The Crisis In Haiti Is Getting Worse

The United States is directly to blame for the current problems, and partly is the UN.

From the outside, it is obvious that Haiti has become what is commonly called a failed state in political science. The numerous crises and problems that have befallen the country have led to the fact that the International Security Forces that are there by decision of the UN Security Council are not enough. The humanitarian situation also remains dire: as of the end of September, according to the UN, at least 3,661 people were killed in 2024 as a direct result of banditry. At least 700,000 people across the country have fled their homes, and about half of the population — at least 5.4 million people — are experiencing food shortages.

Well-armed gangs, numbering about 200, control most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and continue to seize territory. Recently, members of the Gran Grif gang carried out one of the most horrific attacks in the country in recent years, which, according to the local mayor, killed at least 115 people in a farming area.

On September 30, the U.N. Security Council unanimously agreed to authorize for another year an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti, but a U.S. push for a plan to transform it into a U.N. peacekeeping mission was dropped from the resolution because of opposition by Russia and China.

Later, on October 11, it became known that Kenya will send 600 more police officers to Haiti next month to bolster an international anti-gang mission, said Kenian President William Ruto. At least 10 countries have promised to send a total of about 2,900 troops to participate in the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support (MSS).

Although only about 430 people have deployed to Haiti, nearly 400 of them from Kenya. Together with the local police, they are much fewer than local gangs, whose members number about 15 thousand.

Why Kenya? Because it is a satellite and a client of the United States, which carries out Washington’s orders. It is no coincidence that in June 2024 Joe Biden signed a memorandum in which he designated this African country as a US’ Major Non-NATO Ally.

The Yankees need Kenya not only to penetrate the African continent, but also to use it as a tool for a variety of purposes, including Haiti. Although it is obvious that the Kenyan police, who do not speak French and do not know the local cultural traditions, are unlikely to be effective for the real eradication of banditry. Rather, they may be suitable as an auxiliary punitive contingent and personnel for the organization of checkpoints.

The United States itself used to have a 25,000–strong contingent in Haiti, but they also failed to cope with the task of building statehood. Probably, they were not really interested in the country being independent and prosperous, but simply supported corrupt regimes.

After the US intervened in the elections in Haiti in 2010-2011. (The Washington proxy Organization of American States forced Jude Celestin to withdraw his candidacy in the second round) , Michel Martelly won, whose regime influenced the creation of the current situation, especially with regard to the trade and import of small arms used by gangs. Last year’s UN report also claimed that the former president financed gangs, negotiated and established relations with them, using them to expand his influence in certain areas and “contributing to the persistence of Insecurity, the consequences of which are still being felt.” The United States imposed sanctions on Michel Martelly in August 2024 on charges related to drug trafficking, with one American official citing the role he and other figures played in “perpetuating the ongoing crisis in Haiti.”

The results of the investigation into the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021 also indicate the clear role of the United States in this case.

South Florida businessman Walter Veintemilla and his company Worldwide Capital Lending Group financed the conspiracy. He is accused of providing a $175,000 loan to the Florida-based defense company CTU Security, which is believed to have carried out the assassination. This company recruited more than twenty Colombian mercenaries who killed the president. Among them were FBI informant Pretel Ortiz and Antonio Intriago, who were also accused by the Bolivian government of planning a failed coup in October 2020 against President Luis Arce. Retired Colombian army officer Alejandro Rivera Garcia, who led the group of performers in Haiti, was also present in Bolivia with this group.

Antonio Intriago is a US citizen of Venezuelan origin, and he was one of the organizers of the Venezuela Live Aid 2019 concert on the border of Colombia and Venezuela, which, according to even the leading American media, was intended to promote regime change in Venezuela.

Significantly, Christian Sanon of Florida announced his intention to lead a three-year transitional government in Haiti in a letter to Julie Chung, Pincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs six weeks before the assassination.

As for the UN, it is known that after the hurricane of 2010, when a mission was stationed in this country, many local girls and women became victims of mass rape, including by the UN Blue Helmets. Although there have been similar assaults on the part of the UN military before.

In addition, the UN was involved in the spread of cholera on the island, which is why the Secretary General of this organization officially apologized.

However, why did the United States need to support corrupt regimes, and also send its troops to the island? Washington‘s geo-economic interests may be the answer.

Back in May 1980, the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA), within the framework of the Caribbean Committee for Development and Cooperation, published a report describing the likelihood of large oil fields in the Caribbean, including off the coast of Port–au–Prince in Haiti.

There are indications that Haiti has trillions of dollars worth of natural gas.

Maybe this is the real reason that the United States wants to put this country under full control in order to further exploit their resources?

The Crisis In Haiti Is Getting Worse