A Word: Haitian Chaos, American Neglect?

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🗓️ 26 May 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Haiti has suffered under decades of crises, but the latest may be its most intractable. Violent criminals are now effectively in charge of the country, after years of assassinations and political instability left a power vacuum. As a new international force prepares for an intervention, A Word host Jason Johnson discusses the current troubles with Patrick Gaspard, leader of the Center for American Progress. They explore how Haiti fell into such dire circumstances, the role that American guns and policy have played, and how Haitian Americans and the U.S. government could help Haiti find stability. Guest: Patrick Gaspard, chief of the Center for American Progress Podcast production by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola Want more A Word? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/awordplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a word, a podcast from Slate.
0:02.0	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:04.0	Criminal gangs have the nation of Haiti in their grip,
0:08.0	crushing efforts to build a stable government and a path to the future.
0:12.0	While the American government turns away desperate refugees,
0:15.0	American guns are fueling the violence in unrest.
0:19.0	We cannot save Haiti from this level of violence if there isn't aggressive work that's
0:25.5	taken on in the US and kind of ownership over the fact that we are literally
0:30.2	arming death dealers to the teeth.
0:33.0	The latest on efforts to bring Haiti back from the brink coming up on a word with me
0:38.3	Jason Johnson stay with us.
0:40.3	Welcome to a word. us.
0:47.0	Welcome to a word of podcast about race and politics and everything else. I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:49.0	The nation of Haiti has lurched from one crisis to another for decades.
0:55.0	Currently, after a series of assassinations and collapsed regimes,
0:59.0	the country has fallen under the control of criminal gangs.
1:02.9	There's only a symbolic structure or government
1:04.7	beyond that.
1:05.7	Many roadways are crowded with debris from street battles,
1:08.5	and everyday life is shadowed by the threat of rape, kidnapping, and murder.
1:14.0	Thousands of Haitians have tried to escape the chaos, fleeing to the neighbor in Dominican
1:17.8	Republic and beyond.
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