0 sats \ 2 replies \ @guimozick 19 Oct 2022 \ parent \ on: Daily discussion thread
I did not say that the UN was going to help, in fact they have been there since 2004 but they have not been able to contain the violence and corruption. The troops that are there are blue helmets (peace troops). But the country is in chaos, the poverty rates are alarming and not to mention the violence, in fact the recently elected president was assassinated in 2021. I think what is planned now is for troops from the USA and Canada to go
Here's a little perspective on the US involvement in Haiti:
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/haiti
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And a more recent historical take:
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1129223050/the-history-of-u-s-intervention-in-haiti-is-stopping-u-s-officials-from-interven
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