Haiti has been stripped of its last democratically elected institution. The end of its Senate solidifies what some call a de facto dictatorship that's only nominally in charge of a country wracked by gang violence.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who assumed leadership of Haiti with the backing of the international community after Moïse was killed, has failed to hold general elections despite multiple pledges over the last year and a half to do so. His latest promise, on Jan. 1, was that the Supreme Court would be restored and a provisional electoral council tasked with setting a reasonable date for elections.
The gangs increasingly rely on kidnappings to fund their operations, with experts estimating that they control about 60% of Port-au-Prince. Henry requested the immediate deployment of foreign troops in October after the most powerful gang seized control of a key fuel terminal, cutting off supplies to hospitals, schools, businesses and homes.
“The country has no president ... no elected officials,” she said. “Everybody is hungry for power. We are paying the consequences.”
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