sh*t that still goes on right this second. Just sayin'...religious weirdos be weirdly religified.

So what? Are you defending cannibalism?

 

[Area809]

MY buddy going to DR in a couple weeks, He's freaking out

I live in DR. Your ignorant buddy has nothing to worry about.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Gangs target peaceful communities in new round of attacks on Haiti’s capital​

BY PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA
Updated 6:57 PM BRT, March 20, 2024

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Armed gangs launched new attacks in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince early Wednesday, with heavy gunfire echoing across once-peaceful communities near the Haitian capital.

Associated Press journalists reported seeing at least five bodies in and around the suburbs, and gangs blocked the entrances to some areas.

People in the communities under fire called radio stations pleading for help from Haiti’s national police force, which remains understaffed and outmatched by the gangs. Among the communities targeted in the pre-dawn hours were Pétion-Ville, Meyotte, Diègue and Métivier.

“When I woke up to go to work, I found I could not leave because the neighborhood was in the hand of the bandits,” said Samuel Orelus. “They were about 30 men with heavy weapons. If the neighborhood had mobilized, we could have destroyed them, but they were heavily armed, and there was nothing we could do.”

By Wednesday afternoon, another victim had been reported: a police officer killed in broad daylight in a Port-au-Prince neighborhood known as Delmas 72, according to the SYNAPOHA police union.

As the attacks continued, the U.S. State Department announced Wednesday that it had completed its first evacuation of American citizens from Port-au-Prince. More than 15 Americans were airlifted to neighboring Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.

More than 30 U.S. citizens will be able to leave Port-au-Prince daily aboard the U.S. government-organized helicopter flights, the agency said.

“We will continue to monitor demand from U.S. citizens for assistance in departing Haiti on a real-time basis,” the department said.

On Sunday, the agency evacuated more than 30 U.S. citizens from the coastal city of Cap-Haitien in northern Haiti to Miami International Airport.

“We hope that conditions will allow a return of commercial means for people to travel from Haiti soon. We and the international community and the Haitian authorities are working for that to become a reality,” the State Department said.

Also on Wednesday, a plane chartered by the Florida Department of Emergency Management evacuated 14 Florida residents, including children, out of Haiti, said Kevin Guthrie, executive director of the state agency, at an airport in Sanford, Florida where the passengers were expected to land.

More than 300 Floridians are in Haiti, and the Florida-sponsored operation was working on getting them out on future flights despite bureaucratic obstacles from the U.S. government and safety threats in Haiti, Guthrie said at a news conference, where he was accompanied by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

“We understand there are people really in danger right now who are fellow Floridians,” DeSantis said.

Wednesday’s attacks in parts of Port-au-Prince came two days after gangs went on a rampage through the upscale neighborhoods of Laboule and Thomassin in Pétion-Ville, with at least a dozen people killed.

The violence forced the closure of banks, schools and businesses across Pétion-Ville, which until now had been largely spared from the attacks that gangs launched on Feb. 29.

Gunmen have set fire to police stations, forced the closure of Haiti’s main international airport and stormed the country’s two biggest prisons, releasing more than 4,000 inmates.

Scores of people have been killed and some 17,000 others have been left homeless amid the violence.

Meanwhile, Haitians await the possibility of new leadership as Caribbean officials rush to help form a transitional presidential council that will be responsible for appointing an interim prime minister and a council of ministers.

Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who was locked out of Haiti when the airports closed, has said he will resign once the council is formed.

https://apnews.com/article/haiti-gangs-petionville-attack-violence-af4c9ffc2f94c58c6e8f3de4b289014a

- THey need Sean Penn. Dude did four tours to Afghanistan.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

Gangs target peaceful communities in new round of attacks on Haiti’s capital​

BY PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA
Updated 6:57 PM BRT, March 20, 2024

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Armed gangs launched new attacks in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince early Wednesday, with heavy gunfire echoing across once-peaceful communities near the Haitian capital.

Associated Press journalists reported seeing at least five bodies in and around the suburbs, and gangs blocked the entrances to some areas.

People in the communities under fire called radio stations pleading for help from Haiti’s national police force, which remains understaffed and outmatched by the gangs. Among the communities targeted in the pre-dawn hours were Pétion-Ville, Meyotte, Diègue and Métivier.

“When I woke up to go to work, I found I could not leave because the neighborhood was in the hand of the bandits,” said Samuel Orelus. “They were about 30 men with heavy weapons. If the neighborhood had mobilized, we could have destroyed them, but they were heavily armed, and there was nothing we could do.”

By Wednesday afternoon, another victim had been reported: a police officer killed in broad daylight in a Port-au-Prince neighborhood known as Delmas 72, according to the SYNAPOHA police union.

As the attacks continued, the U.S. State Department announced Wednesday that it had completed its first evacuation of American citizens from Port-au-Prince. More than 15 Americans were airlifted to neighboring Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.

More than 30 U.S. citizens will be able to leave Port-au-Prince daily aboard the U.S. government-organized helicopter flights, the agency said.

“We will continue to monitor demand from U.S. citizens for assistance in departing Haiti on a real-time basis,” the department said.

On Sunday, the agency evacuated more than 30 U.S. citizens from the coastal city of Cap-Haitien in northern Haiti to Miami International Airport.

“We hope that conditions will allow a return of commercial means for people to travel from Haiti soon. We and the international community and the Haitian authorities are working for that to become a reality,” the State Department said.

Also on Wednesday, a plane chartered by the Florida Department of Emergency Management evacuated 14 Florida residents, including children, out of Haiti, said Kevin Guthrie, executive director of the state agency, at an airport in Sanford, Florida where the passengers were expected to land.

More than 300 Floridians are in Haiti, and the Florida-sponsored operation was working on getting them out on future flights despite bureaucratic obstacles from the U.S. government and safety threats in Haiti, Guthrie said at a news conference, where he was accompanied by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

“We understand there are people really in danger right now who are fellow Floridians,” DeSantis said.

Wednesday’s attacks in parts of Port-au-Prince came two days after gangs went on a rampage through the upscale neighborhoods of Laboule and Thomassin in Pétion-Ville, with at least a dozen people killed.

The violence forced the closure of banks, schools and businesses across Pétion-Ville, which until now had been largely spared from the attacks that gangs launched on Feb. 29.

Gunmen have set fire to police stations, forced the closure of Haiti’s main international airport and stormed the country’s two biggest prisons, releasing more than 4,000 inmates.

Scores of people have been killed and some 17,000 others have been left homeless amid the violence.

Meanwhile, Haitians await the possibility of new leadership as Caribbean officials rush to help form a transitional presidential council that will be responsible for appointing an interim prime minister and a council of ministers.

Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who was locked out of Haiti when the airports closed, has said he will resign once the council is formed.

https://apnews.com/article/haiti-gangs-petionville-attack-violence-af4c9ffc2f94c58c6e8f3de4b289014a

- THey need Sean Penn. Dude did four tours to Afghanistan.

haiti is great already? what? man, these militant dumb libs are awful.
if there's a place on the planet that has never been great, it's haiti.
it's never been anything else but an bottomless pit of horror and despair.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Gangs target peaceful communities in new round of attacks on Haiti’s capital

haiti is great already? what? man, these militant dumb libs are awful.
if there's a place on the planet that has never been great, it's haiti.
it's never been anything else but an bottomless pit of horror and despair.

It was an obvious propaganda response to Trump supposedly referring to Haiti as a 'shithole.'

Back when the media automatically had to say everything Trump says is incorrect, even when he's absolutely correct.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Haiti’s transitional council issues its first statement, signaling its creation is nearly complete​

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister issued their first official statement on Wednesday, pledging to restore “public and democratic order” in Haiti.

The statement, although signed by eight members of what is supposed to be a nine-member council, is still considered a sign that a contentious and drawn-out nomination process is ending and that the council might soon assume its official duties.

“We are determined to alleviate the suffering of the Haitian people, trapped for too long between bad governance, multifaceted violence and disregard for their perspectives and needs,” they said.

The members noted that as soon as the council is officially installed, they would help “put Haiti back on the path of democratic legitimacy, stability and dignity.”

The statement was issued nearly a month after gangs began targeting key government infrastructures across the capital of Port-au-Prince. The violence has somewhat subsided since the Feb. 29 attacks began, with gangs previously burning police stations, opening fire on the main international airport that remains closed and storming Haiti’s two biggest prisons, releasing more than 4,000 inmates.

Scores of people have been killed, and some 17,000 left homeless.

In recent days, the violence has been largely focused on downtown Port-au-Prince.



The council members pledged to “execute a clear action plan aimed at restoring public and democratic order through the restoration of the security of the lives and property of the population, the relief of poverty and the achievement of free elections as well as the reforms necessary to the progress of the nation.”

The members said they have developed the criteria and mechanisms to choose a council president, a new prime minister and a ministerial cabinet.

Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who remains locked out of Haiti, has said he would resign once the council is formally established.

“We are at a crucial turning point that calls us to unity. It is imperative that the entire nation comes together to overcome this crisis for the well-being of all and a future better for our country,” the council members said.

Those who signed the statement were Fritz Alphonse Jean, with the Montana Accord group; Leslie Voltaire with Fanmi Lavalas; Louis Gérald Gilles with the December 21 Agreement political group, which is allied with Henry; Laurent Saint-Cyr with the private sector; Edgard Leblanc Fils with the January 30 political group; Emmanuel Vertilaire with the Pitit Desalin party; Augustin Smith with the EDE/RED political party; and Frinel Joseph as one of two non-voting observers.

Smith recently replaced former nominee, Dominique Dupuy, a UNESCO ambassador, who announced Sunday that she was resigning following political attacks and death threats.

https://apnews.com/article/haiti-tr...acy-violence-12e9e4f31400dd09c127038ee0fe0c3b

 

[LeonardoBjj]

As gang violence rages, UN expert says Haiti now needs 5,000 foreign police​

New report says the number of victims of gang violence has surged, calls for rapid deployment of UN-backed international security force.

Haiti needs up to 5,000 international police to tackle “catastrophic” gang violence that has killed more than 1,500 people in the first three months of this year alone, including many children, according to a United Nations expert.

The comments by William O’Neill on Thursday came as he presented a new report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) calling for “immediate and bold action” to tackle the “cataclysmic” situation in the country.

Haiti has faced years of political turmoil and violence but instability increased following the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise. The subsequent power vacuum boosted the influence of the dozens of armed gangs operating in the country, including powerful groups that control most of the capital, Port-au-Prince.

Unrest intensified in February when heavily armed rivals led by former policeman Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier joined forces and unleashed waves of attacks in a bid to remove unelected Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Currently locked out of Haiti, Henry has promised to resign amid the pressure but the violence targeting hospitals, banks and other critical institutions has continued unabated amid a deepening hunger and displacement crisis.

The OHCHR report said the number of victims of gang violence surged last year, with 4,451 people killed and 1,668 wounded. Hundreds of people were lynched, with many others stoned or burned alive by the so-called “self-defence brigades”.

Gangs are recruiting and abusing boys and girls, with some children being killed for trying to escape, the report also said.

People have been killed in their homes in reprisal for their alleged support for the police or rival gangs, while others have been killed in the street by snipers or in the crossfire, it added. One of the victims was a three-month-old baby.

Gangs are also using sexual violence “to brutalize, punish and control people,” the report said, citing women raped during gang attacks in neighbourhoods, “in many cases after seeing their husbands killed in front of them”.

“The recent escalation of violence has heightened human rights abuses, including killings, kidnappings, and rapes, especially against women and young girls,” the report said, and called on states to support the rapid deployment of a UN-backed international security force.

“All these practices are outrageous and must stop at once,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement, calling for immediate action in a country on the “brink of collapse”.

Following a Haitian government request, the UN Security Council in October approved the deployment of an international mission to help restore security. Kenya offered to lead it but the force is yet to be deployed.


UN officials in July last year said Haiti needed between 1,000 and 2,000 international police trained to deal with gangs but O’Neill said on Thursday the situation is so much worse today that double that number and more are needed to help police regain control of security.

“It is more than urgent that the force gets in there in some way, shape or form as soon as possible,” O’Neill said, warning that if the deployment “takes much longer, there may not be much” of a police force to support.

Henry, meanwhile, has been stranded in Puerto Rico since the gangs’ coordinated attacks began while he was visiting Kenya, trying to finalise details for the deployment of the UN-approved force.

Kenyan Prime Minister William Ruto has since said his country will wait until a transitional council is established in Haiti to deploy up to 1,000 personnel. The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin and Chad have also pledged personnel.

Separately, Caribbean leaders are facilitating the creation of the new ruling council to be formed from several Haitian political groups following Henry’s resignation announcement.


The body is billed to have nine members with voting powers, however internal squabbling over how to share authority has delayed its formation.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024...pert-says-haiti-now-needs-5000-foreign-police

 

[koquerelle]

US YouTuber YourFellowArab Kidnapped In Haiti While Trying To Interview Gang Leader​

American YouTuber Addison Pierre Maalouf, popularly known as YourFellowArab or Arab, has allegedly been kidnapped in Haiti by one of the gangs that become its de facto rulers. According to the New York Post, the Georgia-based YouTuber had travelled to the violence-stricken country to interview the nation's most notorious gang leader, Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier. However, just 24 hours after he arrived in Haiti, Mr Maalouf and a Haitian colleague were taken by members of the 400 Mawozo gang on March 14.

According to The Post, the YouTuber is being held for a $600,000 ransom, and even though $40,000 has already been paid, the kidnappers are continuing to demand a large sum of money to secure Mr Maalouf's release.

Mr Maalouf has over 1.4 million subscribers on YouTube. He is famous for exploring dangerous places that are void of general tourism.

As the news of his disappearance spread online, fellow streamer Lalem confirmed that his friend had been taken hostage. "Tried keeping it private for two weeks, but it's getting out everywhere now," Lalem posted on X. "Yes Arab has been kidnapped in Haiti and we're working on getting him out," he added.

In a separate post, Lalem also shared the last video Mr Maalouf posted online. The clip showed the YouTuber at a hotel in Haiti. In the video, he said that he and his crew intended to travel to the capital city of Port-au-Prince, but had to wait until the early morning hours so they could arrive in the sunlight. He also noted that Port-au-Prince is "completely run by gangs" and even though they had secured safe passage, "all it takes is one stupid gang member holding an AK-47 for one thing to go wrong".

This is the last video he recorded before he got kidnapped, if you have his number pls don't text him while he's in there for safety reasons. https://t.co/JJ7y1uVjGA
— Lalem (@Lalem) March 29, 2024

On March 10, Mr Maalouf also posted that he was "going on another one of those trips". "If I die, thanks for watching what I've put out. If I live, all glory to God," he wrote on X.

By Friday, another YouTuber, Miles "Lord Miles" Routledge, claimed that he spoke to the kidnapped streamer. In a series of tweets, Mr Routledge said that Mr Maalouf was travelling with a fixer called Sean Roubens Jean Sacra, who was also kidnapped. "Arab has been kept in a cage in a place on the eastern outskirts of the Capital, Port-au-Prince," he said.

"Arab has stated that despite the hardships, he's going to come out with a great video after this, and he should be out in no time. Sean was actually offered to be let go, but he's a great guy and doesn't want to leave Arab on his own, so he has decided to stay," Mr Routledge added.

Mr Routledge also criticised the US government and the State Department for failing to secure Mr Maalouf's release. He said they were "very hands-off on helping, even though Arab is a US citizen."

Meanwhile, in a statement to The Post, The State Department confirmed that it is "aware of reports of the kidnapping of a US citizen in Haiti" but would not provide any details. "The US Department of State and our embassies and consulates abroad have no higher priority than the safety and security of US citizens overseas. "We reiterate our message to US citizens: Do not travel to Haiti," a spokesperson said.
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Anything for clout.