'We don't kidnap, we don't rape, we are fathers': Haiti gang steps in to fill gap left by political failure

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An earthquake caused devastation in Haiti more than a decade ago and the Caribbean country has been on a downward spiral ever since. Gangs now control the majority of the nation's capital and the threat of violence is ever present - with kidnapping, murder and rape endemic.

Arriving in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, the sheer scale of the poverty takes your breath away. The streets are teeming with people but everywhere is shrouded in acrid smoke from piles of burning rubbish. From the hills above Port-au-Prince, the city at times disappears in a fog of polluted air. Wherever you walk people ask for money. Beggars trudge amid the crowds, unemployment is high and kidnapping of anyone - not just the rich - is a constant fear.

'But if they try to resolve it with guns, I think, many people in the slums could die and they will kill mostly innocent people, more than the guilty ones.' Barbecue is a natural politician. Many here question why at obvious moments of political vacuum he hasn't ascended the steps of the presidential palace and taken control. There were two separate opportunities, I am told, by well-connected commentators who believe he could've grasped power - but he didn't.

 

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