the gangs really came into prominence when michel martelly. came to office in 2011 and again, it was another u.s. intervention. then secretary of state hillary rodham clinton and the organization of american states intervened in those elections and actually shows the way in which the ballots would be calculated and it was that and that alone that allowed michel martelly to go to the second round of elections and when against milan money got michel martelly's a regime was corrupt. we know that billions of dollars was stolen. he then had a hand-picked successor jovenel moise. but my point is that michel martelli really begin to institute this idea. this concept of working with the local gangs with the using the police to help negotiate that this sort of truce with them. but using them to repress the opposition demonstrations that were going on continually against his regime since the day that he was elected. there were there were issues of fraud ballot stuffing. there are issues of violence at the polling places, which of course, the internation

martelly.ident of haiti was javenel moïse. the american media called him dictator. despite calls from the white house, he did not resign and refused to hold new elections. on the night of july 7, 2021, foreigners, according to local police, shot maiz and his wife at their residence. 2 days before the assassination of the president, the government was headed by ariel henri. in the fall of 2022, against the backdrop of the fuel and energy crisis, members of local groups blocked the port and... oil terminals of haiti, cutting off fuel supplies to the cities. many government hospital facilities have ceased operations. power has actually passed into the hands of bandits. to restore order about... this week, the caribbean community organized an emergency meeting to decide what to do with haiti. prime minister ariel henri, against whom the gangs are rebelling, was forced to resign, promising a transitional government. i wish i knew how to create it. the president of el salvador , nai bukele, became fa

martelly.president of haiti was javenel moïse. the american media called him a dictator. despite calls from the white house, he did not resign and refused to hold new elections. on the night of july 7, 2021, foreigners, according to local police, shot maiz and his wife at their residence. 2 days before the assassination of the president, the government was headed by ariel henri. autumn 2022 on the background. fuel and energy crisis, members of local groups blocked the port and oil terminals of haiti, cutting off fuel supplies to the cities. many government hospital facilities have ceased operations. power actually passed into the hands of bandits. to restore order , henri's government again asked the international community, send troops into the country. this week the caribbean community. organized an emergency meeting to decide what to do with haiti. prime minister aurel henri, against whom the gangs were rebelling, was forced to resign, promising a transitional government. i wish i knew how t

martelly as president instead of the candidate officially declared the winner.life was threatened and they would put sanctions on haiti in candidate. unless th r this is how much effort the u.s. has been doing in terms of pressuring haitian want so they can put in their own leaders. host: chrispendent line, washington, d.c. caller: hi. i am calling because we know the history ofwe know why they haven treated. they were a black country that in the formation revolted against the slave trade. there is a big history there. i believe they were treated like a stepchild. then hung out to d.we have thish other countries trying to put leaders in plaetc. i get that. what is the solution? if you don't want outside interference, which i agree with, however internally you are dealing with major corruption. major poverty. when you say candlelitnside, i totally agree. what does that look like? how does that work? what is the solution? it is really sad. haiti deserves better. host: that is christine and washington, d.c. guest:; thank you for the question and comments. first, ha

she went personally to haiti to ask the president to choose michel martelly as president instead of thedate officially declared the winner. his life was threatened and they would put sanctions on haiti in themselves unless they removed their own presidential candidate. this is how muchffort the u.s. has been doing in terms of pressuring haitian leaders to remove what they want so they can put in their own leaders. host: christine, independent line, washington d.c. caller: hi. i am calling because we know the history of haiti. we know why they have been treated. they were a black country that in the formation revolted against the slave trade. there is a big history there. i believe they were treated like a stepchild. then hung out to dry. we have this interference with other countries tryg to put leaders in place, etc. i get that. what is the solution? if you don't want outside interference, which i agree with however internally you are dealing with major corruption. major poverty. when you say candlelit inside, i totally agree. what does that look like? how does that work? what is the s