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In Haiti, gangs take control as democracy withers

Por: Associated Press Politics January 31, 2023

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Jimmy Cherizier zips through Haiti’s capital on the back of a motorcycle, flanked by young men wielding black and leopard print masks and automatic weapons.As the pack of bikes flies by graffiti reading “Mafia boss” in Creole, street vendors selling vegetables, meats and old clothes on the curb cast their eyes to the ground or peer curiously., best known by his childhood nickname Barbecue, has become the most... + full article



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