Haiti continues to be on the verge of a coup or possibly even a civil war. Earlier this week the government declared a state of emergency after a group of gangs escalated violence and demanded the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
Henry is backed by the US but as I pointed out Monday, he is not a sympathetic character. He has been linked to the assassination of the previous Prime Minister and has been delaying new elections until the security situation is resolved, always a moving target.
Meanwhile, the leader of a loose coalition of gangs, a former policeman known as Barbecue, says civil war is coming if Henry doesn’t resign. Barbecue presents himself as a freedom fighter but the gangs have been terrorizing the country, making money by kidnapping and ransoming regular people. So there’s no reason to think Haiti will be better off with Barbecue effectively in…
