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According to Al Jazeera and other foreign media on March 6, the already turbulent Haitian crisis has escalated again.
According to local reporters, local time on Monday,Local gangs in Haiti gathered an armed force to attack Toussaint-Louver International Airport in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. It is reported that dozens of armed gang gunmen managed to break through the airport fence and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with airport police and security personnel.
Outside Dusan Louvidur International Airport, security personnel are on duty).
The goal of these gangsters is simple: to break into the main buildings of the airport and eventually occupy and control the entire airport, thus taking full control of Haiti's most direct and important air traffic hub with the outside world. However, their ambitions did not materialize, becauseThey were met with fierce counterattacks from the local police and security forces, and eventually had to withdraw from the airport walls.
Several gang gunmen were killed or wounded in the crossfire**, but Haiti** was not without losses – at least one police officer was reported to have been seriously wounded in the crossfire and eventually died at a nearby hospital.
After the attack, crews were extinguishing burning barricades created by gangster gunmen)
The attack has once again hit Haiti's already shaky international air transport industry – it is reported that the entire airport has been temporarily closed for martial law as a result of the attack, and all passengers and staff have already left the airport to escape the attack. In addition, the airport will be completely closed for the next few days, and no planes will be able to land there. Of course, many countries, including the United States, have also announced the temporary cancellation of all flights to Haiti due to the deterioration of the security situation in Haiti.
It is worth mentioningThe current Prime Minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, has not been able to return to Kenya during his visit to Kenya last week, mainly because he is worried that the plane he was flying on would be targeted by gangsters. A staff member in the prime minister's office said it was not clear when Mr. Henry would be able to return to Haiti to carry out his duties.
Ariel Henry is still overseas and does not dare to return home).
Why can gangsters scare the prime minister into returning home? Again, this is directly related to the current chaotic situation in Haiti.
The Republic of Haiti, located in Latin America, was the first independent State in the Caribbean, but its natural scarcity of resources, political instability, and the dislocation of its ethnic and social structures caused it to face widespread poverty and instability throughout the twentieth century. And after entering the 21st century, it is even more because of the catastrophic **, epidemic disasters and economic crises, which have led to the rise of various gangs in the country, various coups and **ups and downs, and ** control over the country is getting weaker and weakerAccording to incomplete statistics, since Haiti's independence, there have been as many as 32 coups d'état, not to mention various assassinations and armed conflicts.
Haitian military police exchanged fire with gangsters in the streets).
And now Haiti** is almost powerless to deal with the situation in Haiti, except for controlling some key facilities and areas. The UN Human Rights Watch noted thatCurrently, 80 per cent of Haiti is controlled by various gang forcesThese gangsters have a large amount of equipment smuggled from the United States, and their number is far greater than that of Haiti's military and police ......
In this case, Haiti** is also well aware that it can only ask for help from foreign countries. The United Nations, for its part, has agreed to send a security peacekeeping force to Haiti to suppress it**However, only the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin and Chad have agreed to "send troops", and Kenya has also agreed to send 1,000 police support, but when will the support arrive? That's probably a long way ...... away
Haitian gangs are patrolling the streets)
Why has the UN been slow to deploy a peacekeeping force, despite the fact that the Security Council and the UN Secretary-General have repeatedly warned of the deterioration of the situation in Haiti? Because as of now,The United Nations has raised less than $11 million in peacekeeping funding for the situation in Haiti, which is simply not enough to support the deployment of peacekeeping forces. However, the United States, as the largest country in the Americas and claims to be the defender of the American order, chose to turn a blind eye and refuse to provide assistance to Haiti when it was in dire need of help. Therefore, even if other countries want to help, and the United Nations also gives the green light to this, as long as the Western countries led by the United States do not nod and do not contribute money, Haiti may only be able to watch the gangster forces encroach and annex the areas under the control of the gangsters little by little, and even realize another "coup" with the gangsters as the core, and give up the state power to the country