U.S. to Charge Suspect in Haiti President’s Murder, Widening Investigation
New York TimesJUL 2022
Haiti's current chaos is partly the product of consistent US intervention and meddling. Yet despite this, the US government sees it as still too risky to intervene with military force and also discriminates against Haitian migrants. While the US should not be held directly responsible for not reconstructing an entire foreign economy and society, it bears a good deal of responsibility for supporting its Caribbean neighbor and should be more hands-on.
Haiti doesn't need foreign intervention, particularly from the US. Such ongoing whispers are part of a long line of attempts to smother the popular aspirations of the Haitian people. Real change must occur through empowering the people's will — not via the US or a proxy Haitian government — as Haitians are frustrated by a long colonial and neocolonial exploitation history.