'The big elephant in Haiti': As country sinks into anarchy, how much is US's fault? – Boston Herald
Once again, the specter of a U.S. military incursion hovers in the wings.
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Once again, the specter of a U.S. military incursion hovers in the wings.
In more recent years, U.S. policy has focused on trying, and mostly failing, to secure a measure of democracy, political stability and economic development for the Caribbean country.
When a sitting Haitian president was assassinated in 1915, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sent in the Marines to protect American interests and secure stability. The military occupation, which lasted 19 years, marked the start of more than a century of close and controversial U.S. entanglement in the volatile internal affairs of Haiti.
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The United Nations has described the current state of government and society in Haiti as "cataclysmic," as armed gangs have seized control of much of the country. Haiti has managed to create a transitional council of former and current officials, religious leaders, and at least one businessman, to chart a course toward government stability and elections. Despite the dangerous situation, the Biden administration has resumed deportations of undocumented Haitians from the United States. The World's Carol Hills talks with Harold Isaac, an independent reporter in Haiti, about what...