In Haiti, gangs take control as democracy withers

Jimmy Cherizier zips through Haiti’s capital on the back of a motorcycle, flanked by young men wielding black and leopard print masks and automatic weapons.

Internationally, he’s known as Haiti’s most powerful and feared gang leader, sanctioned by the United Nations for “serious human rights abuses,” and the man behind a fuel blockade that brought the Caribbean nation to its knees late last year. People stand next to a banner with a photo of a police officer killed in the line of duty during a memorial in Petion-Ville on Jan. 25.“There is, democratically speaking, little-to-no legitimacy” for Haiti’s government, said Jeremy McDermott, a head of InSight Crime, a research center focused on organized crime. “This gives the gangs a stronger political voice and more justification to their claims to be the true representatives of the communities.

The country has been plagued by political turmoil since, while suffering waves of devastating earthquakes, hurricanes and cholera outbreaks. “No one is safe,” said Peterson Pean, a man with a bullet lodged in his face from being shot by police after failing to stop at a police checkpoint on his way home from work.

The warfare has extended past historically violence-torn areas, now consuming mansion-lined streets previously considered relatively safe. At the same time, despite not being elected into power and his mandate timing out, Henry, whose administration declined a request for comment, has continued at the helm of a skeleton government. He has pledged for a year and a half to hold general elections, but has failed to do so.

“The government of Ariel Henry is a de-facto government. It’s a government that has no legitimacy,” Cherizier said. Tailed by a cluster of heavily armed men in masks, he would not allow the AP to film or take photos of his guards and their weapons. InSight Crime estimates that before the killing of the president, Cherizier’s federation of gangs, G9, got half of its money from the government, 30% from kidnappings and 20% from extortions. After the killing, government funding dipped significantly, according to the organization.

Their neighborhood in the northern fringes of the city once was safe. But she and her mother, 48-year-old Sandra Sainteluz, said things began to shift last year.

The only difference is that now it’s not a government gang.

Send in Sean Penn.. maybe he can give them his Oscar like he gave the Eunuch Zelensky..

In Toronto, gangs take control as democracy withers. The woke have infiltrated politics and the justice system while crippling police and gangs have taken over Toronto. No one voted for this, it’s un-democratic.

Same thing here, politicians here control democracy and aren’t held to rule of the law.. also getting incredibly wealthy during terms

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