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My friends, Haiti is only getting worse.

Since the assassination of President Hovino-M Moise back in July of 2021, heavily armed and

violent gangs have extended their grip over large parts of Haiti.

In a video that I had published this past month on February 27th of this year, 2024,

I had explained how Haiti had gotten to this terrible point that it is at.

The story itself is a very long and brutal

one. It is one that is filled with racism, brutality, and disasters, both manmade and natural.

And for anyone who is watching this right now, I am not going to retell the entire story here

again, as many people who are watching this probably have already seen that video. So if you

haven't, and you want to know the full context, then you should check that out. But things have gotten even worse since the last video that I made, and this is the short of it.

Back in the year 2019, a protracted crisis in Haiti would escalate with a fuel crisis sparking protest, violence, and food shortages.

Also, at the same time, it would block access for humanitarian organizations, which would only in turn deepen the crisis across the country.

More than half of the country's 11 million citizens who live under the poverty line were hit

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